Bad Losers on Yahoo Chess

[Rhythm Thief]

Well, alright, MSN backgammon, but I can't resist the opportunity to quote Half Man Half Biscuit.
I've just been killing time playing backgammon with some bloke. He beat me in the first game, by a narrow margin, and was looking like doing the same in the second game - the dice were going his way. As soon as they started going my way, and it became obvious I was going to win ... off he went. "Your opponent has logged off". The peanut.

 

[Mr Pig]

Well you won then. He conceded the game.

I used to love playing chess but I don't have anyone to play with now. I remember years ago beating a couple of people who thought they were good, and mouthed off about it. Brilliant feeling. I'm sure they were actually better than me but at the time I was playing every day and that makes a difference.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

You talked about Backgammon, but the title said Chess...

Hey - false advertising!!! I want my 30 seconds back!!

 

[alecstilleyedye]

i've had that experience on mario kart wii, where some spoilt bastard has turned his wii off mid race because he's losing.

i don't know how it works these things out, but i've often been in the midfield when the race ends prematurely and been declared the winner.

maybe it lets everyone win…

 

[John the Monkey]

Rife in facebook scrabble apparently (the opponent signs off so as not to affect their winning average). I only play with folk I know, so never had that problem, personally.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Aaah, Facebook Scrabble... top game! If I'm losing and don't want to continue then I resign properly and forfeit the game - sometimes you get lousy letters and there's nothing you can do. No problem with losing a game - can't see why you'd want to slink off and try to forget it ever happened! lol

 

[johnnyh]

as long as there are games, there will be cheats. sad fact but true.

 

[Mr Pig]

as long as there are games, there will be cheats.

Yeah. My son sometimes plays with a kid across the road who's a bad looser. Kind of kid who thinks he's wonderful at everything, but isn't very great at anything. I was raging when they were playing racing games on the Play Station and he would jump over and switch it off saying "I am not going to loose" if he was going to. I've managed to 'help' my son realise what a pain he is so he doesn't come over much these days ;0)

 

[zimzum42]

it's all about these people maintaining their rankings etc....

 

[NickM]

I like this.

The AI probably doesn't play a great game, but then I'm in no position to know

 

[NickM]

I've managed to 'help' my son realise what a pain he is so he doesn't come over much these days ;0)

Did the words "gaylord", "divvy" and "spacker" enter into the conversation?

 

[4F]

i've had that experience on mario kart wii, where some spoilt bastard has turned his wii off mid race because he's losing.

i don't know how it works these things out, but i've often been in the midfield when the race ends prematurely and been declared the winner.

maybe it lets everyone win…

Not had that but have noticed the amount of finishers has dwindled. Often happens on Rainbow road

 

[Melvil]

Aaah, Facebook Scrabble... top game! If I'm losing and don't want to continue then I resign properly and forfeit the game - sometimes you get lousy letters and there's nothing you can do. No problem with losing a game - can't see why you'd want to slink off and try to forget it ever happened! lol

Me too. I'm on a mammoth two week game with a good mate of mine on facebook and he's pulling ahead with about 30 something tiles to go. I don't think I could resign at this stage as it would be terrible loss of face, but then so would be losing!

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

I will actually go to the end unless I'm over 100 points behind and have 7 vowels (which is a rarety... the 100 points behind bit, not the excessive number of vowels!). I've only conceded 1 game to date... but I've only played a few so far.

 

[Mr Pig]

Did the words "gaylord", "divvy" and "spacker" enter into the conversation?

No, I just asked why he wanted to get Andrew over as he was a pain?