Roni

I'm stuck around this 924-940 range. It's always discouraging when I'm winning with lots of material, and the opponent pulls some sort of winning combination. I don't feel bad being around this range. It means one more spurt of improvement will push me past 1,000. Since I can beat players 1,000+, it means I can be there myself.

Have you ever considered going back to modding? I'm too much of a slacker. I should put that as my user title. Never made one.

I didn't get banned, although I kept song requesting annoying music and running away from chat. It was a Super Smash Brothers streamer with a small community, I was a 15 year old badly wanting to fit in. Did not mix well. Eventually he was like "I do not think you are funny, and I don't enjoy having you in my stream"...he had a point. I was pretty annoying. Could have just banned me though.

Well, your certainly better than me. I've never thought much about how I come across with my text. If someone is interested enough to talk to me anyways despite my complete lack of emoji usage...uh...guess i'm doing something right?

...I can't even remember. It must have been 10-15 losses. I wasn't kidding when I said "must end on a win". It's ironic. When I was first starting out, my issue was playing too slowly and running out of time. Now I'm playing 30 minute games like it's blitz and it's hard breaking the habit and slowing down. I should never be 50 turns into a game with 23 minutes left on my clock.

It's okay, but I appreciate the offer. On second thought, the whole template idea would just sound completely artificial and robotic. Better to be naturally awkward than artificially.

Back when I used Twitch, I spammed so many emojis. I bet my total emoji count on Pokecommunity is under 30. I'll type an emoji with my 10,000th post. I did notice you had a different writing style. Maybe more use of the ~ emoji?

If that even counts as an emoji.

Glad u liked it...

I'm back at 935. My big fall was 970 to 799. (You can see why that was super upsetting). It's been a slow climb back up. It's a fun goal. You might hit it much easier than me. I've been primarily playing the four knights opening now. The only issue is that as Black, everyone at 900 will try the Fried Liver which is a quick rook steal when someone plays the four knights. It requires memorizing some lines to avoid that.

I would like to greet new members. If only I had some sort of template, because I get started and have no idea what to say.

I don't bother with emojis either. It's just laziness on my part. I'm also afraid I would use them wrong. Although changing your tone to match people is something I find relatable. Never really done that much online, just feels easier to always talk straightforward.

Once I hit my goal, nothing can take that. It doesn't matter if I drop or not. Besides, I'm naturally improving and it's unlikely I'll fall back far anyways.

I would say branch out and avoid the obvious tourism traps. There's so much to explore, but it would be so easy to get sucked into Orlando or New York. It's up to you of course. There is stuff to do in every state, not just the big promoted ones.

I know. I just miss the variety. I've tried to make my own threads, although the amount of responses are completely diminished these days. It had nothing to do with the birthday threads. It happened way before that started. I'm going to throw a guess and assume because it's a double modded section, the other mod disagreed with the idea, hence why they had been quickly unstickied. Never bothered asking if this was true. I don't find the other mod approachable. Anyways, life's too short for complaining. I'll soon cease posting in the section completely. You'll see me around other parts of the forum. No great loss.

About 10 points. I'm slooooooooowly climbing the 900's now. I think I can do it this time.

But hey, I do enjoy speaking with you by the way. Even though I'm not super expressive about such things.

Sorry. I completely passed over your other message.

America loves promoting as a bustling modern city (as someone certified in the tourism industry, i saw enough of this). There are bustling cities, but it's a mix of everything. Every state has adopted it's own culture. For example, Texas is notorious for gun culture. It's a stereotype that everyone owns a weapon.

Random thought, but I don't enjoy Off-Topic much anymore. I feel like the plethora of topics such as "Emotion" "What made you smile" "What are you doing" etc has dampened the variety. It's also much harder to make topics because they get quickly buried underneath. I don't particularly enjoy posting in them either, because it sometimes feels like shouting into a void of many voices. I once asked politely if they could sticky these threads so they would stop eating the front page, but it only lasted a week before they were back. The majority likes these topics, so I'll just be quiet and go enjoy the other sections more. Sorry for the ramble.

I'm better now anyways. Apparently chess.com told me I fought a cheater and they gave me free ELO points.

I forgot if I mentioned this, but 1,000 is my only and last goal. Not pushing myself anymore after that.

I'll begin loosening up and will start playing unorthodox openings, trying different chess websites, maybe some blitz games.

It's not my imagination. The 900's really are a spike in difficulty.

There are way less goofy openings. Most people start getting a sense of center control.

It makes sense. The chess.com average is actually 850.

Check out this sick queen trap. I learned how to rip into people who push pawns and don't develop. Well, you don't actually see me take the queen because he resigned immediately.

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/38603658099?tab=review

Speaking of "sick" chess is what I've done while I've been literally sick. Back in the 900's. Here's comes another run at it.

It didn't help that he's near New York. I think environment would factor in a lot for this. Like, it would be way different if he worked at a walmart in some quiet town.

Yeah you shouldn't force yourself. I don't even post in the meet and greet section much because I don't have the creativity to come up with new greetings. It would just be "welcome to pokecommunity" on every post, and that would probably get irritating quickly. Admittedly I wasn't even going to stay on this website. It took one person striking up a conversation with me that changed my mind. If not for that, I wouldn't be here now.

This is all I can think about when I hear Xenoblade now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWimIgDfvW8&t=217s. YouTube recommended me a guy laughing through every single scene.

Shorter message, been throwing up tonight. Feeling fine right now though, but i'm totally depleted.

I got my charger today. It came within a single 24 hour cycle. My oldest brother worked at a Walmart, he recalled it as one of the worst experiences of his life. Gross tasks, verbally abusive bosses, customers screaming at him. That's retail for you. Especially in America.

You are correct. There's also the formation of cliques. It's natural behavior, yet there's a negative stigma attached to the word. It exists here, but not in a negative sense. You'll notice there a distinct group of regulars who post in each section. As far as I've seen, there isn't any sort of gatekeeping or hostility towards new users. I do think it's important that if you see someone new or a new user in general is in a section, especially in a chatting thread, that the person is noticed and engaged. It is the absolute worst feeling going ignored in that circumstance.

The direct was fine, but it really depends on what you seek from them. I like Xenoblade, and they announced a third game to the series. I imagine someone who doesn't care about the series was thinking "okay whatever". The kirby announcement was pretty big to many.

I ordered one from Walmart. I don't know if you have Walmart? It might just be a western culture thing. Anyways it's like the central hub of products. It's supposed to arrive today, so I'm eagerly waiting.

It's so slow. Two hours to get 5%. But yes, it does last quite a while. I can charge it overnight, but it has a tendency to fall out of the socket.

You know, it's fascinating. New users tend to be way more receptive to letters, even going as far to private message me saying thanks. People who have been here a while and are established will almost never acknowledge it. It's the exact opposite of what I anticipated. It's the same thing I noticed with messaging, newer members are usually much more engaging (take the long conversation I was having with Setsuna for example). The staff here is fantastic, but I've found making conversation to be difficult, with getting completely ignored at times. There are a couple exceptions.

Like I said it's no big deal, but I love data and observations. It's why I'm going for a psychology degree.

Did you watch the Nintendo Direct? There were quite a few things announced. I remember you mentioning not having a switch, if I'm not mistaken, but maybe you keep up?

Having laptop troubles ._. Gone through about 5 different chargers now. I finally gave up and stopped ordering from amazon. Chromebook chargers are not the easiest things to find, especially for my specific model.

Back on my 1,000 obsession. I'm on a steep rise in points this time, and I think this genuinely might be it...

As soon as I can play without a dead laptop. I'm relying on a phone charger which tends drain the battery as much as it charges it.

Thanks. I wrote a bunch for fun. I think you've been one of the only people to acknowledge it. No big deal, but something I observed anyways.

You played incredible. I believe you were around 96-97% accurate with your moves. I looked at the analysis, I don't see anyway I could have deflected the attack. Next time we play, maybe I could try the London System? It's a neat opening I learned when I was first starting. Dropped it later for simpler development.

Nairoditsky made a very good comment about players around our rating when he was in this range during his speedrun. (he's on his 3rd run right now). It went like "Players around this rating get a good idea and get way too committed. You need to learn the bigger picture, instead of seeing a good move and developing tunnel vision".

I'm 1500 now in puzzles. This is going way better than my actual playing. I find moving my laptop location helps with distraction, for whatever reason. If I have it sitting flat on a table rather than on my lap it helps concentration.

Also this is an amazing video. Pretty long but it's what helped me with my early queen problems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY9zitJFglc&t

Heya you might just catch me on lichess sometimes now.

Redoing my approach. Forget this silly 1000 goal. That'll happen when it happens. I'm going to be playing less frequent games, and looking at the analysis with all my mistakes after. 1,000 will happen when it happens, but I think this approach will better me as a player in the long run.

The goal is dropped. I've mostly been doing puzzles. I'm around a 1350 rating on that.

Well I regained a bit. Ran into, not even kidding, 4 players doing scholars mate. The last one got me because it was a variation and tripped me up.

I asked for some advice. https://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-analysis/game-feedback-2. Not much feedback, but oh well. One person responded.

It's the opposite for me. When I get up material, I start retreating in the corner out fear I'll blunder and lose my winning position. It's dumb, but early formed habits are really hard to stop.

That was quite a mood post. Disregard it because i'm way too stubborn to ever actually quit.

I do need to start focusing on my games instead of looking up meme videos. I don't even remember if I'm playing white or black most of the time.

I also don't know how to convert into a win. I've gotten ahead so many times in material just to be like "now what"?

Yeah but back to where i started. Fell 100 points again. I might quit the hobby completely. not having fun anymore and it's just getting discouraging. Everyone I play also has been between 75-85% accuracy. I can't even get cut a break in the lower ratings. I think the lower ratings have gotten much more difficult. Everybody has access to infinite study material and it's no longer easier to 'just not hang pieces'. Even at sub 1,000.

I might just say to hell with it and study a gambit or something. Might as well try and have fun if I keep going.

I may have to see if Fairy can lend me a hand if they get some free time! My profile is a big ol' mess rn