bullet is like a drug
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I've not played bullet chess for 2 months and 2 weeks now and it really feels like I've overcome an addiction.
Does anyone else feel this way like bullet is an addictive version that deskills the game we play? the intensity as the flag nears is unbelievable, the discovered attacks that don't work in daily, the sacrifice of pieces to gain a valuable time advantage.
I was quite happy with the level I got to with bullet but it always felt very addictive to me and I'm glad I'm over it now.
666Buffchix wrote:
It doesn't "de-skill" the game. Pleas stop spreading lies. Time is a part of all versions of chess. It has increased/decreased importance depending on the time control. Fast chess is more pure than Classical at this point due to everyone using computers to analyze games. By the way, kid. "Calculator" sounds dangerously close to computer assistance.
you can win a bullet game with less skillful moves than a daily game.
I've won games before using unprotected checks just to gain a couple of seconds confusion. I'd never win like that in daily.
By the way, buff, chix sounds dangerously close to cheats.
but thankfully it's a drug that can be beaten.
Dec 27, 2018
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Whatever @thecalculatorkid said about bullet, I am agree with that. I have spent yesterday whole night sleepless as I got into Bullet.
onlyhumannoai wrote:
it's crazy addictive
Whatever @thecalculatorkid said about bullet, I am agree with that. I have spent yesterday whole night sleepless as I got into Bullet.
Dec 27, 2018
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Bullet is so triggering, if you aren’t used to fast time controls and aren’t an experienced player, it’s pointless.
Bughouse is addicting though
Bughouse is addicting though
cellomaster8 wrote:
it's so easy to get on tilt and go on a horrendous run due to a blunder 10 games ago lol
Bullet is so triggering, if you aren’t used to fast time controls and aren’t an experienced player, it’s pointless.
Bughouse is addicting though
Dec 27, 2018
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#8
I like bullet a lot... I play it while drunk... enough said 
Blitz is sort of ok... but obviously not "more pure" than longer time controls.
Dec 27, 2018
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I agree! Bullet chess can be very addictive since you can get a lot of rating points up to increase your ego with only one minute with not much skills. It happened to me and it was a disaster, I got so addicted to it that it created more problems to me in my chess. Bullet isn't bad, but it can hurt your chess when you are actually trying to improve. Many people are poor sports especially in bullet chess, not a good way to resort to make yourself feel good...
only if you use too much speed
Sun-and-Moon wrote:
I agree! Bullet chess can be very addictive since you can get a lot of rating points up to increase your ego with only one minute with not much skills.
I dont think it is easy to get a lot of rating points in bulllet! If you think it is easy, prove it. (you are 1800 in blitz and 1800 in bullet, show us that you can get +200 in bullet than blitz).
In general, bullet rating point is a little bit lower than blitz or rapid TC.
Dec 28, 2018
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Actually it is true that to get higher Bullet ranking (1600-2000) players need capability of quick thinking, planning. But 1200-1400 rated players are sometimes very good and sometimes very very bad (as it happens with me). Players of this category should concentrate on studying different openings, techniques, middle game plan etc. If it is done for few months seriously then achieving high rating may be possible. Yet not sure. But the basic aim of playing chess is to storm our brain and to wake up the inert cells of the brain by repetitive thinking for deepest plans. Low rated Bullet player doesn't lag in thinking behind others always. It is funny to see the bullet players who still repeat the errors already done in previous games. Analysis is always good. If it is not done every time then we will go on continuing Bullets as if taking drugs. Personally I think that it is enough for me who have already played 1976 number of games. I am still at 1320. Though I was 1545 but as I took the Bullet as drug, it gifted me the rating 1320. It is really shameful. Therefore Bullet can be played to check the ability to think and handle situation in the fastest manner, by experienced players only. These all are my personal opinion. Others may contradict.
Dec 28, 2018
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IcyAvaleigh wrote:
only if you use too much speed
Heh, like people can complain to the opponents that they are fast but no chess.... heh that is a good statement you made here. I agree.
Dec 28, 2018
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drmrboss wrote:
Sun-and-Moon wrote:
I agree! Bullet chess can be very addictive since you can get a lot of rating points up to increase your ego with only one minute with not much skills.
I dont think it is easy to get a lot of rating points in bulllet! If you think it is easy, prove it. (you are 1800 in blitz and 1800 in bullet, show us that you can get +200 in bullet than blitz).
In general, bullet rating point is a little bit lower than blitz or rapid TC.
Yeah, that case can be true, some 2000+ blitz players can have low bullet ratings, but I know some that have higher bullet ratings than blitz. Some only play bullet here heh... Yeah of course when you play bullet with more experienced players, it gets harder. Good point you have there.
666Buffchix wrote:
There is very little skill to me hanging a queen and hoping it gains half a second on the clock.
By the way, buff, I haven't cast any aspersions I'm just pointing out something for your own improvement.
I'm sure your name has as much a link to being someone who cheats as mines does to being someone who uses computer analysis.
TheCalculatorKid wrote:
666Buffchix wrote:
It doesn't "de-skill" the game. Pleas stop spreading lies. Time is a part of all versions of chess. It has increased/decreased importance depending on the time control. Fast chess is more pure than Classical at this point due to everyone using computers to analyze games. By the way, kid. "Calculator" sounds dangerously close to computer assistance.
you can win a bullet game with less skillful moves than a daily game.
I've won games before using unprotected checks just to gain a couple of seconds confusion. I'd never win like that in daily.
By the way, buff, chix sounds dangerously close to cheats.
The moves aren't less skillful. Any moves that increase your chance of winning, be it by mate, time, or even draw (in an Armageddon game or a match play), are skillful. By the way, kid. I am posting this for your own edification even in spite of the MILD aspersion you cast my way.
IAMBBW wrote:
I do speak English, but I have no idea what that has to do with the post you quoted.
TheCalculatorKid wrote:
I've not played bullet chess for 2 months and 2 weeks now and it really feels like I've overcome an addiction. Does anyone else feel this way like bullet is an addictive version that deskills the game we play? the intensity as the flag nears is unbelievable, the discovered attacks that don't work in daily, the sacrifice of pieces to gain a valuable time advantage. I was quite happy with the level I got to with bullet but it always felt very addictive to me and I'm glad I'm over it now.
Speak English
fairytalebeast wrote:
that first sentence is gold.
he mean talk proper english and stop your whiny socialist rambling. anyway if you be quit 2 month then your not addicted are you?
666Buffchix wrote:
you're entitled to your opinion. I just know if I hang a queen in daily it will almost always cost me the game. if I hang a queen in bullet there's always a chance for me to come back and win it.
TheCalculatorKid wrote:
There is very little skill to me hanging a queen and hoping it gains half a second on the clock.
I disagree. The amount of "skill" I would attribute to this move is worthy of the time control as well as additional psychological factors.
fairytalebeast wrote:
I've no idea why you're going on a political rant. I'm not on the left wing, I voted conservative in the last election.
Please can you point out when I claimed I was a victim. Bonus points if you can show when I blamed someone else.
As I said, I haven't played it for 2 months and 2 weeks so I'm not whining about an addiction that needs kicking.
I never asked you to clean me up. That's an incredibly strange request.
As I said I voted conservative so I'm not a socialist. I've no idea why you keep attributing blame to others.
I merely asked if anyone else thought the game mode was addictive. I'm sorry this has gotten you so upset.
yuh huh, this be what we have in the UK now bro...we got the left wing taking over and talking nonsense... they keep seeing themselves as victims and blaming anybody else around? somebody got a bullet addiction? stop whining and get your butt in gear, kick the addiction and stop expecting us to clean you up. typical socialist nonsense, always somebody elses fault.
Maybe I dont fully understand what addictive means. But I dont think bullet chess is anything like a drug or addictive. It's a variation of the game of chess, so I dont think it's reasonable to call it like a drug. I dont like bullet chess because it's very different than real chess. I'm terrible at it because it's more about speed and luck and less about thinking and strategy and skill. My own opinion, based on this an other topics, is that some people can take the subject of chess (or anything else) and somehow find a way to make a political point. Now THAT to me seems like an addiction.