How to deal with rude people


I am quite sensitive and when people say horrible things to me it affects my chess games. How do you deal with rude people on the comment section
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is that what you do? its nice to talk to my opponents sometimes...but this one opponent i played was so angry he told me to kill myself. My dad contacted the chess.com contact us 24 hour form provided by the helpful moderator chance

I highly recommend turning off chat if it affects you this much, or simply play when you are mentally ok dealing with sudden comments. An idea would be to turn it off on days you're feeling down, and putting it back on (if a huge majority of the time people are nice) when you're feeling good. I ain't too known with the community on here but toxicity exists in any online environment with the possibility of the least bit of communication. Even Hearthstone, an online card game, which has 6 emotes (Hello/well played/similar greeting) will get you people spamming "well played" if you miscalculated or hit the wrong minion. Some people are scumbags, and will probably continue to be so. Acting like that attract a certain type of people as well, so rest assured they're probably not surrounded by quality people either and you're the winning person when it comes to life in general.
Reporting and hopefully getting them some sort of consequence is all you can do. Other than that it's about managing your own mental health, and what you're ready to deal with that day. A "kys" message on Rocket League almost led me back on track to self harm, that's when I took a break from the game. When I returned I had chat on only on days I was feeling good enough to deal with it/report/laugh it off for how miserable of a human being you got to be to talk smack through a computer screen, and on when I just felt sad for them or ready to indulge in some fun back'n'forth banter.
In the end tho, stuff like that shouldn't affect you/me/others this much. Work on improving that aspect as well, and online environments will become more enjoyable overall as a result. In the meantime: report, work on not being as affected by it and keep on keeping on.

I am quite sensitive and when people say horrible things to me it affects my chess games. How do you deal with rude people on the comment section
New experience with these trash talking lames can be horrible but soon you’ll realise that these people can’t even move a twig... they just threaten, swear to give themselves some kinda satisfaction Idk what kind. Not disclosing privacy is must...other than this you’re safe and can have a cup of coffee while reading there comments, generally they’re interesting. Swearing back is not a good option. Although You can type aggressive comments like...’Is that what all you got loser?’, ‘brings up something else kiddo, this is not gonna roast me’, etc. But the best option is ignoring em’ without taking any comments seriously.
is that what you do? its nice to talk to my opponents sometimes...but this one opponent i played was so angry he told me to kill myself. My dad contacted the chess.com contact us 24 hour form provided by the helpful moderator chance
Yes. You did everything right here. Sometimes being open to new experiences means being open to bad ones as well. As long as you keep your parents, who seem to care, in the loop you should be fine.
And always wear a multicoloured hat to show how seriously you take all online comments 😉

I accept with autobunny. Parents are best. Also many people are here. Rest others if you face this sort of experience you will be numb in that profession for rest of the life.
Actually op is asking for a bullet pierce through that unwanted black smoke. Hopefully somebody will rent him a sucker machine.

Try and checkmate him as your way of sweet revenge if you can and Schadenfreude (That means in German "the joy in the misery of others"). And then report him and click the thumbs down icon when they ask about whether or not your opponent was a good sport. If you don't and you still lose, you can still report him and try not to let him ruin your day.


Playing chess against someone online is different than playing someone in person. The mean things they say to you online are the same things they probably don't have the stones to say to your face in person.

I accept with autobunny. Parents are best. Also many people are here. Rest others if you face this sort of experience you will be numb in that profession for rest of the life.
Actually op is asking for a bullet pierce through that unwanted black smoke. Hopefully somebody will rent him a sucker machine.
I am quite sensitive and when people say horrible things to me it affects my chess games. How do you deal with rude people on the comment section