Chess Players 'Are Paranoid Thrillseekers'

Tardigrade submitted a brief little article that claims that chess players are paranoid thrillseekers. It's a fairly amusing little piece and definitely makes me wish that my high-school chess club would have got into epic battles with the groups that were capable of stretching us into pretzel shapes, if only for the thrill. Maybe I'm just being paranoid.

Comments

Re:Definitely descriptive of tournament play.

[Xerithane]

Oh, right. You phrased it as such that you were qualifying it.

So tell me then, Mr. Wise-Fighter. What forms of Kung Fu did you study? And grappling? And name a "no-holds barred" tournament you have entered?

And bring those IFC-toting brutes to a traditional full contact match (Yes, that is much more brutal than anything you see in "no-holds barred", as in it's not made for TV or for an audience) and see how well they fare.

You don't know shit about martial arts, your terminology gives it away. You speak like one of those people who thinks that taking an art for 3 months and getting a yellow belt, and watching UFC/IFC/WWF makes it so you know what you are talking about.

Here, I'll give you a chance to qualify yourself:
About Kung Fu: What form of kung fu did you study, who is your sifu and from what origin is your art (region wise)
About Jeet "Kunedo": What belt did you receive and what was your first form, including your sifu?

You see, real martial artists (with the exception of the Gracie family, and their UFC involvement which still amazes me) don't fight in a "no-holds barred" tournament because, well, it's stupid. We fight in "full contact" tournaments of different calibers. You really are just upset because I'm right and it pisses you off, aren't you?