Chess is all about raising one's ego, and dominating the ego of the opponent.
Sure, the game is wrapped up fairly nicely in deep strategy and protocol, but when you get down to it, most people play because they like crushing the opposition.
Chess is really no different (on a pyschological level) from football. The goal is to intimidate, dominate, and force the other player into submission. Of course, that gives a fairly large 'rush', especially when the game is at a critical juncture.
I look at my school's chess team, and I see a bunch of kids who aren't (physically) the jock types, so how do they get the ego boost?
Chess. So next time some meathead makes fun of you for playing, just tell him it's like football =)
Often, people will make analogies comparing software piracy to stealing from a physical vendor (e.g., shoplifting).
This is rather ridiculous.
If some 133t h4xx0r type downloads some warez, more than likely, he had no intention of buying the software in the first place. Thus, the software company doesn't lose a customer. (This isn't always true; sometimes the kid might have bought the title. However, in my experience, it is applicable most of the time.)
Which is quite different from shoplifting, where there is a physical loss--the company loses a piece of merchandise than could have been otherwise sold.
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Chess is all about raising one's ego, and dominating the ego of the opponent.
Sure, the game is wrapped up fairly nicely in deep strategy and protocol, but when you get down to it, most people play because they like crushing the opposition.
Chess is really no different (on a pyschological level) from football. The goal is to intimidate, dominate, and force the other player into submission. Of course, that gives a fairly large 'rush', especially when the game is at a critical juncture.
I look at my school's chess team, and I see a bunch of kids who aren't (physically) the jock types, so how do they get the ego boost?
Chess. So next time some meathead makes fun of you for playing, just tell him it's like football =)
It's cool to be out for a fancy dinner and have the game calling you threatening your life. You don't have a girlfriend, do you?
Often, people will make analogies comparing software piracy to stealing from a physical vendor (e.g., shoplifting).
This is rather ridiculous.
If some 133t h4xx0r type downloads some warez, more than likely, he had no intention of buying the software in the first place. Thus, the software company doesn't lose a customer. (This isn't always true; sometimes the kid might have bought the title. However, in my experience, it is applicable most of the time.)
Which is quite different from shoplifting, where there is a physical loss--the company loses a piece of merchandise than could have been otherwise sold.
So find a new analogy, please.
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Watch out, GeForce3.
Do us all a favor and save your mind bullets for the first person to propose a bewoulf cluster of Gamecubes.
Although, now that I mention it, that would be kinda cool--think about it, a bew--*ack*
Interesting...I assume one loses even more karma when he doesn't garner the fruits of his sin?
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