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BigChessplayer665
385pro wrote:

I usually don't otb, also know that I only played 3 tournaments blitz and don't have FIDE elo yet lol

when I play on laptop yeah, many times, but then I rebuild myself and gain the elo back and more... I remember once I lost 50+ bullet points, then in 2 days I gained 100+

That's normal if you gain elon after a good tilt usually your getting better

TurtleAlex

bro problem is that i lose to noobs coz i play worse than them

BKchess910206
Back on a losing streak. This game fills me with self loathing.
TurtleAlex

"(...) towards chess, we felt an utter disgust and loathing, it was nothing but an abomination, polluting the clean environment."

(modified a quote by Charles Lightoller)

TurtleAlex

Today I played more blitz and went down to 2413 from 2434

Last 7 days I lost 35 points, even though the 5 days before today and yesterday I was gaining rating

Chess sometimes feels like nonsense

ResignConfirmed

as a new account i lost 200 points in one game tear.png

TurtleAlex

You also gain a lot when u wn

TurtleAlex

But losing to noobs and dummies of 2300 and 2200 and 2100 for two days and 15 games straight

TurtleAlex

I am in wretched spirits after every blunder. I believe that chess is not as the average people imagine it, with a handshake and smiles; it is very serious, very grim.

MaetsNori
TurtleAlex wrote:

But losing to noobs and dummies of 2300 and 2200 and 2100 for two days and 15 games straight

Embrace the losses, instead of getting upset about them. Those losses exist for a reason: they're there to show you where your weaknesses are, so you can identify them and scrub them away.

Think of them like blips on a radar screen - they're helping you find your targets ... weaknesses in your play that you can seek and destroy.

TurtleAlex

good analogy