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Naming all your Excuses for Losing
Path: BadHabits · Prev: GetAngry · Next: NegotiatingAfterALoss
Keywords: Culture & History
The worst excuses for losing a game ranked from bad to worse (#1)
Bad bad bad! Point made, I think :) --Skelley Lucky This is a variant from the #1 expression above, it really happened on IGS. "I was talking on the phone while playing." My usual 'excuse', which is also usually the truth: "I saw my opponent about to make a few points of territory and I got panicked and made a weak group which he then abused until I resigned." --adamzero I like the excuse 'I would've won, if I had made more territory than you.' I find this a completely acceptable excuse. --Dansc I had him crushed on the board, but not on the clock. --Scryer I've found that *any* to drink is too much for my Go :( Strange, I don't notice any other effects after one drink except that I seemingly lose 8 stones strength. --KarlKnechtel I find that playing strength can actually *increase* after a drink or two, for some players at least. I have a Nihonjin friend who enjoys a glass of wine or two during the meal, and during the game after dinner; his play is noticeably stronger than before the evening's drinks. Perhaps he's too tense and needs to relax into the game :-) -- Bignose Alex Weldon: I suffer from gradual mood swings, sort of like a mild form of manic-depression, although no doubt far too mild to be considered an actual psychological disorder. Anyway, if I'm depressed, I can't play Go at all, and lose all my games. I guess I just shouldn't play if I'm not in a good mood. Path: BadHabits · Prev: GetAngry · Next: NegotiatingAfterALoss This is a copy of the living page "Naming all your Excuses for Losing" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |