And I thought people on here were decent...

[CanadianBacon]

I had a very brief match one day, where my opponent played a bingo, and I debated challenging it. I decided to test the word, and it came off as unacceptable. He then proceeded to stop playing. I thought MAYBE he disconnected, so I adjourned.

Then today I went on, saw that he was also on, and resumed the game.
What followed should make anyone cringe at it's complete ignorance.

He explained to me that he thought I was cheating because I took too long to challenge. He challenges quickly because he shows respect and doesn't have the luxury of playing like he does face to face. Ok, I can accept that point of view without a problem. He wants to appear as legit as possible.

But then he starts getting prejudice for no reason. He explains that while HE is courteous and respectful, I am from Canada. Huh? He replies that I "proved to him" I was either cheating or rude (ie: Canadian). So he basically slapped a negative sterotype on my country.

Then he tells me to look up the word "flippant". Um, ok.

–adjective 1. frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.

So I'm assuming my scrabble behaviour is "flippant" or something, even though that makes no sense. But no, he responds like this:

"Are you daft as well? It was I who was being so in deriding your pathetic country"

I asked him what this has to do with anything, and he noplays me, telling me he's had enough of me. But to play him if I come down where he lives. Uh, ok then. People need to chill out a bit on here and just enjoy the game.

[TheLamb]

lol. Yeah, you know us Canadians. We're known for being so rude.

[CanadianBacon]

I know, aren't we supposed to be associated with being TOO polite? Which Canadians has this guy been around?

[soccerguy]

I know, aren't we supposed to be associated with being TOO polite? Which Canadians has this guy been around?

Torontonians, no question

[Locke]

Wow. It's a good reminder that regardless of the venue, there are always people that defy all odds to be morons. Obviously that doesn't mean it's indicative of the group as a whole.

Perhaps future technology will bring us a nice screening process upfront, something like jury selection. Then ISC could just throw a big asterisk next to those people that are biased, racist, etc. But I have a feeling we're a good ways from that...

[soccerguy]

Wow. It's a good reminder that regardless of the venue, there are always people that defy all odds to be morons. Obviously that doesn't mean it's indicative of the group as a whole.

Perhaps future technology will bring us a nice screening process upfront, something like jury selection. Then ISC could just throw a big asterisk next to those people that are biased, racist, etc. But I have a feeling we're a good ways from that...

I can see it now - the first person to have "ISC has cancelled the non-douchebag agreement" on his or her profile will be utterly pwned.

[CanadianBacon]

Yeah well... moderating people's behaviour is never completely feasible, since the line between acceptable and unacceptable behaviour is subjective for everyone.

I suppose I just expected the game of scrabble wouldn't attract someone as ignorant as say... a 12 year old brat harrassing people on some online FPS's. And he was a decent rating too so he must have studied and practiced a lot - yet still could say something so randomly disrepectful.

[soccerguy]

Yeah well... moderating people's behaviour is never completely feasible, since the line between acceptable and unacceptable behaviour is subjective for everyone.

I suppose I just expected the game of scrabble wouldn't attract someone as ignorant as say... a 12 year old brat harrassing people on some online FPS's. And he was a decent rating too so he must have studied and practiced a lot - yet still could say something so randomly disrepectful.

To be honest, while it sucks that people are like that, I have had far worse. A barrage of F bombs intermixed with other equally foul words, death threats, IM bombing, bruteforcing, etc etc, all over a game of Scrabble/Literati. It amuses me greatly now

[CanadianBacon]

To be honest, while it sucks that people are like that, I have had far worse. A barrage of F bombs intermixed with other equally foul words, death threats, IM bombing, bruteforcing, etc etc, all over a game of Scrabble/Literati. It amuses me greatly now

Not really that surprising, people aren't afraid to tell you how they REALLY feel on the interwebs.

For example, tonight I discovered that beating an expert rated player on ISC makes me a horrible a**hole that doesn't know what the **** I'm doing, and shouldn't play up. And listing my personal achievements is equated to bragging about incompetence, because I don't have hundreds of 600+ games under my belt.

Personally if I lose to a lower rated player, I congratulate them instead of giving them a verbal thrashing, then I check what I did wrong to cause myself to lose.