• SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    Hikaru as a joke said he may have a vibrating buttplug to get info. People ran with it.

    It was never meant seriously.

    Hikaru is the chess personality I hate most.

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      Hikaru is the chess personality I hate most.

      Well deserved. Hikaru is the biggest drama frog in the chess community, and never misses a chance to fan the flames for entertainment’s sake. He’s an unrepentant bully.

      I’d be lying if I said I never guiltily enjoyed watching any of it, though.

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          Yeah, same. I’m glad they finally got everything more or less resolved. Incidentally, I lost a lot of respect for Danny Rensch and chess com for how they handled everything.

          Hans definitely plays into being the Heel, so I get why some people don’t like him, but he’s also a genuinely very talented player. I look forward to seeing him succeed in the future.

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              But of course! Lichess is great! From a spectator perspective though, chess com is kinda unavoidable.

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            I never cared for chess.com or Danny. I didn’t think he was bad at dealing with it all tbh. It was an odd situation. Most sports are run by stupid dinosaurs, hes probably one of rbe better people around.

            I agree with Hans liking the heel role. I can see him in the candidates in not too long.