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i hate checkers
the game, not the greasy fast food place
i hate it because every second and third grader i interact with wants to play it
and elementary school aged children dont like to lose
they love to cheat, make up rules, and lie
but they dont like to lose
in most games i can prevent the cheating
something concrete like, you roll the dice, you go that many places
end of story
if you can count to 6, then you can't cheat
but checkers is an entirely different situation
so this 3rd grader asks me to play
we had just finished a game of sorry! where i lost
because i always feel this helpless need to lose when i play games against children
like if i dont lose they'll cry or get mad
so i always halfass it and then say something like "wow you're really good at this"
but this kid laughed when i lost sorry!, loudly
so i decided i wasn't bullshiting during checkers
i wasn't in the mood to lose
bring it on
this game of checkers was mine.
problem number one, he tells me he can put his peices on every square, red and black
usually i just say "okay" and play his made up game of NOT CHECKERS
but today i said no, every other square or im out
so he complies
and i start playing with strategy
the game lasts about 10 seconds before he starts to cheat
saying he can "rainbow jump" over two of my pieces at once
i said no, and he fought me but i didnt back down
rainbow jump doesnt exist shut up
then he zizags around one of my pieces and takes it
i take it back, f that
what is so difficult about moving only one black square forward at a time?
at this point i think i see tears weld in his eyes from being rejected, but i dont care
but then he makes it, and gets KINGed
and starts heading backwards, red squares, black squares, rainbow jumps, zizag jumps
i started to fight it but not only was i really tired of fighting him
but i realize i have no idea what a little checker can do once he gets kinged
probably because i've never been kinged
because i let you fools beat me within 60 seconds of beginning the game
so i gave up
watched as each of my pieces were taken, no matter how far away or in what direction of his king
so whatever, i hate checkers
the game, not the greasy fast food place
i hate it because every second and third grader i interact with wants to play it
and elementary school aged children dont like to lose
they love to cheat, make up rules, and lie
but they dont like to lose
in most games i can prevent the cheating
something concrete like, you roll the dice, you go that many places
end of story
if you can count to 6, then you can't cheat
but checkers is an entirely different situation
so this 3rd grader asks me to play
we had just finished a game of sorry! where i lost
because i always feel this helpless need to lose when i play games against children
like if i dont lose they'll cry or get mad
so i always halfass it and then say something like "wow you're really good at this"
but this kid laughed when i lost sorry!, loudly
so i decided i wasn't bullshiting during checkers
i wasn't in the mood to lose
bring it on
this game of checkers was mine.
problem number one, he tells me he can put his peices on every square, red and black
usually i just say "okay" and play his made up game of NOT CHECKERS
but today i said no, every other square or im out
so he complies
and i start playing with strategy
the game lasts about 10 seconds before he starts to cheat
saying he can "rainbow jump" over two of my pieces at once
i said no, and he fought me but i didnt back down
rainbow jump doesnt exist shut up
then he zizags around one of my pieces and takes it
i take it back, f that
what is so difficult about moving only one black square forward at a time?
at this point i think i see tears weld in his eyes from being rejected, but i dont care
but then he makes it, and gets KINGed
and starts heading backwards, red squares, black squares, rainbow jumps, zizag jumps
i started to fight it but not only was i really tired of fighting him
but i realize i have no idea what a little checker can do once he gets kinged
probably because i've never been kinged
because i let you fools beat me within 60 seconds of beginning the game
so i gave up
watched as each of my pieces were taken, no matter how far away or in what direction of his king
so whatever, i hate checkers