Tilt and ratings

[salamanteri]

Does anybody tilt doing the standard problems? You spend a few minutes on some stupid problem. Then you still get it wrong because some stupid high ass conmputer says your move is a ****ing 0.00001 points worse. Then you start just ****ing clicking the moves. THIS MOVE BETTER BE RIGHT. Aaargh

What has happened to the blitz rating system? I remember having a rating of 3000. Once I even had a rating of 4000 when my Rd was high and got a lucky streak.

[slacker00]

I've tilted.  I've been good lately, though.  I try to keep my sessions short, now, and try to gauge how I'm feeling.  If I start to get tired, I get cranky, and it's time to quit. lol.  Plus, taking extra time in standard, just to double check everything before I move can at least give peace of mind that I'm doing everything I can to solve the problem to the best of my ability.

[revenant]

The new "Look for a better move" feature of the site is a blessing but it does introduce new dangers (see the thread about Problem 38408 in the "Chess Problems" section of this Forum).  It's either relax and play a move that might be wrong, or become fearful of making any move at all because the red "Failed" flag feels like losing a game of Russian Roulette.  So I stare at the position for pathologically long periods of time, probably with little or no benefit to my rating.  Timewise, there is a point of diminishing returns.