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I can only be invisible if no one is looking
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Author:  xed_over [ Mon Jun 03, 2013 4:49 pm ]
Post subject:  I can only be invisible if no one is looking
A co-worker has expressed an interest in learning the game better -- he's played before.

I've setup a board between our desks, but he'll only make a move (or even look at the board), when I'm not around. Its actually not the first time I've encountered this personality type -- but I don't understand it.
Author:  Amelia [ Mon Jun 03, 2013 11:28 pm ]
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Well... It looks like he suffers from a form of anxiety. That's nothing extraordinary and the list of possible causes could fill an encyclopedia.
Author:  daal [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: I can only be invisible if no one is looking
xed_over wrote:
A co-worker has expressed an interest in learning the game better -- he's played before.

I've setup a board between our desks, but he'll only make a move (or even look at the board), when I'm not around. Its actually not the first time I've encountered this personality type -- but I don't understand it.


Don't you people have computers? Play online with him.
Author:  Joaz Banbeck [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:39 am ]
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You are probably playing against the janitor. :)
Author:  TheBigH [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:26 pm ]
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Some people don't like it when people watch what they're doing. They sometimes feel like they're being judged.
Author:  Bonobo [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:45 pm ]
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I actually like to watch my opponents’ faces, especially their eyes, and how they move accross the board. Also their mouths may give away a lot unintentionally. And the other way ’round, if I sense my opponent watch me, I ostentatively look at parts of the board that I’m currently not really interested in, and sometimes I look happy and sometimes I look sad :twisted:
Author:  LocoRon [ Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:43 pm ]
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Bonobo wrote:
I actually like to watch my opponents’ faces, especially their eyes, and how they move accross the board. Also their mouths may give away a lot unintentionally. And the other way ’round, if I sense my opponent watch me, I ostentatively look at parts of the board that I’m currently not really interested in, and sometimes I look happy and sometimes I look sad :twisted:


rofl, I do this exact same thing!
Author:  Koosh [ Thu Jun 06, 2013 3:41 am ]
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Bonobo wrote:
I actually like to watch my opponents’ faces, especially their eyes, and how they move accross the board. Also their mouths may give away a lot unintentionally. And the other way ’round, if I sense my opponent watch me, I ostentatively look at parts of the board that I’m currently not really interested in, and sometimes I look happy and sometimes I look sad :twisted:


I like to stroke my invisible mustache with a crazed look in my eye to thwart fellows like you.
Author:  shapenaji [ Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: I can only be invisible if no one is looking
xed_over wrote:
A co-worker has expressed an interest in learning the game better -- he's played before.

I've setup a board between our desks, but he'll only make a move (or even look at the board), when I'm not around. Its actually not the first time I've encountered this personality type -- but I don't understand it.


Hmm, Will Hunting Syndrome... I recommend a psychiatrist, possibly with roots in his community.
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