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I can only be invisible if no one is looking
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 4:49 pm
by xed_over
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.
Re: I can only be invisible if no one is looking
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 11:28 pm
by Amelia
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.
Re: I can only be invisible if no one is looking
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:39 am
by daal
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.
Re: I can only be invisible if no one is looking
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:39 am
by Joaz Banbeck
You are probably playing against the janitor.
Re: I can only be invisible if no one is looking
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:26 pm
by TheBigH
Some people don't like it when people watch what they're doing. They sometimes feel like they're being judged.
Re: I can only be invisible if no one is looking
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:45 pm
by Bonobo
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
Re: I can only be invisible if no one is looking
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:43 pm
by LocoRon
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
rofl, I do this exact same thing!
Re: I can only be invisible if no one is looking
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 3:41 am
by Koosh
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
I like to stroke my invisible mustache with a crazed look in my eye to thwart fellows like you.
Re: I can only be invisible if no one is looking
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:33 am
by shapenaji
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.