Bullet is by far best way to improve in chess below very high grandmaster level but you have to avoid idiots and patzers. Analyze your game, mistakes and focus on openings. Dont play like idiots and premove opening. Its still plenty of time to punish patzers
@Jamaika_Feeling said in #53:
> I think most of the people playing bullet know that it is not good in terms of improving but do it anyways, so not sure why you expect hate or sth. to this blog. People know it and hate themselves for playing it- in the end its just an addiction. :D
Didn't you read what I said in #26
I got way better by playing bullet chess.
BUT you still have a point, some players (or many) hate themselves for playing it because they know it's bad but still plays it.
Meanwhile, other players (including me) don't feel that way and can ACTUALLY learn something from bullet chess.
> I think most of the people playing bullet know that it is not good in terms of improving but do it anyways, so not sure why you expect hate or sth. to this blog. People know it and hate themselves for playing it- in the end its just an addiction. :D
Didn't you read what I said in #26
I got way better by playing bullet chess.
BUT you still have a point, some players (or many) hate themselves for playing it because they know it's bad but still plays it.
Meanwhile, other players (including me) don't feel that way and can ACTUALLY learn something from bullet chess.
Bullet does not make you worse but ultra bullet definitely makes you worse and playing 1 hour of it cannot be considered as training, plus it's really boring because you practically are trying to flag your opponent with every move you make and that is not real chess, it's just a race on an 8x8 board.
@Joelethan said in #79:
> thefrickouttaherelol, REAL proof is when all you play is bullet games, no practicing, and then after playing a lot of bullet players playing in tournaments THEN IF your rating goes up during those tournaments (rapid or classical) then that is proof.
Again, basically all I have ever played is bullet. (A 400-to-1 ratio at least.)
So ANY rating I get from tournaments or other time controls is almost purely due my experience playing bullet.
Let's put this another way. I started off with a 800 - 1200 bullet rating. I couldn't even keep up with how people moved their pieces. It gave me headaches. I'm having a particular bad week (car accident recently) but a week or two ago I was up to 2150 bullet.
That put me in the top 5% of players - bear in mind this player pool ALSO includes players who are tournament rated and play time controls other than bullet. This means I am sometimes better at bullet than 95% of other players who ALSO play other time controls and play in tournaments!
Not only that, but even though basically all I play is bullet, I have > 1500 ratings in rapid and blitz. Meaning EVEN THOUGH ALMOST ALL I HAVE PLAYED IS BULLET, I am still ABOVE AVERAGE (top 30%) than most players in other time controls.
Let that sink in a bit and then try telling me again there is no proof or that bullet can't help you get better!
> thefrickouttaherelol, REAL proof is when all you play is bullet games, no practicing, and then after playing a lot of bullet players playing in tournaments THEN IF your rating goes up during those tournaments (rapid or classical) then that is proof.
Again, basically all I have ever played is bullet. (A 400-to-1 ratio at least.)
So ANY rating I get from tournaments or other time controls is almost purely due my experience playing bullet.
Let's put this another way. I started off with a 800 - 1200 bullet rating. I couldn't even keep up with how people moved their pieces. It gave me headaches. I'm having a particular bad week (car accident recently) but a week or two ago I was up to 2150 bullet.
That put me in the top 5% of players - bear in mind this player pool ALSO includes players who are tournament rated and play time controls other than bullet. This means I am sometimes better at bullet than 95% of other players who ALSO play other time controls and play in tournaments!
Not only that, but even though basically all I play is bullet, I have > 1500 ratings in rapid and blitz. Meaning EVEN THOUGH ALMOST ALL I HAVE PLAYED IS BULLET, I am still ABOVE AVERAGE (top 30%) than most players in other time controls.
Let that sink in a bit and then try telling me again there is no proof or that bullet can't help you get better!
What I am trying to say is that If you're a beginner serious about improvement,stay away from bullet/blitz
If you're a class player serious about improvement, stay away from bullet/blitz
If you're a titled player, or just play chess for fun, then bullet/blitz is fine.
And also this article you are commenting on clearly states that bullet is not going to improve you, but make you worse (if you play bullet like a 150 games per day) which is clearly what you said
thefrickouttaherelol@thefrickouttaherelol said in #72:
> Try 150 a day like me :)
That is what you said
Thanks for the article
-Joel
If you're a class player serious about improvement, stay away from bullet/blitz
If you're a titled player, or just play chess for fun, then bullet/blitz is fine.
And also this article you are commenting on clearly states that bullet is not going to improve you, but make you worse (if you play bullet like a 150 games per day) which is clearly what you said
thefrickouttaherelol@thefrickouttaherelol said in #72:
> Try 150 a day like me :)
That is what you said
Thanks for the article
-Joel
@ThePracticeGuy said in #83:
> Didn't you read what I said in #26
>
> I got way better by playing bullet chess.
>
> BUT you still have a point, some players (or many) hate themselves for playing it because they know it's bad but still plays it.
> Meanwhile, other players (including me) don't feel that way and can ACTUALLY learn something from bullet chess.
I disagree with everything you said in #26 including your personal experience xD
> Didn't you read what I said in #26
>
> I got way better by playing bullet chess.
>
> BUT you still have a point, some players (or many) hate themselves for playing it because they know it's bad but still plays it.
> Meanwhile, other players (including me) don't feel that way and can ACTUALLY learn something from bullet chess.
I disagree with everything you said in #26 including your personal experience xD
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