From Chump Change:
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Aye, but the discussion isn't about a weekend player. It seems that everybody, save for durrr, knew and knows the weekend player had no chance. The comment I quoted stemmed from the talk about seriously competitive players beating top players in certain conditions.
Plus, I still gotta say comparing not having a rook to spotting somebody points in 1 on 1 shows such a fundamental misunderstanding of chess and probably basketball as well.
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From Curtains:
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I don't think its a bad analogy at all. If a friend of Kobe Bryant offers me some prop bet in basketball for like 100k, I probably won't take it, regardless of how great it sounds for me.
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Well, at least Curtains agrees with me.
My point is simply that non-professionals and layman alike tend to
seriously underestimate the skills of professionals and experts.
Does an analogy of a top billiards player work better for you ?
Doesn't losing a $50,000 prop bet seem to support my premise ?
How seriously did durr underestimate curtains ?