Guys, I think my mojo is gone.
As simply as that sounds.
I used to be 1498 ELO in rapid chess on chess.com but now I am sitting a little bit above 1300 and it sucks.
My game style has changeed though, I no longer play it safe, I actually look for sacrifices all the time and ways to unbalance the position as much as possible even at the cost of a full piece or being down an exchange.
If I play solid and safe chess I might be able to get back to 1500, but I don't want to do that, I actually want to play exciting chess and have crushing victories with theatricality and deception, just like Bane would play and win.
So far it hasn't worked out for me. At first it did, but as of late I've been on a losing streak so bad that I almost rage quit this video, but I was able to stay under control of my emotions.
I say I lost my mojo because I am missing tactics and mate in one patterns that normally I would detect with one glance at the position. I have no idea if it is because I've been playing a lot of bullet chess and rapid is too slow for me now or what, but I am losing in the dumbest ways possible, and this video is proof of that.
Yes, I messed up the music once again, I have no idea what is going on with my OBS. Last time I had no sound and now the background is actually front and center, but I just couldn't resist to upload this video where I portray what losing your mojo is
▶️ 3Speak
I will be sending some DV to adjust rewards. It’s getting too high for your content with no engagement
The weirdest part is that even though we might disagree in some topics, I think we agree in fundamentals and intentions towards Hive, hell I even like your sporadic content. I remember we even spoke over discord and even some back and forth comments on-chain a while ago and you seem like someone I could get along with irl if off-chain was a thing in this continent. Thanks for the heads up on the DVs, I understand where they come from.
Yes, it is about the reward, lack of engagement and high frequency relative to the rewards that got you the DV.
Actually it was brought to my attention by multiple individuals.
You can ask blocktrades not to vote you that high. Reduce the frequency.
Or I can do it. It would be infinitely better if you do it yourself
Do more opening drills, your openings suck. Also you seem to play without care during the middle game, as if you know what to do and you know you have time so you just blitz out the first move you see, a common mistake by blitz and bullet players once they go back to slower formats.