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@TheJims@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat

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Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat

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@TheJims@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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Hans Niemann was accused of cheating after he beat Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen last September.
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    @Decoy321 @TheJims It was definitely a real controversy for months a while back. He won and his opponent iirc accused him of having a vib to help him cheat.

    General concensus is that it’s unlikely. The sheet complexity of communicating movements via vib patterns alone makes it a stretch.

    Plus… ya know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWCDc4I0cSQ

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      4•2 years ago

      Or … ya know: https://youtu.be/5uDM3fPeNFM?si=VASdcNJQwOwLFEMa

      Too easy

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      2 years ago

      Wasn’t the accusation that he had a device in his shoe, and the buttplug thing was just a joke that got out of hand?

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        5•2 years ago

        @Pietson @TheJims @Decoy321 that wasn’t what I heard but I didn’t look too too far into it. I read a few of the light articles that discussed the viability of the butt plug cheat device, but aside from that I didn’t really go back to the source or anything.

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          4•2 years ago

          Why do your comments tag anyone remotely involved in this?

          • @adriator@lemm.ee
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            3•2 years ago

            Because that’s how Mastodon works.

            • @KidsTryThisAtHome@lemm.ee
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              2•2 years ago

              Ah ok, weird. Thanks!

          • wolfkin
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            @KidsTryThisAtHome direct replies include anyone in the thread chain by default. It’s like Twitter in that way.

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              2•2 years ago

              Very interesting, thanks!

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