Yan Chenglong crowned ‘Xiangqi King’ but overdid celebrations, as governing body also investigates whether he cheated using anal beads
  • caboose2006@lemmy.ca
    742·
    10 months ago

    Me “What’s the difference between a bathtub and a toilet?”

    Yan Chenglong “Idk. What?”

    Me “Please leave my house”

  • eponymous_anonymous@sh.itjust.works
    732·
    10 months ago

    Unfair. Moral character has nothing to do with raw talent and skill - if shitting in a bathtub so hard you damage hotel property isn’t explicitly banned in the rule book, and the people running the contest haven’t found a method to effectively drug test their athletes for anal bead usage, then I think he should get to keep his title.

    After all, there’s no rule saying dogs can’t play basketball

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
      17·
      10 months ago

      More to the point: one thing hs nothing to do with the other

      The guy is an asshole, but that has nothing to do with chess

    • Melllvar@startrek.websiteEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      There may be a morals clause in whatever contract they signed. (IDK about Chinese law on the subject, though)

    • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      713·
      10 months ago

      Nah. I am all for stripping people of their titles for acting like shitbags. We need this more in society.

        • SPRUNT@lemmy.world
          52·
          10 months ago

          It doesn’t have anything to do with chess. However, whatever organization is handing out these champion titles has the right to award and remove the titles as they choose. If they don’t want a bathtub-shitter as their champion spokesman, they are within their right to remove the title.

          I bet that digging into the bylaws of many sports/competitions would reveal codes of conduct that participants must follow.

  • jabathekek@sopuli.xyz
    65·
    10 months ago

    Yan allegedly clenched and unclenched rhythmically to communicate information about the chess board via code to a computer, which then sent back instructions on what moves to make in the form of vibrations

    Wow.

    • remotelove@lemmy.ca
      49·
      10 months ago

      Yan had cheated during the competition by using anal beads equipped with wireless transmitters to send and receive signals.

      Adding the context to your quote…

    • Stoneykins [any]@mander.xyzEnglish
      36·
      10 months ago

      If I had a nickle for everytime there was a chess scandal and some media site reported that someone (allegedly) cheated with bluetooth anal beads, I could buy some bluetooth anal beads and win a chess tournament

      • BreadstickNinja@lemmy.worldEnglish
        171·
        10 months ago

        Several Youtubers have built a working prototype and used it to beat chess masters. And for who knows what else off screen, I guess.

    • Godric@lemmy.world
      26·
      10 months ago

      A good while ago, Chess player Hans Neimann was accused of cheating after decisively winning a game against the world champion, Magnus Carlsen. Afterwards, he couldn’t reasonably explain his moves, which added to the cheating suspicion.

      The chess meme community ran away with it, and the story blew up just after, so the story became Hans Neimann used anal beads to cheat in a game.

    • charles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
      7·
      10 months ago

      There was never any evidence of this. The best explanation I heard is that Magnus’ company was merging with chess.com right before a tournament, and with that the information of cheating bans were made available to him. He found out that Hans had been banned for cheating a couple years prior on chess.com. Speculation is that this put Magnus on tilt during his match with Hans, and losing just confirmed Magnus’ suspicion that Hans is a cheater IRL as well as online.

  • forty2@lemmy.worldEnglish
    112·
    10 months ago

    Yan consumed alcohol with others in his room on the night of the 17th, and then he defecated in the bathtub of the room he was staying in on the 18th

    So wait…this wasn’t a party and booze incident? Bro pooped the canoe, in privacy, the next day. I wonder if it was premeditated.

    I’m so going to drop a fat Chernobyl mutation of a shit in that sassy tub tomorrow

    • Yan (hopefully)
  • Bassman27@lemmy.world
    42·
    10 months ago

    I think when you’re Chinese chess champion of the universe you can shit in any bathtub you like.