My opponents can talk as much as they want, wherever they want.
It gives me time to go to the bathroom, grab a snack, take a brief nap, those sorts of things.
Or POSSIBLY discuss things with my team.
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I really don’t care. If my opponents are REALLY GOOD, then their discussing things isn’t going to help them much, because the level of play was so high to begin with. If my opponents are REALLY BAD, their chatter will not help them anyways.
The only time I object to table talk is if player A is basically making all the moves for player B, even when player B objects. But that really goes beyond “table talk” to bad taste.
Well, okay, I also object if I’m sleepy, and my opponents are just wasting time.
Or if I was told to expect a good game, and one of my opponents is basically trying to set up a tutoring session for another player, complete with detailed explanations. (I don’t mind tutoring sessions, but I think it only polite to inform your opponent ahead of time if you are going to be spending a lot of time doing something that slows the progress of the game. Like the previous Friday or Saturday or whatever, not “oh hi, this is Joe, imma teach him A and A” )
Or if they are saying things like “i wuv u sooo much chickie-poo! y dun u move some fighters over here? did u remember to get some eggs?” ahhhh domestic talk . . . ahhh!
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Well, okay, there are actually a LOT of times I object to table talk. But NOT when it increases the quality of the opposition.