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Do players generally play a lower PR ("better") online or live?

Posted By: Ian Terry
Date: Monday, 23 April 2018, at 11:42 p.m.

Recently, I have started taping and transcribing my live play. Additionally, I always run my matches on Gridgammon through XG to see how I played. Before taping and transcribing, I always assumed that one's typical PR online would be lower than live -- mainly because of the availability of the pip-count and maybe because there's not really any stake (aside from rating points... lol) to make you feel pressure.

I have found that my assumption was pretty much opposite that after a small sample, to the tune of about two points better than my long-term average (starting in August when I got my new laptop).

Is this typical? I was talking to another player that said most play better live b/c the stake's existence makes one play more deliberately, whereas online it's easy to get sloppy/play fast/while multi-tasking.

Messages In This Thread

• Do players generally play a lower PR ("better") online or live?
  Ian Terry -- Monday, 23 April 2018, at 11:42 p.m.
  • Do players generally play a lower PR ("better") online or live?
    Albert Steg -- Tuesday, 24 April 2018, at 2:03 a.m.
  • Do players generally play a lower PR ("better") online or live?
    TarHeelFan -- Tuesday, 24 April 2018, at 2:14 a.m.
  • Do players generally play a lower PR ("better") online or live?
    Florin Popa -- Tuesday, 24 April 2018, at 1:32 p.m.
  • Do players generally play a lower PR ("better") online or live?
    Fatboy -- Saturday, 28 April 2018, at 1:46 a.m.
  • Do players generally play a lower PR ("better") online or live?
    KenB -- Saturday, 28 April 2018, at 3:21 p.m.
  • Do players generally play a lower PR ("better") online or live?
    Stick -- Sunday, 29 April 2018, at 7:08 a.m.