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Message: [QUOTE="RogueRivered, post: 1316468, member: 45593"] Yeah, I feel the same way about it that you do. It's all relative. A good player at lower levels may not be good at higher levels and who gets to determine when to call him a fish? It's just a crutch to try to classify or pigeonhole people. What good is it? Fish isn't only a poker term. I've played chess tournaments for years, and the good players often referred to lower level players as fish. The best players play in a specially designated area of the tournament room -- everyone else is in the "fishbowl." Sometimes these little fish grow up to be "big fish," and I mean that in a good way. I think it's also a respect issue. For some reason, people want others to earn their respect. I guess this means that they don't respect others as a general rule. That's not good, imo. Wouldn't it be better to respect others until they prove they're unrespectable? [/QUOTE]