Just when I think I’m out of it, the anal beads pull me back in. A few months after the drama between world chess champion Magnus Karlsson and young genius Hans Niemann. ended with an arbitration agreement, the internet isn’t about to let go of the idea that board game experts can cheat with the help of a vibrating sex toy cleverly inserted into their rectums. Currently, the world of Shang-Chi, also known as Chinese Chess, is reeling from a very similar scandal involving even more sordid content, with a former champion accused of over-celebrating his victories.
Xiangqi may not be as global as chess, but it is one of the most popular board games in China, where the object is to move pieces on the board to capture the opposing general, or “king,” and win the final game. Basically, it’s checkmate. National news coverage has centered on 48-year-old Xiangqi champion Yang Chengrong, who won the National Chinese Chess Tournament, one of the biggest events in Chinese shogi, held on China’s Hainan Island last week. While defeating dozens of opponents, Yang celebrated by drinking alcohol all night at a hotel, and even got so drunk that he defecated in a hotel bathtub, according to the China Shang-Chi Association.
According to a statement from CXA: ABC Australia, Yang’s actions on the night of December 18th were “an extremely malicious act that caused damage to hotel property, violated public order and morals, and had a negative impact on the competition and Shang-Chi events.” The association stripped Yang of his title and prize money and banned him from playing for one year.
But the wild accusations don’t end there. CXA also mentioned a wave of rumors spread online through the Chinese social media app Weibo. Users had speculated that Yang was using anal beads to cheat. Some claimed that they were clenching and loosening their teeth to communicate with computers and humans, who were sending back instructions for optimal movement through vibrations.
CXA told international media: “Based on our understanding of the situation, it is currently impossible to prove that Mr. Yang was involved in any fraudulent activity using ‘anal beads’ as has been speculated on social media. ” he said.
story of Anal beads for board game cheating origin During last year’s Neiman Carlson play.. Magnus, a chess grandmaster and one of the most famous players in the world, accused the then 19-year-old Niemann: Cheating in both online and interpersonal games. It’s much easier to make computer-assisted moves when you’re safe behind the computer, but it’s much harder to cheat in tabletop chess.It’s not like there was nothing wild cheating allegations But speculation about anal beads became so memetic that the controversy soon went far beyond the garden walls of the normally insular chess community.
Now the beads are back. How exactly do you prove such a ridiculous claim? Not possible, actually. It also doesn’t help to dampen the controversy that Yang was later accused of trying too hard and causing a disaster at the post-competition celebration.
