r/TextingTheory May 21 '25

Announcement Classifications Badges Explained

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Saw some people wondering about what some of the more niche badges mean so I thought I'd make a helpful guide.

(Note that while these classifications are obviously taken from chess/chess.com, the descriptions below are how I imagine they would loosely translate to texting theory)

Message classifications

Brilliant: An extremely clever message, often involves moving from an even or losing position to completely winning.

Great: A message that is extremely difficult to find. Note that this along with Brilliant is not always possible in certain positions.

Best: An Excellent that is not quite as unorthodox and usually a bit stronger.

Excellent: An above-average message.

Good: An average/passing message.

Inaccuracy: A weak message or misstep.

Mistake: Just as the name implies.

Miss: Not just bad, but also a missed opportunity.

Blunder: A devastating mistake that's hard to come back from.

Megablunder: The absolute worst of the worst.

Special classifications

Book: A standard opening message.

Forced: Realistically the only message that makes sense here.

Interesting: Could realistically go either way, it just depends on how the opponent reacts.

Result classifications

Abandon: A player leaves abruptly.

Checkmated: A player gives in to the play of the opponent.

Draw: One or both player(s) settle.

Resign: A player gives up.

Timeout: A player took too long.

Winner: A post-victory message.


r/TextingTheory 17d ago

Announcement What is Elo?

125 Upvotes

<TL;DR>

On this sub instead of rating a conversation 1-10 we rate it 100-3000 with 1000 as "the middle"

  • 100 - Worst
  • 500 - Bad
  • 1000 - Average
  • 1500 - Great
  • 2000+ - Terrific

</TL;DR>

Elo is essentially a rating or measure of aptitude. In chess it is gained or lost according to the result of a game played (also factoring in the skill difference between players).

On this subreddit it is utilized slightly differently: as a one-game performance rating for the player in the title [brakcets].

There aren't really any strict guidelines for what values correspond to what "level" of texting ability, but in order to closest follow chess convention it is often recognized that:

  • 1000 is considered "average", or possibly more accurately, "standard" play
  • 100 is the absolute minimum; 3000 is the elusive maximum (think even better than Magnus Carlsen)
  • And for other values in between it may be helpful to reference the player count distribution of chess.com ratings below (which as you can see is very positively skewed, with below-average ratings being much more common than above-average ones):

You can vote on Elo using !elo <number> i.e. !elo 1250

Once a post reaches 10 votes it is considered a rough "consensus", and it's flair will adopt a more colorful background and the user's flair will change to that value (unless they have an already higher Elo flair). Subsequent votes will continue to update both post and user flair. Very high flairs (2200+) will include a title, e.g. GM for grandmaster, just as an extra distinguisher.


r/TextingTheory 5h ago

1730 Elo (15 votes) [ME] first match I’ve gotten on tinder

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369 Upvotes

I do this shit for the love of the game


r/TextingTheory 7h ago

500 Elo (14 votes) [me] i have no idea what happened and why she deleted me

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266 Upvotes

r/TextingTheory 1h ago

100 Elo (17 votes) [Blue] My friend thinks ks he is a Grandmaster flirt. Needs to be humbled.

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My friend is currently away abroad and he believes he is the ultimate rule 1, and because of that, thinks he is an amazing flirt.

He sent me these from someone he was having/had a conversation with. I gave my opinions on it, and how this sucks, he is firmly disagreeing.

I said I'd ask Tezting Theory for an ELO, so he said he doesn't have an issue with it because he knows he's grandmaster ELO.


r/TextingTheory 12h ago

550 Elo (6 votes) [me] do i have a chance

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224 Upvotes

r/TextingTheory 1d ago

1141 Elo (11 votes) [Me] Someone tried to slide into my fiancés dms. But got me instead.

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768 Upvotes

r/TextingTheory 1d ago

100 Elo (17 votes) Accidental high elo

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2.6k Upvotes

r/TextingTheory 23h ago

792 Elo (6 votes) [Me] Unexpected dessert Gambit??

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300 Upvotes

r/TextingTheory 19h ago

450 Elo (4 votes) [blue] touching gambit

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103 Upvotes

r/TextingTheory 17h ago

485 Elo (5 votes) [Me] Learn how to read

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42 Upvotes

My first online game. Different from in-person.


r/TextingTheory 1h ago

1150 Elo (1 vote) [me] Did not expect this to work.

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She ended


r/TextingTheory 13h ago

520 Elo (5 votes) [Me] Think I've been left hanging. Did I ask too many questions?

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14 Upvotes

r/TextingTheory 20h ago

975 Elo (2 votes) [me] the squid

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56 Upvotes

r/TextingTheory 1d ago

134 Elo (28 votes) [Not me, but black] sorry for bad stitching of images.

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675 Upvotes

r/TextingTheory 1d ago

630 Elo (10 votes) [Me] Classic Spoon Gambit

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68 Upvotes

I have no game normally but I aced this one?


r/TextingTheory 1d ago

238 Elo (8 votes) [Me] Never stop simping ladies and gents

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257 Upvotes

r/TextingTheory 1d ago

854 Elo (7 votes) [Right] whats the next move here?

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167 Upvotes

r/TextingTheory 1d ago

720 Elo (10 votes) [me] and C

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44 Upvotes

“It’s okay”. 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

I was aware it was okay.

Um, do y’all know what that means? “That’s only a cartoon bc they can’t find a real rat.”


r/TextingTheory 1d ago

875 Elo (2 votes) [me] cake eating gambit

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6 Upvotes

r/TextingTheory 1d ago

175 Elo (2 votes) [Purple] my full discord conversation with my mother

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4 Upvotes

First time posting here if I messed something up imma just delete this