Why do people "slow roll?"

There have been times on this site (playing as anonymous) where I've found myself in a losing position and instead of playing to end the game, my opponent has sought to torment me and play less than steller, but still good enough to win moves.

Case in point, my challenge puzzle is of a lone king, versus two queens and a rook, this is a situation I faced in one game, where my opponent got four (4!!) queens instead of playing to win with one and a rook.

Am I alone in this?

When I have a won position, sometimes I slow down to try to figure out the coolest checkmate possible...

If you don't want to are tormented in a losing position, just resign :)

I've lost so many games when I've had the winning position. I try to make a conscious effort and slow down when I'm winning now, because losing a won game is the worst feeling ever.

@Neverness
- I don't have a problem with people trying to be artistic, I have a problem with people going out of their way to acquire as many queens as they can.

@Solal35
- I do :) </3

@DingDongMcNasty
- I can understand that, but it's not what I was talking about :D

Maybe they're pupils of Hikaru Nakamura, y'know...
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1480850
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1497429
Was Nakamura trying to be 'artistic' or he was trying to bully those poor machines? :-)

When the game is technically won, I have to goals: 1) make as much queens as possible and 2) "build" a checkmate where all the pieces are exactly in the black squares, if I'm black, or white squares, if I'm white.

#6 hahaha, thanks for those links!

@Andrea: It's a preference thing.

If I'm completely winning (as in the QQR vs K example), with no time pressure, and my opponent's not resigning, I'll purposely drag the game out sometimes.

While it's perfectly acceptable not to resign, I (and I'm sure other players as well) find it a bit silly in such lopsided games, so if my opponent insists on playing it out, then I'll go out of my way to make them suffer for that decision.

Neither side is doing anything "wrong", really. I just figure if my opponent is going to force me to play out a mindless ending, I should at least have some fun with it :)

I guess I can see the point of making them suffer for not resigning. I too have been guilty (7 queens):

:D

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=1158453339

I just don't like it when it happens to me.. </3