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Debate: What to call "Online Chess"...


  • 13 months ago · Quote · #981

    eddiewsox

    How about CCC, Computer Corespondence Chess?

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #982

    ChazR

    After fifty pages, I suggest Staff summarize the list to ten choices and call the question for a vote.  Maybe eleven choices, including, "Who cares."

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #983

    chess_kebabs

    or 12 choices.. "We will choose what 'we' like the best, regardless of what the majority likes".

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #984

    Stampnl

    I don't think there is a good solution to the cheating problem.

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #985

    TheGrobe

    I don't think you're in the right thread.

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #986

    himath2009

    Good thinking...

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #987

    onthehouse

    Online Correspondence Chess.

    Terrible?  Too long?

    Then how about; " OC Chess " ?

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #988

    Sooner

    chess_kebabs wrote:

    or 12 choices.. "We will choose what 'we' like the best, regardless of what the majority likes".

    I would amend your comment to the following: "or 12 choices.. 'We will choose what 'we' like the best, regardless of what Erik likes." After all, this site is in business for the profit of Erik but for the enjoyment of its members.

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #989

    chessplayer11

    TheGrobe wrote:
    chessplayer11 wrote:

    I wonder if any one is able to state at least three things that Traditional Correspondence Chess actually have in common with Online Chess here.

    The only similarity I can find is the amount of time it takes.

     

    So far all I got is that no one can deal with change. I await your failure.

    Communication over a distance
    Non-concurrent gameplay
    It's chess

    You wouldn't use Correspondence Chess for someone nearby or in the same house even, but you certainly can do it here.

    Non-concurrent? If you stay on the same page, how different is it from regular chess?

    It's chess? So you couldn't think of a third one... :/

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #990

    chessplayer11

    TheGrobe wrote:

    I'm coming to the conclusion that he's just trolling.  Surely he can't be that obtuse without it being intentional.

    I'm trolling? Maybe you should read the first post. ...and subsequent ones by the guy who runs the site. I suppose he's trolling too?

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #991

    Sooner

    Yes, TheGrobe, chessplayer11 does seem to be just trolling, trying to show us how clever he can be. Too bad for him that cleverness is no substitute for sound, sensible reasoning. His approach to the naming issue is merely that of the sophist and yields results as specious as theirs were.

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #992

    chessplayer11

    At least I've given reasons for my opinion. All you can do is cry like a child. Maybe if you hold your breath long enough you'll get your way.

    I mean, you thought the survey was an election, so why not?

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #993

    chess_kebabs

    Sooner wrote:
    chess_kebabs wrote:

    or 12 choices.. "We will choose what 'we' like the best, regardless of what the majority likes".

    I would amend your comment to the following: "or 12 choices.. 'We will choose what 'we' like the best, regardless of what Erik likes." After all, this site is in business for the profit of Erik but for the enjoyment of its members.

    Well my friend, let's see the final outcome first, to see whose wording was more accurate.  :)

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #994

    chess_kebabs

    Did anyone else not know that the site is actually owned and run by Erik and his partner Jay?

    When I say his partner, I don't mean that sort of partner Embarassed lol.  I mean his business partner. Money mouth

    I only just realised that from stumbling across this forum.

    http://www.chess.com/article/view/about-chesscom?

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #995

    Sooner

    Babs, the point of my comment was not accuracy in predicting which name will finally be chosen. You are quite right that the outcome remains to be seen. My guess is that the name chosen will be whatever Erik wants it to be. He obviously views the choice as being exclusively a matter of his own judicial prerogative, not a ministerial act done pursuant to the vote he held on the issue. But whatever name he chooses and the fact that he made the choice will not in any way confer any "accuracy" upon whatever term he does choose. My point was related to the question of whose preferences should be accommodated in the choice. In my opinion, they should be those of chess.com's customers as expressed in the results of the vote Erik took, which results clearly showed a strong preference among chess.com's members for "correspondence chess." After all, it is we who pay for the site. Without us and our money, it wouldn't even exist; and there would be nothing about it for anyone to name!

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #996

    ketchuplover

    Has anyone nominated the name DEAD (as in not live) CHESS ?

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #997

    chess_kebabs

    ketchuplover wrote:

    Has anyone nominated the name DEAD (as in not live) CHESS ?

    Yes a couple of others have ketchuplover. I don't think many laughed then either. :)

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #998

    chess_kebabs

    Sooner wrote:

    Babs, the point of my comment was not accuracy in predicting which name will finally be chosen. You are quite right that the outcome remains to be seen. My guess is that the name chosen will be whatever Erik wants it to be. He obviously views the choice as being exclusively a matter of his own judicial prerogative, not a ministerial act done pursuant to the vote he held on the issue. But whatever name he chooses and the fact that he made the choice will not in any way confer any "accuracy" upon whatever term he does choose. My point was related to the question of whose preferences should be accommodated in the choice. In my opinion, they should be those of chess.com's customers as expressed in the results of the vote Erik took, which results clearly showed a strong preference among chess.com's members for "correspondence chess." After all, it is we who pay for the site. Without us and our money, it wouldn't even exist; and there would be nothing about it for anyone to name!

    Oh, ok Gerry. Sorry, I misunderstood your message. It sounded like you twisted my comment to mean the opposite of what I was saying. 

    Yes, I agree with you, it should be what the majority of Erik's customers prefer, but whether that happens or not, as you said, is yet to be seen.

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #999

    chess_kebabs

    If you go back and read your paragraph Gerry, I think you will see that your intended message isn't quite clear there. But it is now. :)

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #1000

    Sooner

    chessplayer11 wrote:

    At least I've given reasons for my opinion. All you can do is cry like a child. Maybe if you hold your breath long enough you'll get your way.

    I mean, you thought the survey was an election, so why not?

    For your edification only, the word "vote" in common English usage is associated with the word "election," while the word "respond" is commonly used in relation to the words "survey" and "poll." We "vote" in "elections," and we "respond" to "polls" and "surveys." Erik used the word "vote" in the designation of his project concerning determination of a new term for "online chess" or "turn-based chess." To those reasonably conversant with the mother tongue, that suggests an "election" and makes your obsession with my use of that word misguided and entirely without any legitimate point.

    As for my holding my breath, here's another idea for your consideration. You might be able to engage in enough sophistry on the issue to get your way. Wouldn't you like that? That seems to be what you're going for.


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