Do You Think Admins Should Be Allowed To See Who Votes What In Vote Chess?

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7th November 2009, 07:14am
#1
by keeganomahoney
Cork Ireland
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 1428

In vote chess do you think that admins and/or super admins should be allowed to see who votes what in vote chess. It gets very annoying when people vote a completely random and terrible move. In a vote chess game that is going on at the moment with my group one guy keeps votign terrible moves when we have a forced mate. I'm sure that sometimes people do this because they want the other team to win. Please tell me what you think. 

7th November 2009, 07:20am
#2
by jokko
Akureyri Iceland
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 3440

i think yes admins and super admin should be allowed to see that

7th November 2009, 07:24am
#3
by amitprabhale
Mumbai India
Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 293

No vote must b private! Admin shud nt watch it

7th November 2009, 07:25am
#4
by Nytik
Southampton United Kingdom
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 4657

That would be like telling everyone who voted for who in an election. The votes are private for a reason- privacy. Wink

7th November 2009, 07:27am
#5
by keeganomahoney
Cork Ireland
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 1428

Yes but what if one person is constantly voting a bad move on purpose.

7th November 2009, 07:29am
#6
by Nytik
Southampton United Kingdom
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 4657

Let them. One rogue vote shouldn't affect the result.

7th November 2009, 07:31am
#7
by keeganomahoney
Cork Ireland
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 1428

Yeah, I guess I see where you are coming from.

7th November 2009, 07:39am
#8
by Marshal_Dillon
New Jersey United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 447
Nytik wrote:

Let them. One rogue vote shouldn't affect the result.


 But if someone makes multiple accounts they can outvote everyone else and ruin the game. Instead of making vote chess games open to anyone who wants to join, they should be by invitation of the team captains only that way players wanting to join can be screened.

7th November 2009, 07:57am
#9
by keeganomahoney
Cork Ireland
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 1428

Maybe.

7th November 2009, 08:02am
#10
by demonix
Slovenia
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 173

in grups admin should see that information but only admins or team capitan. Then if you see that some people get random or loosing moves when someone wrote curent moves you can kick them and your grup have more chances to win.

7th November 2009, 08:05am
#11
by keeganomahoney
Cork Ireland
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 1428

Yeah, this topic is very debateable.

7th November 2009, 08:22am
#12
by Chessy4000
London England
Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 3052

I have this problem, but i think a better solution would be to stop people voting before an agreement was made on an automatic setting.

Like, no votes till 12 hours have passed, on one day game.

7th November 2009, 08:46am
#13
by Kacparov
Torun Poland
Member Since: Feb 2009
Member Points: 6653

I think it would be good if Super Admins could see it!

7th November 2009, 01:37pm
#14
by keeganomahoney
Cork Ireland
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 1428
Chessy4000 wrote:

I have this problem, but i think a better solution would be to stop people voting before an agreement was made on an automatic setting.

Like, no votes till 12 hours have passed, on one day game.


 

Yes but then people who are only online between lets say 4 and 5 pm can't vote if voting doesn't begin until 11 pm.

7th November 2009, 02:22pm
#15
by Gert-Jan
Groningen Netherlands
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 966

I don't think this is a good idea because when the super admin diasagrees with you he can delete your vote. I once was member of a large group at this website of which the admin was more like a dictator. Such an admin would abuse his power to see your vote.

Edit:I am not a person that votes wrong moves on purpose.

7th November 2009, 02:31pm
#16
by rooperi
Pretoria South Africa
Member Since: Mar 2009
Member Points: 3934

Groups generally have rules for vote chess. It's a team game. If someone breaks the rules for that game, everybody (not only admin, imo) should be able to see that. If you don't like the team's rules for vote chess, look for another team that suits your needs better.

7th November 2009, 03:14pm
#17
by sasha2
Waterloo, Ontario Canada
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 421
Marshal_Dillon wrote:
Nytik wrote:

Let them. One rogue vote shouldn't affect the result.


 But if someone makes multiple accounts they can outvote everyone else and ruin the game. Instead of making vote chess games open to anyone who wants to join, they should be by invitation of the team captains only that way players wanting to join can be screened.


 Who in thier right mind do that- why would someone comit so much energy for saboutaging an online chess group- if there was a money prize, then that will be diffrent.

9th November 2009, 12:35pm
#18
by JohnODowd
Cork Ireland
Member Since: Oct 2009
Member Points: 50
Marshal_Dillon wrote:
Nytik wrote:

Let them. One rogue vote shouldn't affect the result.


 But if someone makes multiple accounts they can outvote everyone else and ruin the game. Instead of making vote chess games open to anyone who wants to join, they should be by invitation of the team captains only that way players wanting to join can be screened.


 rofl, why would anyone do that? There are haters out there, yes, but I mean come on. You would also have to make multple email adresses. And really i mean you would need like, what, 20 accounts ? Tink befoar type! (misspelling on purpose; Grammar Nazi FTL)

9th November 2009, 04:04pm
#19
by slack
Nebraska United States
Member Since: Apr 2009
Member Points: 1154
Nytik wrote:

Let them. One rogue vote shouldn't affect the result.


I've been in a number of vote chess matches where one vote decided the outcome. It happens quite frequently with smaller groups.

I agree wholeheartedly that Superadmins should be able to see names next to votes. If this system is not in place, it should be created. It is not fair for a competitive team to have to deal with a smartass who thinks it's funny to vote RESIGN every move. Superadmins already have the power to decide who plays in a Team Match, so it does not make sense that they cannot remove players from a Vote Chess match, especially if that player becomes abusive or does not acknowledge the rules the team has created.

9th November 2009, 05:58pm
#20
by HotFlow
KL, Malaysia Malaysia
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 2256

People tend to vote blindly without reading the discussions anyways.  Then you have people who join teams to spy and the people deliberetly vote bad moves.

Which kind of makes it pointless to try and win.  I think, for now, it is better to see it as a educational tool rather than as something competitive - atleast until the interface is improved.

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