The strength of this site is, without a question, the community. For all the work that we on staff do, this site truly is nothing with out all the members. With that said, I'd like to ask for the members help to make the site a bit better. Think you have a great idea for a trophy? Share it! How about the surveys on the homepage? Think you can come up with something better than the staff? Give it a shot!
You can post your idea/s here, or you can send me a message, whichever you choose.
For trophy ideas, if you have a piece of clip art to go with it, even better. It's not necessary though.
So, give it your best shot, give us your ideas for trophys and surveys, let's see how creative this community is.
Is it possible to view the list of available Game Trophies - other than when awarding them at the end of a game?
SURVEY SUGGESTION:
What is your view towards Team Matches?
No, but seriously - all joking aside - do you honestly think that the first team pairing shown below (i.e. group A fields its strongest team)
A1(2447)
vs
B1 (2300)
A2 (2160)
vs.
B2 (1565)
A3 (2037)
B3(1524)
A4 (1838)
B4(1520)
A5 (1753)
B5 (1505)
A6 (1729)
B6 (1482)
A7 (1706)
B7 (1407)
A8 (1705)
B8 (1394)
A9 (1683)
B9 (1356)
A10 (1672)
B10(1319)
A11(1670)
B11 (1303)
A12 (1634)
B12 (1180)
A13 (1570)
B13 (1057)
A14 (1570)
A15(1527)
A16 (1388)
A17 (1387)
A18 (1373)
A19 (1327)
A20 (1325)
A21 (1315)
A22 (992)
is better IN ANY WAY than the second one (A's team is matched by rating with B's team)?
This is not a football match between clubs: this is a chess match between individuals whose individual rating has been fairly precisely measured by chess.com. Even if chess is not a sport, it is hardly a sporting contest to have a 300 point rating difference (on average) - 500 in some cases.
Or IS club/group/team allegiance MORE IMPORTANT than a sporting contest?
Thank you for the other-than-game-related trophy, gumpty.
Let me rephrase my enquiry: Is it possible to view the list of available Game Trophies - NOT FUN TROPHIES - other than when awarding them at the end of a game?
the one who came up with the most new ideas trophy
My favourite, yum! yum!
Now where's that "you misread my post - but not to worry, because you sent me a fun trophy anyway - and it's the thought that counts" fun trophy?
You can make it a sporting contest by limiting the ratings that enter for the matches - this is particularly useful when the lower rated members of a team never get a game.
Team matches are awarded points, so the team with the most points should be the strongest team, so teams are likely to field their strongest teams where possibly in order to pick up points - sporting in the sense that it is a blood sport.
The best solution might be to form A teams/B teams etc. within groups with a maximum number of boards and set up a league system within chess.com.
artfizz writes: Agreed - but this is UNFAIR towards the higher rated members of the smaller group.
jonnyjupiter wrote: Team matches are awarded points, so the team with the most points should be the strongest team, so teams are likely to field their strongest teams where possibly in order to pick up points - sporting in the sense that it is a blood sport.
artfizz writes: Perhaps it is unreasonable to put the onus on groups to limit themselves.
jonnyjupiter wrote: The best solution might be to form A teams/B teams etc. within groups with a maximum number of boards and set up a league system within chess.com.
artfizz writes: That seems a complex and divisive mechanism compared with providing a rating-balancing facility. Also, it doesn't actually work between a large group and a small group.
Would it not just be like our local chess leagues? All competition is potentially divisive, but competition also gives motivation to strive for excellence.
Trophy Idea: "You let me off the hook."
Like they were about to win but blew a tactic that lost their Queen.
Right now, the only trophy that I can think of to give in that situation is "Good Game" (although I haven't looked at the trophies recently)
Art, unless you've given a trophy to every single opponent for every single game in your archive, just go to one in which you DIDN'T give a trophy and click on the "give a trophy" just long enuf to see all the options without actually giving the trophy.
The Team Match pairings can certainly be tricky, but there are a couple of tools available that can help if used properly. The Auto-Start ensures that at least one of the two teams will play with the 1st people to sign up rather than the strongest. And the ability to limit the ratings can exclude certain members of each group ensuring more even pairings. Used in conjunction, with match size (number of boards), I believe it's possible to achieve a fair match between any 2 teams. Some are still bound to be lopsided anyway.
That's a neat trick. Thanks. (Also, I might decide to give a trophy four months late!)
Billium248 also wrote: The Team Match pairings can certainly be tricky, but there are a couple of tools available that can help if used properly. The Auto-Start ensures that at least one of the two teams will play with the 1st people to sign up rather than the strongest. And the ability to limit the ratings can exclude certain members of each group ensuring more even pairings. U sed in conjunction, with match size (number of boards), I believe it's possible to achieve a fair match between any 2 teams. Some are still bound to be lopsided anyw ay.
Both mechanisms certainly help.
Yes, the "Auto Start" is visible in the challenge. It applies to both sides and cannot be applied to only one. Therefore the larger team would inevitably fill up the spaces a little faster and have a slightly stronger team than the smaller group who will start the match as soon as they reach the magic number. How much of a ratings advantage this will give them depends on how fast each team fills up, and who fills it up. The longer the registration period, the more it favors the larger team.
For a survey "How old were you when you started playing chess"
Who designs the trophies? We could do with some more imaginative design ideas!
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