Obviously excluding those who have had their accounts closed for cheating and other rule breaches

@gambit-man

Not too sure of the figures gambit, but i think in this instance the question should be "How many people joined because of the change in format"? :)

As we can see from the statistics, the members joining is continously on the increase, up and up , its not going down at all:)

Regards

Hydra

@snake  it was a serious question

@Hydra  really? where are these stats? i can't find anything on this site any more

Come on man, it doesn't take much getting used to. When it first changed people were inevitably up in arms about it, but after a week I think most people started to realise that it's as easy as the old one. Who woulda predicted that. It's just a bit of practice. You'll be fine. Anyone that leaves in rage because of it just needs to chill a bit.

Death by wolf attack is pretty messy. :)

@waller - there really is more to it than just getting used to new things. do all the functions you used in the old format still work? there's nothing you can't find?

@snake - i would have laughed if your joke was funny, but it wasn't. by all means crack jokes as you wish, but they've got to be funny to make people laugh

I don't know about you, all I can say is I haven't run into a serious problem, or not been able to find something that I used to be able to. Give me an example of something you can't find any more.

@gambit-man

On the chess.com main page:

http://www.chess.com/

top right, it says we currently have 5,036,355 members

also here: http://www.chess.com/members/

It shows that 3031 members joined in the past 24 hours.

Regards

Hydra

no, go on...

3031 joined in the past 24 hours, how many left?

the site currently has 5,036,355 members, how many were there when the change was made?

there isnt a public number of those who left in the past 24 hours, however i do know that when the change took place the numbers were in the 4,000,000 s

Regards

Hydra

so there aren't actually any figures to confirm one way or the other? and these are all new accounts opened by people who don't already have one or who haven't had their previous account closed for rule breaches?

better think more before the next one...

get in it?

gee, thanks for that, i will forever be in your debt.

recycled joke:-

[Edited by Moderater - Lewd]

chess.com/members and you have a bright big green box that answers your questions.

P.S. Why have people started posting forums potraying negativity of the site and Chess?

Great joke - havn't heard that one before.  Thanks for brightening up my day.

3 guesses...

btw, the link you provided didn't work for me, i get the "missing page" page

lol

chess.com/members