One of the reasons "daily" chess (Erik's latest made up term for correspondence chess) is so popular on this site. Folks have dozens, sometimes hundreds of games going on at the same time. Anytime they need some chess action, it's right there waiting for them. At first read your dad seems unreasonable, but if he uses his computer for work, I can understand his reluctance to let you use it.
Punishment for slow internet connection?
LOL the propensity for chess.com to dumb everything down to a level that is inane is truly hilarious, I guess daily chess is just easier to say than a four syllable word like correspondence with its rustic connotations of intellectualism from a bygone era! Come children lets play daily chess instead!
Thanks guys I'll get onto Daily Chess :D
The danger is and please believe me because I do it myself is that people tend to play correspondence chess like they do blitz or rapid and its an entirely different scenario. Correspondence chess is the art of analysis ( I refuse to call it daily chess as the term is inane, meaningless not to mention inaccurate) You can look up a data base, study an opening, move the pieces around all while the game is in progress. Its a great way to learn and improve but it takes a different approach entirely and needs a different set of skills.
I also happen to have a slow IC from time to time, which is a drawback for sure, but I don't think chess.com should take that into account (clock wise).
You know, ICC (who has been the main chess service on the Internet until, well, chess.com) was kind of mitigating that drawback by taking into account the lag during a game (the time network packets take to reach the users from the ICC server). And what happened in the longer term? Some users could download some apps (or make them) to simulate a slow connection, earning some precious time during bullet games.
One thing chess.com could do is having another server in Australia, and offer users of Au / NZ / NC ... to play together (while syncing and maintaining a unique score-base in the US). They would enjoy low-lag games.
I've been a member for 2 years, but since Australia got Netflix the internet speed has dropped dramatically.
It says in the fair play policy that aborted games will affect your record. But if the player has a slow internet connection, why should they be punshed for that? I just tried to play about 20 Blitz (5|0) games one after another, all of which were aborted, and I'm concerned about my account being restricted. An obvious solution is to simply wait until the network speed picks up, but it can take a while and isn't an immediate solution.
I live with my parents, so I don't have any control over the network, however, my Dad works in IT and made his computer have priority. Although I've almost finished high school, my Dad doesn't like me using his computer. Even when his computer isn't downloading any large files, everything else in the house is still very slow. Does anybody have any tips (besides an ad blocker which was already tried) to try and speed up my connection on my computer so that I can enjoy the website more? Thanks