Hello admins. Here is a rought draft of the vote chess guidelines which I shall post in the main group. Please let me know if I should add/change/delete things.

Hi all.

We have just cracked the top 100 in the Vote Chess leaderboard. We are looking to continue to make our way up the ladder in 2012. However lately there has been some deviations from our normal voting pattern. So those who play Vote Chess in Active Members should know these rules.

First I should explain how we DO NOT play vote chess. We do not join the game, look at the board and vote for the first move that pops into your head. If this is what you do then please go and join the inactive members group. This Drive-by-voting is not good for the team or your team mates and will lead to loses.

How we do play:

1. When you first join the game make sure that the box that alerts you of new comments is ticked. This will let you easily follow the discussion.

2. When it is our turn to move please look at the game and post in the comments which move you want to play and why. DO NOT VOTE for that move yet (except in the most extremely obvious of cases).

3. After discussion there should become a move that a high majority agree upon.

4. We have admins which will inform everyone it is time to vote, either by posting a confirmed move sign or by voting for that move themselves. 12 hour games are called earlier then 2 days/move games due to the time restrictions.

The admins which currently monitor vote chess are Kashir, Cody, Jmac and myself.

5. We vote for the move that has been confirmed and only that move. If you are adamant about a different move and have shown why it is better then the confirmed move please do not complain. We go with what the majority of the team wants. If enough players support your move then the admin can post a spilt vote.

By following these fairly simple guidelines we should ensure that Active Members continues to prosper as a Vote Chess team.

Admins of Active members !

Super Admins

Admins