Agreed lol
maybe a filter option to search for titled players too(unless it already exists)
If yiu really want your awards ask for a friend to change their country location to something else, play them and they can change it back, I think the filter by countries is unnecessary
It would also increase the amount of time to get paired. You would then have to find someone that has compatible rating ranges, time control, and country as well.
I would absolutely love to have this, with full awareness that it may prolong matchmaking -- doesn't matter in my opinion, it would be nice to have for both positive and negative reasons. For example, I'm learning Japanese, I would *love* to be matched specifically against players from Japan -- even though I know such a thing is rare here. On the flip side, I've never seen a player here with a North Korean flag who wasn't an absolute troll -- so those would be great people to 'filter out' generically.
Anyways I love this idea, wish it were in place.
When you look for a challenge, you can filter it by countries.
What do you think?
P.S. I'm not a nationalist, just want to fill my passport awards
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