materially should be changed to material
btw what about the rights of admins to lock, delete, unlock, stick, and unstick threads?
and I think we should create a "Supreme Court"(or what ever name, but I think taht one fits) to discuss the creating, amending, or deleting rules.
creating, amending, and deleting rules will be decide by popular sovereignty.
Also, members can impeach admins or super admins. all decided by popular sovereignty.
how do you become an admin or a super admin?
Ooh ! All rainbow pretty, lol ! Actually, these new rules make a lot more sense. Much shorter and easier to read too ! Good work !
and I think we should create a "Supreme Court"(or what ever name, but I think taht one fits) to discuss the creating, amending, or deleting rules.
creating, amending, and deleting rules will be decide by popular sovereignty.
Also, members can impeach admins or super admins. all decided by popular sovereignty.
The "Supreme Court" is the Admin courtroom in the admin group. Impeachment happens only as a violation of the Black rule about tyranny (abuse of power)
Also, where did the no-asking-for-adminship rule go? crats just asked.
Don't resign in team mach games when you are not already losing. You should only resign when you are more than a bishop down in materially.
materially should be changed to material
btw what about the rights of admins to lock, delete, unlock, stick, and unstick threads?
That all depends. If we are a piece down but with their position very bad (as after the greek gift sacrifice) we shouldn't resign. It should be changed to POSITIONALLY down.
Are we playing bughouse chess ??
If not, then I hope chess.com launch it ASAP
how do you become an admin or a super admin?
I think you have to do something really helpful for the group, or be the best at something
crats did ask HOW to become a super admin or admin, so he doesn't get a warning. I will try to post in Windows-7's table to the rules so that we know who can do what.
Nicetoall used to use the word "materially," and I sometimes do too, so I think you can use it. People will still understand.
but we want to be grammartically correct bigoto.
that last word in that sentence should be a noun, hence material not materially.
OK Whatever.
Members vs. Admins vs. Super Admins comparison:
Sorry about the gray areas, that couldn't be colored. Made by Windows-7.
I. General Group Rules:
Key:
Blue = Not for warning system/Different punishment types given
Light Blue = No warnings possible
Green = Probation possible
Yellow = Level 1 warning possible
Orange = Level 2 warning possible
Red = Level 3 warning possible
Black = Level 4 warning possible = Banned from group
1. Forums and Notes:
2. Team Matches:
These settings are not good for our group:
Matches that pair our group with another group with much better players. Matches that have offensive (more than the s-word) titles.Don't resign in team mach games when you are not already losing. You should only resign when you are more than a bishop down in material.
3. Vote Chess
These settings are not good for our group:
Games with less than one day on the clock. Games with offensive names. More than 50 games at once.
4. Super Admins:
Your job as a Super Admin is to:
Enforce Rules Make sure that if you give out a warning to somebody, you tell ALL OTHER super admins! Join the Private Admin Group (You will be reminded to join, if you refuse to join, you will be booted out of your admin position) Send invitations for this group if you want to. Invite people with the invite tool. DO NOT INVITE PEOPLE THROUGH MESSAGES OR NOTES! Ban members of this group that are not on vacation and have not logged on to Chess.com for more than 3 months. Tell BigOto before changing group settings Do everything regular admins and regular members do as well. WARNING: ABUSE OF ADMIN POWER IN A VERY NEGATIVE WAY IS COMPLETELY NOT TOLERATED AND WILL GET YOU BANNED IMMEDIATELY.
Note: We will have 1 super admin for every 50 members in this group.
5. Regular Admins
Your job as an Admin is to:
Join the Private Admin Group (You will be reminded to join, if you refuse to join, you will be booted out of your admin position) Accept or decline seeks for vote/online chess (Please look at the stats, less than one day for a vote chess game is too short). Create more team matches and vote chess games. NO MORE THAN 50 TEAM MATCHES OR VOTE CHESS AT ONCE. Post news about group activities Send invitations for this group if you want to. Invite people with the invite tool. DO NOT INVITE PEOPLE THROUGH MESSAGES OR NOTES! Do what regular members do as wellSections 4 and 5 were written by Windows-7_ and edited by BigOto.
6. Warning and Point System:
For Probation:
NOTICE: (This is a Level P Violation)You have violated the following rules in the group Funtastic Chessmates!:
(Violated Rule(s))
You have recieved probation. If you violate this rule again, you will recieve a Level 1 warning.
For a Level 1 violation:
NOTICE: (This is a Level 1 Violation)You have violated the following rules in the group Funtastic Chessmates!:
(Violated Rule(s))
If you are caught again violating this rule/these rules, you will recieve a Level 2 warning.
For a Level 2 violation:
NOTICE: (This is a Level 2 Violation) You have violated the following rules in Funtastic Chessmates!:
(Violated Rule(s))
If you are caught again, you will recieve a Level 3 warning.
For a Level 3 violation:
NOTICE: (This is a Level 3 Violation)You have violated the following rules in the group Funtastic Chessmates!:
(Violated Rule(s))
Funtastic Chessmates! is considering banning you. If you are caught again you will be banned from the group.
A Level 4 violation results in a ban from the group.
NOTICE: (This is a Level 4 Violation) You have violated the following rules:
(Violated Rule(s))
You have been banned from Funtastic Chessmates! If you feel you have been banned unfairly, please message BigOto or Windows-7_ with your reason, and a super admin will post it in the courtroom (see below). We will re-invite you if we accept that we made a mistake.
Point system: Every time you get a warning, a number of warning points, depending on the warning level, is added. Points, unlike warnings, are added up together even if you got two different warnings for different things. 6 points within one month equals a ban.
Warning system written by Windows-7_ and edited by BigOto
7. Courtroom:
Windows-7_ has made a courtroom for us to use to discuss a rule violation. If you are caught violating a rule (please try not to let that happen), and think you got an unfair warning, you may post it for discussion in the courtroom. I will recieve an alert whenever somebody posts in the courtroom. The group can discuss the offense, and the super admins will make a final decision. If somebody messages a super admin saying that they got an unfair warning or ban, it will be posted in the courtroom. You may get a reply that looks something like this:"Your rule violation has been posted in the Courtroom to be discussed." WARNING: Please be nice if you think you got an unfair warning. Be polite with your message. If I recieve a message "AHHHH! WHY DID YOU GIVE ME A WARNING FOR THAT!?!?!? TAKE IT OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!" I will NOT post it in the courtroom and the warning WILL stay. If you think you got an unfair warning, you can just post a case in the courtroom yourself. If I post "No more comments" in the courtroom, a decision has been made. Please don't post anything that is not a real case you want to debate.II. Bughouse Chess
Bughouse is a chess variant played on two chessboards by four players in teams of two. Each team member faces one opponent of the other team. Partners sit next to each other and one player has black, while the other has white. Each player plays the opponent as in a standard chess game, with the exception of the rules specified below.
Captured piecesA player capturing a piece immediately passes that piece to the partner. The partner keeps these pieces in reserve and may, instead of playing a regular move, place one of these pieces on the board (as in shogi and crazyhouse). Pieces in reserve or on deck may be placed on any vacant square, including squares where the piece delivers check or checkmate. However pawns may not be dropped on the first and last rank. Dropped pawns may promote, but all promoted pawns convert back to pawns when captured. In play over the board, a promoted pawn can be put on its side to indicate promotion. A pawn placed on the second rank may move two squares on its first move. Each player must keep the reserve or stock pieces on the table in front of the board, always visible to all players of the game.
Clock and completion of a moveBughouse chess is usually played with chess clocks to prevent players from waiting indefinitely for a piece. Clocks are placed on the outside so that each player can see both clocks. At the start of the game, the players with the black pieces start the clocks simultaneously. Bughouse is usually played using clock move, which allows touching of pieces. A move is completed only when the clock is pressed. Touch move is practiced to a lesser extent. When used, it applies to pieces in reserve as well; they are considered dropped after contact has been made with an empty square.
Bughouse can be played without a clock, but then there is usually a rule preventing a player waiting for pieces (stalling or sitting) indefinitely. One rule states that players may not delay their move beyond the time that it takes for their partner to make three moves.
End of the gameThe match ends when either of the games on the two boards ends. A game is won when one player gets checkmated, resigns, forfeits on time or when an illegal move is made in which the offending side is caught. The match can be drawn by agreement or when two players run out of time or are checkmated simultaneously. Depending on (local) rules threefold repetition applies, in which case the reserve of pieces is not taken into account.
Alternatively, when one board finishes, play can continue on the other board. In this case, pieces in reserve can still be dropped, but no new pieces are coming in. The outcome of the match is then decided by adding the score of the two boards.
CommunicationPartners are normally allowed to talk to each other during the game. They can for instance ask for a specific piece, for more trades, ask to hold a piece, suggest moves or ask their partner to stall. Shouts like "Gimme a knight, it mates!" or "Queen at any cost!" are common, and can lead to seemingly absurd sacrificial captures on the other board. It is however not allowed to physically act on the other board.[7]
These rules are from Wikipedia.
Bughouse chess is played in the forums.
III. Count to 1000
Count to 1000 is a game that was created from the idea of Count to 100, where each post is a number, all the way to 100, without a single messup.
Where did I get the idea of Count to 100?
Count to 100 is an idea I took from a website called "My Ninja Kiwi." If you have ever played Bloons, which is an online game, you may have seen this website. It has a very active forum, and somebody started a popular thread called "count to 100." There are many more mess-ups on this un-reliable and unpredictable page, but that is probably because we have much more organized people on Chess.com.
The thread has been recently deleted.
The Rules:
This game is simple enough - all you have to do is post one number on each comment all the way to 1000. We will have a checkpoint at every 100. If anyone posts twice in a row or messes up we go back to the last checkpoint. If someone purposely tries messing up the counting we will not restart.
Example 1: (INCORRECT)
BigOto: 1
BigOto: 2
*BigOto double posted, we have to restart. (You may post again after somebody else posts a number)*
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Example 2: (INCORRECT)
BigOto: 1
Lina26: 1
Chess_Knight_378: 3
*Lina26 messed up and skipped 2. Back to last checkpoint.*
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Example 3: (CORRECT)
Chess_Knight_378: 1
BigOto: 2
Chess_Knight_378: 3
Lina26: 4
This is played in the forums.
IV. 3-Word Game
The three word game is a game where I will start the first paragraph of a story going, and you will add three words on for each of your comments. There is no "THE END" - the story just keeps going on and on until people lose interest.
Rules:
No more than 3 words are allowed per comment. You may not post more than one comment in a row, like in our Count to 1000. Cheater comments will not be listened to.This is played in the forums.
You forgot to point out that 7th feature is OFFICIAL games. Anyone can start games but only Super Admins can do official ones.
Add this row to the table:
Feature |Regular Members|Regular Admins|Super Admins
Admins labs | No | Yes | Yes
(Think Gmail Labs)| | |
I
Add this row to the table:
Feature |Regular Members|Regular Admins|Super Admins
Admins labs | No | Yes | Yes
(Think Gmail Labs)| | |
I
It actually should be this, Bigoto:
Admins labs** | No |Participate only| Create and participate
**Official labs that can be reviewed.
Add this rule:
After joining, please do not quit unless you've told a super admin why.
Add to General Group Rules
and I think we should create a "Supreme Court"(or what ever name, but I think taht one fits) to discuss the creating, amending, or deleting rules.
creating, amending, and deleting rules will be decide by popular sovereignty.
Also, members can impeach admins or super admins. all decided by popular sovereignty.
The supreme court is the Admin courtroom in the Admins group.
New members must read this.
OUTDATED, PLEASE CHECK FORUMS
Members vs. Admins vs. Super Admins comparison:
Join by taking both admin quizzes and passing them
|Admin Labs** | No | Yes | Yes
* = You can make your own Bughouse games but they won't be official.
** = Official labs that can be reviewed.
Sorry about the gray areas, that couldn't be colored. Made by Windows-7.
I. General Group Rules:
Key:
Blue = Not for this warning system/Different punishment or reward types given
Light Blue = No warnings possible
Green = Probation possible
Yellow = Level 1 warning possible
Orange = Level 2 warning possible
Red = Level 3 warning possible
Black = Level 4 warning possible = Banned from group
1. Forums, Notes, and General Rules:
2. Team Matches:
These settings are not good for our group:
3. Vote Chess
These settings are not good for our group:
4. Super Admins:
Your job as a Super Admin is to:
Note: We will have 1 super admin for every 50 members in this group.
5. Regular Admins
Your job as an Admin is to:
Sections 4 and 5 were written by Windows-7_ and edited by BigOto.
6. Warning and Point System:
For Probation:
NOTICE: (This is a Level P Violation)You have violated the following rules in the group Funtastic Chessmates!:
(Violated Rule(s))
You have recieved probation. If you violate this rule again, you will recieve a Level 1 warning.
For a Level 1 violation:
NOTICE: (This is a Level 1 Violation)You have violated the following rules in the group Funtastic Chessmates!:
(Violated Rule(s))
If you are caught again violating this rule/these rules, you will recieve a Level 2 warning.
For a Level 2 violation:
NOTICE: (This is a Level 2 Violation) You have violated the following rules in Funtastic Chessmates!:
(Violated Rule(s))
If you are caught again, you will recieve a Level 3 warning.
For a Level 3 violation:
NOTICE: (This is a Level 3 Violation)You have violated the following rules in the group Funtastic Chessmates!:
(Violated Rule(s))
Funtastic Chessmates! is considering banning you. If you are caught again you will be banned from the group.
A Level 4 violation results in a ban from the group.
NOTICE: (This is a Level 4 Violation) You have violated the following rules:
(Violated Rule(s))
You have been banned from Funtastic Chessmates! If you feel you have been banned unfairly, please message BigOto or Windows-7_ with your reason, and a super admin will post it in the courtroom (see below). We will re-invite you if we accept that we made a mistake.
Point system: Every time you get a warning, a number of warning points, depending on the warning level, is added. Points, unlike warnings, are added up together even if you got two different warnings for different things. 6 points within one month equals a ban.
Warning system written by Windows-7_ and edited by BigOto
7. Courtroom:
II. Bughouse Chess
Bughouse is a chess variant played on two chessboards by four players in teams of two. Each team member faces one opponent of the other team. Partners sit next to each other and one player has black, while the other has white. Each player plays the opponent as in a standard chess game, with the exception of the rules specified below.
Captured pieces
A player capturing a piece immediately passes that piece to the partner. The partner keeps these pieces in reserve and may, instead of playing a regular move, place one of these pieces on the board (as in shogi and crazyhouse). Pieces in reserve or on deck may be placed on any vacant square, including squares where the piece delivers check or checkmate. However pawns may not be dropped on the first and last rank. Dropped pawns may promote, but all promoted pawns convert back to pawns when captured. In play over the board, a promoted pawn can be put on its side to indicate promotion. A pawn placed on the second rank may move two squares on its first move. Each player must keep the reserve or stock pieces on the table in front of the board, always visible to all players of the game.
Clock and completion of a move
Bughouse chess is usually played with chess clocks to prevent players from waiting indefinitely for a piece. Clocks are placed on the outside so that each player can see both clocks. At the start of the game, the players with the black pieces start the clocks simultaneously. Bughouse is usually played using clock move, which allows touching of pieces. A move is completed only when the clock is pressed. Touch move is practiced to a lesser extent. When used, it applies to pieces in reserve as well; they are considered dropped after contact has been made with an empty square.
Bughouse can be played without a clock, but then there is usually a rule preventing a player waiting for pieces (stalling or sitting) indefinitely. One rule states that players may not delay their move beyond the time that it takes for their partner to make three moves.
End of the game
The match ends when either of the games on the two boards ends. A game is won when one player gets checkmated, resigns, forfeits on time or when an illegal move is made in which the offending side is caught. The match can be drawn by agreement or when two players run out of time or are checkmated simultaneously. Depending on (local) rules threefold repetition applies, in which case the reserve of pieces is not taken into account.
Alternatively, when one board finishes, play can continue on the other board. In this case, pieces in reserve can still be dropped, but no new pieces are coming in. The outcome of the match is then decided by adding the score of the two boards.
Communication
Partners are normally allowed to talk to each other during the game. They can for instance ask for a specific piece, for more trades, ask to hold a piece, suggest moves or ask their partner to stall. Shouts like "Gimme a knight, it mates!" or "Queen at any cost!" are common, and can lead to seemingly absurd sacrificial captures on the other board. It is however not allowed to physically act on the other board.[7]
These rules are from Wikipedia.
Bughouse chess is played in the forums.
III. Count to 1000
Count to 1000 is a game that was created from the idea of Count to 100, where each post is a number, all the way to 100, without a single messup.
Where did I get the idea of Count to 100?
Count to 100 is an idea I took from a website called "My Ninja Kiwi." If you have ever played Bloons, which is an online game, you may have seen this website. It has a very active forum, and somebody started a popular thread called "count to 100." There are many more mess-ups on this un-reliable and unpredictable page, but that is probably because we have much more organized people on Chess.com.
The thread has been recently deleted.
The Rules:
This game is simple enough - all you have to do is post one number on each comment all the way to 1000. We will have a checkpoint at every 100. If anyone posts twice in a row or messes up we go back to the last checkpoint. If someone purposely tries messing up the counting we will not restart.
Example 1: (INCORRECT)
BigOto: 1
BigOto: 2
*BigOto double posted, we have to restart. (You may post again after somebody else posts a number)*
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Example 2: (INCORRECT)
BigOto: 1
Lina26: 1
Chess_Knight_378: 3
*Lina26 messed up and skipped 2. Back to last checkpoint.*
---------------
Example 3: (CORRECT)
Chess_Knight_378: 1
BigOto: 2
Chess_Knight_378: 3
Lina26: 4
This is played in the forums.
IV. 3-Word Game
The three word game is a game where I will start the first paragraph of a story going, and you will add three words on for each of your comments. There is no "THE END" - the story just keeps going on and on until people lose interest.
Rules:
This is played in the forums.
V. Quiz Puzzles
Rules of the chess quiz puzzles: