yes, if you lose
What is your take on elo-farming?
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If you don't know what that is, it's where you play against lower-rated players to drop your elo.
I play higher rated players to farm their ego 
Bot_Boy wrote:
I play higher rated players to farm their ego
yeah, happens to me too. elo farming is basically the opposite
Shashankpalla wrote:
yes if you lose it is sandbagging when you play against a lower rated( or just purposefully give away free pieces and resign)
correct
what about using alt account to play against the main account
also farm but more effective and more getting ban
yeah. That's cheating since you can control the outcome of the game, so you might get closed
the fastest ban btw (if abuse it rapidly)
yep. i had an alt. but closed it due to email/login poblems for my main, and never played against it for that reason
Jan 7, 2024
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The intentions of a person elo-farming will decide whether it's moral or immoral. Some players can set up matches to purposefully fight against low-rated players and gain points, doing this often is quite dishonest. However, doing it once in a while doesn't seem wrong to me either. I mean your ELO is the measure of your strength, regardless of how much you farm you'll eventually return to your true ELO rating once you're matched with stronger opponents.
EgotisticalMortal wrote:
The intentions of a person elo-farming will decide whether it's moral or immoral. Some players can set up matches to purposefully fight against low-rated players and gain points, doing this often is quite dishonest. However, doing it once in a while doesn't seem wrong to me either. I mean your ELO is the measure of your strength, regardless of how much you farm you'll eventually return to your true ELO rating once you're matched with stronger opponents.
Well-said, I agree with that.
VictoryW10 wrote:
It’s against rules to play your other account.
Yes, it is illegal
Guy_Checkmated wrote:
I think farming is legit. There is a big difference between sandbagging and farming.
There is, but if you only farm, that can be a problem.
As stated before, if over 50% of your games are farming I consider that at least slightly immoral.
100% not.
best chess.com player always farm :>
lol. Still though, I think you have to play at your level most of the time.
For everyone that didn't know, elo-farming is where a player will play people lower rated than them to (usually) guarantee a win although gaining less elo per game. I've been asking around in person and got mixed responses. I personally believe that as long as you play at your skill at least 50% of the time (if possible), it's okay to do once in a while. Some people I've talked to have said it's okay and some say it's morally incorrect, so I was interested to see what the community thought.