the option for a member to be left out of block on parole for good behaviour could be considered.
I'd like to respond to this in the appropriate fashion, but sunofagun has already mentioned his disdain for the Irish.
I'll start the "new" system with a minus rating for the huge diamond.
don't take things so personally, it's just a deconstruction of modern society. nothing to do with you champ
Notre Dame
Maybe Ubi has Conquistador blocked?!
Huh? No, I have never blocked anyone. I am just trying to see if my auto block program works. I wont be able to tell until someone fiufills its conditions, and I havent seen that yet. Oh, and post #147 doesnt exist, for people keeping track. Man, forum is buggy.
Strange...now that you mentuion it, skips from post #135 to #137.
Bug, likely. Or mod deleted post?
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I think a more rigorous moderation of the community along with a lower tolerance for indecent players is the best solution, but I assume - with around 10,000 members online at any time - chess.com is short on moderators and staff.
Allowing unlimited blocks does not seem like a problem to me. I heard someone propose that the amount of space on the database such a feature would consume would be too much to handle, but most people here do not block, and those who do would be limited to the number of members they encounter.
In addition, it's worth noting that chess.com saves every game ever played along with extra tag information. I'm guessing their servers handle that quite well.
OP, with his 6,000 games, would not have more than 6,000 blocks - theoretically speaking.
I think OP's suggestion is a good one worth implementing. Those who do not use block may ignore the feature, and those who use it may enjoy greater peace on this site.
I have one person blocked... and... I have been blocked once (I applauded chess.com from removing an offensive degrading comment from a message board... and got blocked for it lol).
200 does sound like a lot... maybe you should just close out the chat option for every bullet game...unless you know the person well. Who chats during a bullet match anyway. :)
Please I don't want to play anyone with the word 'killer' in their name! or just a bunch of numbers or 'qwertyuio'.
Anyone who is so casual about such small matters are going to be extremely blind to the bigger things. They just don't care.
#@$# political correctness
and feel free to block me
Am blocking billyblatt & that annoying capitalist-diamond forthwith!
I have blocked no one even tho ive been playing here for years! if someone is really bothering u just disable chat.
I know someone here can answer my question about how a guy can have his NM title removed? I do have a couple theories.
How is this relevant? I missed that bit which is why I ignored your last post on this question.
I'm guessing a guy who had the title removed is the kind of guy who ends up on a lot of people's blocked lists. Does that answer your question BorgQueen?
Am blocking billyblatt & that annoying capitalist-diamond forthwith!
LOL the diamond is a fake!!! stop talking about capitialism, with your imperial crown. such hypocrisy!
I cannot say I'm surprised BorgQueen. Could it be you have an idea of what I'm getting at? And happen to be friendly with an individual who fits the profile of my inquiry?
If you answer my two previous questions honestly I will answer yours in the same fashion.
Yeah, Chess.com, can you insert an option to block ALL Chess.com members? I really hate people here.
Don't encourage them. They have enough silly rules as it is.
Please I don't want to play anyone with the word 'killer' in their name! or just a bunch of numbers or 'qwertyuio'.
Anyone who is so casual about such small matters are going to be extremely blind to the bigger things. They just don't care.
#@$# political correctness
and feel free to block me
http://www.chess.com/members/view/ContractKiller
http://www.chess.com/members/view/QWERTY_PAD
Blocking people in an open forum, is undemocratic and cowardly. It borders on the attitude: "Lets shoot anything we dont like". Hello US.
Well here i shoot in to many directions, i guess.
if you allow unlimited blocks, then the combined number of blocks could eventually exceed the possible positions on a chess board.
This would be bad, because then chess.com would have to purchase another hard drive and all you non paying members would have to see more advertising (to subsidise us paying members).
On the other hand, that could be good.
By the way, I have noticed lots and lots of skipped posts around the forums as I have extended my text blocking program, which now includes words like "fischer", "abuse", "clock" and "vacation".
if you allow unlimited blocks, then the combined number of blocks could eventually exceed the possible positions on a chess board.
This would be bad, because then chess.com would have to purchase another hard drive and all you non paying members would have to see more advertising (to subsidise us paying members).
Hum... No. Do the math again. The max number of blocks is a poor square function of the number of members, when the number of possible positions is more like an exponential.
Assuming the storage of blocks is made by writing the names of people blocked under each user's profile (which is clearly suboptimal), with an average name of 10 octets and 100 000 players that block each other in the group (that's already a good time spent clicking 'block') it makes a poor 100 Go. That's nothing compared to the games database.
Storage place is really not the problem with many blocks. The absence of interactions between players eg the difficulty to match them.
I'll start the "new" system with a minus rating for the huge diamond.