Can we stop discriminating "Off-Topic"?
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Sportsman9 wrote:
Yes I agree with the OP. I say we reverse the forums..make chess "off topic" and create new categories for travel, music, films, art, cuisine, cars, etc. (all things vastly more interesting and life enhancing than chess)
And we change the url to "everythingbutchess.com".
Jan 23, 2014
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ConnorMacleod_151 wrote:
I could'nt be bothered reading all that above :(
Too long.
Lou : well we had to read hundreds of your posts about the fact that there was no love lost between you and your wife, so humour us.
Military chess?
Jan 24, 2014
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#50
10. Thou shalt no covet thy opponents house, Queen or possessions
To me a more elaborate offtopic forum would be ok. But with some restraints.. I believe its a good idea to keep away (world) politics, religions, sexual content and violent content away from the main forum.
A problem for chess.com is to make quality chesstalk easily findable. There just are alot of same old same old chessdiscussions or patzers, and their posts bury the quality stuff. I believe this scares away the strongest players from posting, and that turns in to some kind of self forfilling prohpecy.
So aside from more offtopic subfora, I have suggested an eliteforum. Only diamond and 2000+ rated players can post there. However, anyone can read the posts. So if you want quality chessposts, you know where to look. Strong players and titled players will probably favor that place to discuss chess seriously and wont be chased away by low levels like me.
And chess.com could make the forumfeed adjustable for personal taste. E.g.: do not show threads from a certain subforum or that people can checkbox a thread to not show in the feed. You can also seperate it: standard feed and personal feed.
Lou-for-you wrote:
. We are first of all people with many interests and chess is something that we share. But we are interested in animals, travel, sports, books, movies, love, war, famous people, politics, religion, food, cars, bikes, clothes, philosophy,..
you forgot burning things ...
... where u been hiding?
Leaders of the Itude brigade?
Jan 24, 2014
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#56
It is! How can you tell, Ruby. Might it be the cud chewing? Or the dumb look on their faces?
ConnorMacleod_151 wrote:
They don't look dumb to me
A haggis doesn't look dumb to you Connor. Sorry, only kidding. lol. 
Jan 24, 2014
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kayak21 wrote:
ConnorMacleod_151 wrote:
They don't look dumb to me
A haggis doesn't look dumb to you Connor. Sorry, only kidding. lol.
Ha Ha ! I don't like haggis anyway.
The wife and I on a silly healthy food phase atm... its so boring!!!!
Chess is about playing chess...in absolute silence.
Studying chess has many forms...books, online tactical trainers, DVDs, playing against a computer, etc.
Forums? They always have been and always will be a social outlet for friends (a somewhat limiterd concept among chess players), enemies, kibitzers, intellectuals, idiots and lunatics.
We have so many chess-related tools these days. I remember when all I had was a cheap chess set, library books and games down at the park.
There is mostly just a lot of griping on this thread when the chess world is our oyster. A good motto: "Play more...bitch less."
I just thank my lucky stars that playing chess is wonderfully silent and without all the cacophony.
And, out of a false sense of modesty...I must confess that I get on forums and get a bit whacky, too.
I think that we use to had more lunatics some months ago. But they got banned or maybe just got tired.
I like the ones that believe that are almost solving chess or "discovering" 200 years old openings.