Chess.com, Mating or Dating?

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feyterman

Hi it's me again,

Recently while playing live chess on Chess.com I've noticed quite a few players saying things in the community chat box like...." Any cute girls in here?" or "anybody looking for a girlfriend?" yunno? That sorta stuff, and it got me thinking! Is this site slowly turning into a dating site?! I mean c'mon people surely there are better sites than this to find a partner ( apart from Little Chess Partner of course)

What do you think?


silentfilmstar13
Hey, are there any cute girls looking for a boyfriend?
MM78
well I've certainly noticed that there are a number of guys who are very quick to post welcome notes to all the attractive girls who join the site Smile Equally some male players who seem to play almost exclusively with women... 
silentfilmstar13
King_William wrote:

cough cough *rael* cough

lol 


 Ha-ha, I was thinking the same thing.


sun_god

Hopefully Dating then Mating, it's more romantic.

Surely you can't expect Chess.com to be totally free of that which makes the rest of the world go round.

Don't knock it.

 


feyterman
But we are here to play chess!!!!!!!
silentfilmstar13
feyterman wrote: But we are here to play chess!!!!!!!

 If I see a cute girl at an OTB tournament, I'll talk to her.  I'm not big on online romance, but to each his own.  We're still playing chess.  If some fella finds a lady he likes, why not try to make something of it.  After all, she loves chess!  What more could you want in a partner?!Tongue out


Sly123465789
i agree with u feyterman i have also seen some things like this
normajeanyates

TAt sort of thing is harassment of women - was rampant at fics but i took strong stand for 2 years - got lots of abusive "tell"s [messages not stored on server so I can't prove that x told me y] - it has reduced drastically on fics.

Please don't let chess.com go the same way. 


normajeanyates
If you do that, women [like me] will ignore chess.com and stick to fics.
TheOldReb
silentfilmstar13 wrote: King_William wrote:

cough cough *rael* cough

lol 


 Ha-ha, I was thinking the same thing.


rae1  only plays gals?!  hehehehheheheh  Thats funny if true.


silentfilmstar13
normajeanyates wrote:

TAt sort of thing is harassment of women - was rampant at fics but i took strong stand for 2 years - got lots of abusive "tell"s [messages not stored on server so I can't prove that x told me y] - it has reduced drastically on fics.

Please don't let chess.com go the same way. 


Harrassment?  We're just talking about people asking if there are cute girls or other such innocent things.  Where's the harrassment?


TheOldReb
Today you have people wanting to sue someone for sexual harrassment if a lil boy in the first grade gives a lil gal in the first grade a peck on the cheek. Its gotten ridiculous imo. Such people are nothing but a bunch of uptight trouble makers, who need to grow up and get a life.
silentfilmstar13
Reb wrote: silentfilmstar13 wrote: King_William wrote:

cough cough *rael* cough

lol 


 Ha-ha, I was thinking the same thing.


rae1  only plays gals?!  hehehehheheheh  Thats funny if true.


 Not exclusively, but his ratio is pretty high.  Also, where there's a photo album with pictures of a lady, there you'll find Rael's comment.


TheOldReb
silentfilmstar13 wrote: Reb wrote: silentfilmstar13 wrote: King_William wrote:

cough cough *rael* cough

lol 


 Ha-ha, I was thinking the same thing.


rae1  only plays gals?!  hehehehheheheh  Thats funny if true.


 Not exclusively, but his ratio is pretty high.  Also, where there's a photo album with pictures of a lady, there you'll find Rael's comment.


And you know this how silent? Wink


silentfilmstar13
Reb wrote: silentfilmstar13 wrote: Reb wrote: silentfilmstar13 wrote: King_William wrote:

cough cough *rael* cough

lol 


 Ha-ha, I was thinking the same thing.


rae1  only plays gals?!  hehehehheheheh  Thats funny if true.


 Not exclusively, but his ratio is pretty high.  Also, where there's a photo album with pictures of a lady, there you'll find Rael's comment.


And you know this how silent?


 Embarassed


kohai

Thats for the humour this morning Guys ..Wink

 


God2

Mating for chess "Queen and King"

Dating for "pawn"

 

 


feyterman
this is exactly what i mean! and another topic has just been started about how a player was trying to get personal details from another player during a live match, like its some place to chat people up and find out about people
bastiaan

maybe there should be some kind of thread for meeting people.

I'm not a big fan of people talking like that on chatboxes, but sometimes it can be amusing:) Its funny how people start talking big when they are more or less anonymous. 

Im still here for chess,  but I think the discussions are a nice addition for conversation.