great discussions!

I've really enjoyed the discussions on the forums here! People post really high quality content here; it's surprising and rare on the internet, and it's good to know that people still write thoughtfully in online settings.
Just to list a few examples, I've seen stuff like:

• 1000 rated player offering to give advice on how to reach 1500
• kids who are refreshingly curious about whether their elo of 2800 is good for their age of 2 years old
• sophisticated, scientific analysis that convincingly demonstrates that 1250 chess is qualitatively the same as hanging pieces on every other move
• self-proclaimed chess coach helping a newly-minted 1000 understand that 1000 isn't an achievement, as they wouldn't understand this fact otherwise
• 1900 rated player enlightening 1200 rated player about how they aren't good at anything
• 1200 rated player who well understands they are superior in chess to a 2200 because the 2200 is unrated in 960
• very useful and accurate chess advice generated by AI
• perspicacious explanations of why all opponents need to resign in losing positions (we need to uphold the worthy ideals of sportsmanship!)
• equally perceptive explanations of why everyone should accept all rematch requests (after all, playing the same person all day is the best way to play chess, as everyone knows!)

I feel very lucky to be here because it seems like every topic is a very productive discussion that will help everyone to be better at chess. Anyway, I should only hope that I can live up to the high standards of the forums, as regular participant in these noble discussions. Hopefully, I will be soon able to understand that I am just pathetic and a noob because 1700-1800 in rapid is a noob rating. Scratch that, I'm overrated and I'm actually 1200 because there are hanging pieces in my rapids and we all know that 1250 rapid is the level where games are equivalent to all pieces being hung.

I always enjoy players at my level who have the same rating as me tell me I’m ‘trash’ (after they have lost to me in a bullet game)

I always wonder whether they realise they are the same level as me….! 😂

Great summary!

bullet is actually luck based tho

Add that to the list.

Yes, fantastic summary indeed!

just played some bullet and was up a queen and some pawns

lost on time

I'm not trying to roast you, it's just kind of funny to see this description.
But yeah, around 1200 bullet, it's probably more random than at idk, 1500+.

I feel your pain there! I always find if I’m up I tend to take longer to decide on moves. Almost better if it’s equal! 😂

missed mate in 1 with like 10 secs on clock

what do you expect

Believe me I'm not trying to do this

i dont keep track

Fair enough, if you don't play bullet much, then 34 seconds on the clock can feel very short.
I think playing bullet a lot is why I have more wins by dirty flag (in longer tcs) than I should lol.

I completely agree. I would add that the chess community is further benefitted by the discussions of how any user disliked by the poster is cheating, exaggerated shock over the closing of active member's accounts, and requests by people who need to acquire the ability to avoid blundering their queen every game for opening theory advice. Overall, these forums are very well written and logically thought out!

I feel bad for those beginners who ask for opening advice though....they may just be genuinely uninformed. The sooner they learn, the better.
I remember some beginner who thought a cool checkmate was due to the opening the opponent played....It was a checkmate that never should have happened and only did because both sides made very serious blunders and i guess the person got lucky -- but it still was a cool mate imo. Idk, I thought the post seemed kind of innocent and cute (I and a couple others quickly corrected them though, so hopefully that helps.)

Do you have premoves enabled, out of curiosity?

Yes I have pre moves enabled. I have got a few cheeky wins through premoving but I tend to find that most of the time I’m either up 10 seconds or down ten seconds!

You didn't mention the invaluable assistance that some posters offer in pointing out that Daily isn't real chess.

Probably cuz I unfortunately don't recall ever seeing this gem of a perspective

When I first read this I fell for the sarcasm. I thought you had a list of reasons why you thought we were helpful. I laughed when I came back to see I was wrong. I remember reading the ones about dailies not being real chess and what a bunch of blunderers 1200s are. I guess we're stereotyping or something to come up with these tropes.