BTW, Did you know it's now considered cheating to "Pop Your Flair" on chess.com?
It's a technique invented by yours truly, where you start the game without "Flair", but then in the middle of the game it's like, BOOM!!! FLAIR, yo!
The opponent is like, "woaaa, where did THAT come from?", all disconcerted.
I''m like "yeah, I'm Diamond yo, now check out my Flaming Pawn FFFFFFFLAIRR!!!"
That's when you cycle through a bunch of "Flairs". "Hey Check out my Blue Bishop, ooooh look, a Rainbow and a Unicorn", messing with thier heads in the chat.
They often blunder right after that, or just outright resign.
Anyway it's considered a "Flair Play Violation" now and is another reason they deny me my "Flair".
This is a P.S.A. from Boondoggle Broadcasting:
Don't. Pop. Your. Flair.
Just don't do it.
One of the hardest parts is I had to give up my "Flair" even though I have Diamond Membership, as a condition of Unmuting. The negotiations were grueling.
They said "Flair" takes up a lot of juicy, expensive bandwidth, and that I should bear some of the financial costs of maintaining such a long mute, they said.
I'm learning to live without "Flair", but it's not easy.
I miss my "Flair", all the pretty choices, all the individuality and agency "Flair" conveys.
The instant respect you get, "Oh, he's Diamond, better be nice", or, "Oooooh, nice 'Flair'!", "Uh oh, a Diamond Member, and that is some fierce 'Flair', guess I'll just resign." that kind of thing.
Yeah, It's a bit of a bummer, but I'll muddle through.