Official Statement on "Live" vs "Play"

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erik

Hey all. We removed "Live Chess" from the nav bar, and that upset many of you. I'm sorry. 

Our goal is to make the best possible interface for online play, and we realize that we haven't quite gotten there for everyone yet with "Play". While 99% of people are on Play, there are some differences, and we gathered your feedback about the things you miss. 

Some things are just a little different, and with all changes, will take just a moment to adjust to. Other things, admittedly, are too different or missing. We are assessing those things now and hope to make improvements to Play that will meet your needs. 

I'm sorry that we were abrupt about it. Frankly, we didn't get a lot of pushback until we pushed this change to 100%. But we realize that we messed up on this, and I apologize. 

Ultimately we have to move on from Live. The tech is older, the style doesn't match our evolving visuals, and it actually makes it harder for us to progress (nerd moment: it holds us back because of the old code while we are doing development and deploys). 

That said, we are committed to making improvements and will keep Live around a little while longer so we can polish up Play even more. 

Again - sorry. And thank you! 

MrFish1000

ok

AdamRaichu

Thanks for addressing user concerns! It cheers me that the staff do listen to users.

Kowarenai

your the best erik, we appreciate all the hard work and hope for the best future!

Jordan1187

I actually never understood the difference between 'live' and the normal one they looked the same to me, either way keep one delete the other make it less confusing :I

Martin_Stahl
Jordan1187 wrote:

I actually never understood the difference between 'live' and the normal one they looked the same to me, either way keep one delete the other make it less confusing :I

 

The plan is to eventually delete the old one grin.png

Batman2508

honestly many people were just working around this by using the old live URL. 

RedFastMath

Ok….why can’t you just update the code?

TomoMod

@RedFastMath That's exactly what Play is for, replacing Live with new UI and better code when it's completely ready.

 

We appreciate any feedback you give on the future switch to and current features of Play.

JosephReidNZ

Don't know why people don't like Play?

ChesswithGautham

Thanks Erik!

jij2018

ok

KevinOSh

Thanks to Erik and the team. I've never had any problem with the new UI myself.

zachertz

Thank you Erik

YChess
JosephReidNZ wrote:

Don't know why people don't like Play?

Because live chess allows you to select opponents in open seek

Gymstar

thank you

rishabh11great

I am still be able to access chess.com/live?!

Martin_Stahl
LINYU1742T wrote:
JosephReidNZ wrote:

Don't know why people don't like Play?

Because live chess allows you to select opponents in open seek

 

Play has that and always has. Custom Game > Open Challenges

RedFastMath

Why do people not like play vs live chess idk. Better look I guess?

Batman2508
rishabh11great wrote:

I am still be able to access chess.com/live?!

Yes same here I use that

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