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What happened to the good old days of chess.Com forums?
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it's getting older... 
"The good old days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems." -Billy Joel
You had me going for a second there.
kaynight wrote:
Or, you have just become too familiar with the format.
interesting comment, would you elaborate please?
Diakonia wrote:
14,639,561 members...
Irrelevant. 14M or 10M, the quality has declined. Besides, check any 10 members at random and you'll find 5 of them haven't logged in in months or more.
bookkeyper wrote:
it's getting older...
Aren't we all.
batgirl wrote:
"The good old days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems." -Billy Joel
Nice to hear from you batgirl, glad you're still around. I guess there is a component of nostalgia in my wistfulness.
kaynight wrote:
You have been anaesthetised by numerous comments and witticisms, that you cannot find any new material that amuses you. Take a step back and embrace a new generation of idiots. They abound on this site. Just saying.
thank you that makes more sense. And you are 100% correct.
It's an online forum. I doubt itever reached any kind of high standard.
agreed but it was better in my mind anyway.
And in general people that choose to play chess I find have a higher iq than average as opposed to those that just post on any random yahoo forum. Exceptions are the rule of course.
kaynight wrote:
You have been anaesthetised by numerous comments and witticisms, that you cannot find any new material that amuses you. Take a step back and embrace a new generation of idiots. They abound on this site. Just saying.
If kaynight is not the best member on chess.com, then things have been going downhill.
I really do enjoy his quick wit and succinct, accurate comments. A stalwart here for sure.
right on que
No just a general impression but i will now do the research...
kaynight wrote:
On what facts do you base that denner? Have you done a survey?
My name is not Connor.
It seems to me that the forums here used to be really good, lots of colorful characters, interesting topics and even the trolls were of a higher quality. Now the topics suck and 4 out of 5 posters are just lame trolls that aren't even entertaining. I have drifted away because it's not worth my time anymore. I think it's Obamas fault.