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Being observant to the rules ; I wont name the recent venues in which I've been exploring. But with that being the case ; I recently explored playing against opponents elsewhere. I started at 1200 and I am currently at 1687 and climbing about 5 min average a game. The games seemingly feel more human than here. I also went on a 16 game win streak. Im not near at my limit yet. I honestly campare what I found and my rating there too the way it feels here and what I've struggled to maintain here ; and there is a dramatic difference. I don't k ow exa tly what thast szys about here. But what I can tell you from my experience is this. playing here the lzdt yesr has left me feeling like I should just quit all together. While this other place has renewed my love for and my faith in my own play. The value of that can't be overstated. And the kicker is this. playing there is abaolutely free. I'm gonna keep my account here. But Im just gonna play here knowing exactly what I'm really dealing with znd what its realistic to expect.
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Wolfordwv1968 wrote:
I started at 1200 and I am currently at 1687 and climbing

Congrats

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I play here for free, too. I also play for free on Lichess, which seems to have more stable ratings. When I play on chess.com my sense of opponent quality is one of large variance. Lichess ratings are at least 200 points higher than here.
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turnoffthefaucet wrote:
Lichess ratings are at least 200 points higher than here.

Different rating systems, different communities

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Exactly. Also different starting point.
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I'm at 1700 as of today. I've not been able do that here.

I have noticed it takes a few extra seconds or minutes to acquire an opponent; but it seems I only rarely get done dirty and by far the majority of my opponents seem to be live humans.

It seems fishy here ; that there's never any waiting to get matched up.

If it is true that the ratings are about 200 points off; then I should stall real soon in the lower 1700's