I'm new here... wouldn't chatting while playing be distracting? I've played many games in real life, we're both trying to concentrate on the game, why talk?
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I,ve played thousands games here, mostly 3 minutes games, and only was insulted a few times, don't be pussies, act like macho allowing your opponent to chat
Jan 15, 2019
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6th game here , not a bad site , wish my last opponent realized chess is only a game and didn't choose to disconnect one move from being mated , is this a regular thing here or do opponents generally do the right thing and resign?
Hi @PNEFC12
Way more often than not, people resign rather than disconnect. Chess.com has a thing called "Fair Play Record" and a player who repeatedly disconnects out of bad sportsmanship has their account limited for a time. But I've found most people here to be good sports.
Jan 15, 2019
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the odds are looking good mkilborn , ive played 10 games now and only encountered this once ,plus it did give me time to make a cuppa
Dec 8, 2020
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harbi_canoshi wrote:
I can assure everyone. I have not verbally abused anybody on this site.
humor_mode = ON
that may be but you do have a beard and some here may be threatened by that - so in the interest of justice and all that is good can we not at least come together and agree on the simple principle that people like you must be severely quarantined so the rest of us can feel safe?
humor_mode = OFF
Why would anyone care if someone else didn't want to chat during a game?
I disable chat in Live Chess. It's enough for me to play in 10 minutes as it is, let alone someone trying to have a conversation, or trash talking. You don't really see the pros chat while they're playing OTB - though I guess chess hustlers do, so there's that.
I don't disable it for Daily Chess, with mixed results... but either way, I do block malicious trash talkers instantly - not my kind of people.... funny ones are ok though.