am i a bad greeter?
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i've had longer greetings when i go to Wal-Mart
I did 50 games as a greeter, and in the end i designed this http://blog.chess.com/Rickj/welcome-to-chesscom
Feel free to copy and use.
Many people never finished there games, out of the 50 only 12 actually finished.
i'm taking a break from greeting for now:).
i may go back ,but i'll only do 5 games at a time
no one can ever be bad as greeters.... in a way it helps someone who appreciates playing with them... and if you do your best no matter what is the outcome, you'll feel better.
Sometimes it doesn't mean that when your a newbie, you don't know anything or just a beginner.... the truth is most 60% of the newbies we're actually good at playing chess, some player tends to play with newbies hopefully trying to feed on their so called innocense but sometimes fail because of being over reluctand and understimating the true capability of an unknown newcomer.
Just do your best and never feel bad at anything if you do it with your heart and wish the newbies well.
yep
Out of curiosity, what made this opponent disrespectful? Did he or she say something rude, or by that did you simply mean that this opponent did not respect your ability to reach check mate so quickly? Either way, my view is, as others have said here, that you should not pull your punches. As Rael said, the sooner they learn these quick knock-outs, and how to counter them, the better. Well, maybe. There may also be a down-side to learning them. I know these quite well. So well, in fact, that my reactions to them are rote, as in, made automatically, without my stopping to think about them. And wouldn't you know it. Just this week I lost in four moves. I saw it coming, and slipped into auto mode, as I have seen it so many times before. But there must have been a ghost in the machine or something. Oh well, sorry for digressing, but it seemed somewhat relevant. Bottom line -- Azoth, you seem to me like a very good greeter. Better than I was. The fact that so few new opponents hung around to make a move convinced me to stop being a greeter. Oh well.
The fact that you are greeting a new player speaks volumes. You are entertaining a new player and are willing to welcome the new player to this site. If the new player, or anyone else, seeks to criticise your actions, which are well-founded and have the best interests of the site in mind, just ignore the adverse comments. You have done your best to accommodate a new member.
This is to be applauded.
Knowing how well you are playing Chess, i would almost deduce that
this Jamie_Beech must be very pretty :-)
Agreed! I stopped being a Greeter because of the high number of Time Out wins.
Hmm, I agree with lecycliste, not a good idea post the persons name. And why post the game? unless you where just being facetious about making a "bad job as a greeter" in which case it doesn't really matter.
As a relative newcomer myself I remember well how intimidating chess seemed as I made my first steps.
No you did the right thing Otherwise how will they learn not play this way?
Nah, not a bad greeter -- you're just letting your opponent know what he's getting into. Lying, or hiding your skill, would be worse.
If you're scores better than him, teach him a little about the game and become an awesome greeter :)
I start to play this kind of games with newcomers recently, but a lot of them simple didn't play.
I think it's cool you've actually made it a win not by time out. That's what I get all the time. Mostly they start talking when Im offline, when get back and try to explain they've already stopped playing.
A agree hiding skill is wrong, but adapting your strategy on their skill is something I wouldn't do either. Id never try a scholar's mate with a strong opponent, so not with a beginner either. Scholar's mate and others are just to show you can beat them easily, it's not actual chess, more of a trick.
What i really want to say is there is nothing wrong with scholar's mate or such. But I'd prefer an actual opening and then play your best.