Bet Dogecoin on chess games

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BlunderousWilliam wrote:

Interesting opinion  However, I think of betting as gambling, no matter what the betting is on. I agree that it means you are good at chess, and I'm not really sure how you could be good at gambling, but I think it could spark a lot of 'gimme a refund, they cheated' arguments, or 'they found a way to get out of the bet'. Stuff like that. I think my main concern about the betting idea is the disagreements, rather than the gambling.

Doge doesn't care about refunds, in fact...he doesn't allow them. Dogecoin is fair, once you receive doge, he never goes back to his previous owner

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KingDingPawn wrote:
BlunderousWilliam wrote:

Interesting opinion  However, I think of betting as gambling, no matter what the betting is on. I agree that it means you are good at chess, and I'm not really sure how you could be good at gambling, but I think it could spark a lot of 'gimme a refund, they cheated' arguments, or 'they found a way to get out of the bet'. Stuff like that. I think my main concern about the betting idea is the disagreements, rather than the gambling.

Doge doesn't care about refunds, in fact...he doesn't allow them. Dogecoin is fair, once you receive doge, he never goes back to his previous owner

That is why I believe Doge is the perfect candidate. DOGE FOR THE WIN! 

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KingDingPawn wrote:
KingDingPawn wrote:
BlunderousWilliam wrote:

Interesting opinion  However, I think of betting as gambling, no matter what the betting is on. I agree that it means you are good at chess, and I'm not really sure how you could be good at gambling, but I think it could spark a lot of 'gimme a refund, they cheated' arguments, or 'they found a way to get out of the bet'. Stuff like that. I think my main concern about the betting idea is the disagreements, rather than the gambling.

Doge doesn't care about refunds, in fact...he doesn't allow them. Dogecoin is fair, once you receive doge, he never goes back to his previous owner

That is why I believe Doge is the perfect candidate. DOGE FOR THE WIN! 

This site has amazing anti cheat algorithms. Any talk of cheat would be petty, it would just be the reflection of the users sadness of Doge leaving him/her to meet his new owner.

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BlunderousWilliam wrote:

But you must agree that, especially with the cheating that already comes around once awhile on this site, would surely become a bigger problem, possibly even increase in numbers, if we started betting Dogecoins?

More numbers = more premium users = more funding to keep chess.com alive! There will always be problems. I trust the chess community to solve them we are intelligent! Petty Doge ownership issues among salty members won't tear us down.

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BlunderousWilliam wrote:

But you must agree that, especially with the cheating that already comes around once awhile on this site, would surely become a bigger problem, possibly even increase in numbers, if we started betting Dogecoins?

Like Buddha once said...where there is drama, there is prosperity 

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BlunderousWilliam wrote:

True, true! But with all the refunding rating points after someone's cheating has been detected, wouldn't it overcomplicate it even further by having to also refund the Dogecoins to the same people that have been cheated?

You're overthinking it! Betting would be a choice, of course there would be loss, there would be hate, drama, controversy. All those aspects are apart of growth, and bringing life to any platform. This platform already has a lot of that, elo loss due to cheaters that sometimes can't be rolled back. 

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BlunderousWilliam wrote:

True, true! But with all the refunding rating points after someone's cheating has been detected, wouldn't it overcomplicate it even further by having to also refund the Dogecoins to the same people that have been cheated?

Nothing will ever be perfect, we can only try new things, and solve the problems as they arise. Failure to try new things in fear of the problems that will arise is...well...failure

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KingDingPawn wrote:
BlunderousWilliam wrote:

True, true! But with all the refunding rating points after someone's cheating has been detected, wouldn't it overcomplicate it even further by having to also refund the Dogecoins to the same people that have been cheated?

You're overthinking it! Betting would be a choice, of course there would be loss, there would be hate, drama, controversy. All those aspects are apart of growth, and bringing life to any platform. This platform already has a lot of that, elo loss due to cheaters that sometimes can't be rolled back. 

And besides...who care about losing a few pennies? We toss pennies into fountains and make wishes that never come true! lol! At least we would be sacrificing our pennies to DOGE

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BlunderousWilliam wrote:

Good point. Perhaps it's a good idea! I might not use it, but I'm sure many others would! Just two final questions. 1. Isn't it already possible to bet Dogecoins outside of chess.com? Just dealing them out after the game? Or is it illegal when unregulated by the site? 2. Wouldn't this be exposing the children on this site to betting Dogecoins, and even if it did only let members of age bet their Dogecoins, wouldn't that decrease the number of members on chess.com quite substantially? I'm sure that many, or even most chess.com members are around 10-16. However, I suppose that problem could be solved by making the betting optional

Mark cuban just said he bought his children Dogecoin to learn about investing, he said it's the best entertainment for it's price right now. There are currently no other places to bet Dogecoin, people just buy it as a meme, or give it away as a meme, or promote it....as a meme lol

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KingDingPawn wrote:
BlunderousWilliam wrote:

Good point. Perhaps it's a good idea! I might not use it, but I'm sure many others would! Just two final questions. 1. Isn't it already possible to bet Dogecoins outside of chess.com? Just dealing them out after the game? Or is it illegal when unregulated by the site? 2. Wouldn't this be exposing the children on this site to betting Dogecoins, and even if it did only let members of age bet their Dogecoins, wouldn't that decrease the number of members on chess.com quite substantially? I'm sure that many, or even most chess.com members are around 10-16. However, I suppose that problem could be solved by making the betting optional

Mark cuban just said he bought his children Dogecoin to learn about investing, he said it's the best entertainment for it's price right now. There are currently no other places to bet Dogecoin, people just buy it as a meme, or give it away as a meme, or promote it....as a meme lol

It's being hyped up by a lot of Celebrities, including Elon Musk the richest man. You are right, it would increase the numbers, which would be a good thing

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BlunderousWilliam wrote:

Good point. Perhaps it's a good idea! I might not use it, but I'm sure many others would! Just two final questions. 1. Isn't it already possible to bet Dogecoins outside of chess.com? Just dealing them out after the game? Or is it illegal when unregulated by the site? 2. Wouldn't this be exposing the children on this site to betting Dogecoins, and even if it did only let members of age bet their Dogecoins, wouldn't that decrease the number of members on chess.com quite substantially? I'm sure that many, or even most chess.com members are around 10-16. However, I suppose that problem could be solved by making the betting optional

I kinda just did this as a troll to be honest, we'll see. It would be difficult to implement, probably better ways to increase numbers on chess.com 

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This whole thread is a bit dogey...

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DogeCoin > U.S Dollars

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yea... Possible to tip me a few of those "dodgey" coins? It's for "educational purpose". happy.png

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snoozyman wrote:
ChessCoin to the moon 🌙

TO THE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Martin_Stahl wrote:
KingDingPawn wrote:

Okay who thinks this is a good idea. 

New chess.com feature that allows users to bet (SMALL) amounts of dogecoin on live games between two high elo players, and games against themselves and randomly selected users. 

Kind of like online horse race betting, just chess

 

For sites based in the US, supporting betting is a good way to get fined or shutdown..

Suppose you do something like cubbits from ChessCube?

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Chess_Night5030 wrote:
Martin_Stahl wrote:
KingDingPawn wrote:

Okay who thinks this is a good idea. 

New chess.com feature that allows users to bet (SMALL) amounts of dogecoin on live games between two high elo players, and games against themselves and randomly selected users. 

Kind of like online horse race betting, just chess

 

For sites based in the US, supporting betting is a good way to get fined or shutdown..

Suppose you do something like cubbits from ChessCube?

or channel points on twitch 

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It's  a bit dodgey.

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