
Chess.com is awful.
Well, robbie, what makes you assume I'm a capitalist? My comment was directed at the whiners who post and post what a rotten site this is, how other sites are so much better, yet they continue to maintain free accounts here. If people don't like it here, why don't they go to those allegedly better sites? I wasn't aware that we signed contracts when we opened accounts here and cannot leave . . . Personally, I feel this is a great site and am willing to pay for what I get here. If I didn't like this site, I wouldn't whine about it, I would leave . . .
So, if you feel other sites are better, Buh-Bye! :-P
Ahhh but I have not claimed that you are a capitalist. What I have actually claimed and lets be crystal clear, is that there is a proclivity among paying members to state that if you don't pay you have no recourse to be constructively critical and should go away. Its an appeal to authority. I pay for it and I therefore have a right to criticise it, you don't and therefore you should shut up and go away? Really? Does that not strike you as being a little logically suspect? I also get the impression that reiterating the same spiel does not actually in any meaningful way address the issue. It was ineffective when it was first uttered and its still rather predictable and insipid now.
Comparing sites is against the terms of service? Seriously? I mean seriously? Are these severs not located in the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Their rules. Live with it.😝
No one is disputing its their rules. What is being disputed is the rationale for it. There is a difference.
Lets see. The chess dot com land of the free and home of the brave rules.
You cannot discuss in open forums.
Religion.
Politics.
Other chess sites.
The state of this chess site unless you pay.
Pumpkin eaters
(please feel free to add anything else)
You can.
Have threads arbitrarily locked down (please see the express if you don't like the new version thread, ruthlessly shut down for no rational reason)
Shut up or get lost if you don't like it.
Now I won't call it close minded but yeah it is bordering on totalitarianism.
(lol) Although I could barely comprehend the OP's post, I say the site is still the best at what it does although customer support has taken a dip in quality lately which I hope they remedy soon.
(lol) Although I could barely comprehend the OP's post, I say the site is still the best at what it does although customer support has taken a dip in quality lately which I hope they remedy soon.
Interesting I actually find the customer support to be the best. If you have a problem with abuse they deal with it. If you have a problem with crazy moderators gone wild JD Cannon deals with it. Thats probably the best thing about chess dot com is that you can contact someone and have your issues resolved.
You can, from time to time, also play chess.
nah too many pumpkin eaters, I play chess on one of the unmentionable sites that rhymes with pea and ends with chess.
I didn't bother reading the OP. Title makes it sound too much like a dumb topic
I started here on page 9
It's an amusing post to an amusing thread. :-)
(lol) Although I could barely comprehend the OP's post, I say the site is still the best at what it does although customer support has taken a dip in quality lately which I hope they remedy soon.
Interesting I actually find the customer support to be the best. If you have a problem with abuse they deal with it. If you have a problem with crazy moderators gone wild JD Cannon deals with it. Thats probably the best thing about chess dot com is that you can contact someone and have your issues resolved.
Customer support's still ok although they no longer seem to be as friendly and accomodating. It's seen better days.
For everyone reading this, please challenge me to 3 days daily. I want to play some really good players so I can get better but never find anybody above 1600 or 1700 in the open challenges part of Chess.com. I want to play some really good players, and also everyone else who has seen this post.
There is an even easier solution for this in my opinion. Instead of complaining about the site/players he could just easily beat them if those 1.h3 players were really that bad. His rating would go up and he soon will be paired with better players. But of course complaining is a lot less effort than punishing 1.h3 players because you feel "too good" for playing them ;)
"Sound opening principles." Okay:
1. Control the center
2. Develop your pieces
3. Protect your king
4. Gain space
Just how far is that supposed to carry a player? 1600?
I know, everyone else wants to have fun with the game. My idea of "fun" is to be the first FIDE rated player over 3000.
Funny, from a guy who seeemingly only played 0 games here XD

someone said memes?