Is there a reason the little flashing beacon

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Showing someone is online is sometimes red, and sometimes green?

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See: http://support.chess.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/98/0/what-are-the-new-live-status-icons-and-what-is-the-difference-between-the-green-and-red-one
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Green means they're online at that moment.  Red (notice the word "live" added) means they're currently playing a live game.

If you see this one however:

It means donkey kong.

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And this one means their live game is going quite badly: