I keep repeating myself so it is getting boring. I am not judging all people playing one move per day, I'm saying that people that wait the maximum amount of time without any good reason other than stalling are bad sports. But no one that visits the forums seems to agree with me on that. That is fine with me.
Stalling in Daily Chess.
I keep repeating myself so it is getting boring. I am not judging all people playing one move per day, I'm saying that people that wait the maximum amount of time without any good reason other than stalling are bad sports. But no one that visits the forums seems to agree with me on that. That is fine with me.
That's again not true. Here is ninja888's post, in which he says exactly that:
Reasonable Reasons:
1. They forgot about their daily games (can happen)
2. They genuinely are thinking the entire time (very rarely)
3. They are extremely busy (from something) and only had a bit of time at the end of the day (possible)
4. They have a lot of daily games and it takes a while to get to yours
Otherwise
5. They are being annoying and wasting your time
Only a few players out of hundreds of games would be #5 while the rest usually would have reason. (There are probably other reasons out there that I missed as well)
(and nobody disagrees that people postponing making moves just for the the sake of are bad sports)
No body disagrees with that. Postponing making a move just to annoy people is bad sportsmanship. But your point was different, wasn't it? You said it yourself in your OP:
Okay, so you have the random trolls that just play to be annoying and get attention, but let's not talk about them. I know most people have a different reason, I would like to know just what that reason is.
And yes, it is repetitive. How many times do we have to tell you that your expecting people make multiple moves per day in a daily is unreasonable?
About the same amount of times I have to tell you that one move a day every day is unreasonable.
Not at all. As I already said this expectation flies in the face of correspondence/daily's spirit and tradition. We do not have to change it just because of your impatience

You say I want people to make multiple moves a day, I say that I don't want people to only make one move a day every day, you don't see the difference between the two obviously.
I don't want the format being changed at it's essence, just some small change that doesn't allow people to abuse the format.
Let's say hypothetically my opinion was prevalent, would you still want it to remain the same?
I see absolutely no problem with people playing one move a day everyday. That's how this games has been played for decades. At your own pace, with no pressure, taking as much time as you need.

When I played correspondence chess (before computers were good enough to beat a fairly good human) I learned a lot by analyzing each position thoroughly, then coming back to it the next day. Often my brain had been crunching the problem subconsciously and I saw something that I had missed. So I made a better move.
Your "unsportsmanlike" opponents are trying to give your their strongest possible game. You should welcome that. Perhaps if you spent more time examining your positions you would learn a lot more about the game and raise your rating.
When I played correspondence chess (before computers were good enough to beat a fairly good human) I learned a lot by analyzing each position thoroughly, then coming back to it the next day. Often my brain had been crunching the problem subconsciously and I saw something that I had missed. So I made a better move.
Your "unsportsmanlike" opponents are trying to give your their strongest possible game. You should welcome that. Perhaps if you spent more time examining your positions you would learn a lot more about the game and raise your rating.
Bingo!

No one needs to use the maximum time limit every day. It's a choice, a choice in which you are free. Lots of people (obviously not forum people) don't want to wait for weeks or months for some odd duck(s) to finish their game(s). From move one they make one move near the time limit, second move the same, etc. While they play the same openings in every game and they know which move they will play anyway, but no, wait for the time to almost run out. Same goes for forced moves and even easy moves with only a couple of options. I'm not saying they should make moves until a tough decision, but never playing more than one move a day is just not right. They reduce the fun for many as I've seen in tournament comments.
It's not at their own pace, it's not taking as much time as you need. It's just not right imho.

When I played correspondence chess (before computers were good enough to beat a fairly good human) I learned a lot by analyzing each position thoroughly, then coming back to it the next day. Often my brain had been crunching the problem subconsciously and I saw something that I had missed. So I made a better move.
Your "unsportsmanlike" opponents are trying to give your their strongest possible game. You should welcome that. Perhaps if you spent more time examining your positions you would learn a lot more about the game and raise your rating.
I totally agree if you are talking about complex positions.
Your second paragraph you pull things totally out of context. I've explained myself on that already many times. I don't mind one move a day.
Ah, so now you are talking about obvious moves. That was definitely not part of your OP.
Yes, when it is an obvious move, I'll make it as soon as I can. I will even use conditional moves to speed things up and go through a forced line asap, a practice that goes back to correspondence chess as well (although some people do not like conditional moves either, so go figure).
But if the move is non-obvious, please respect people's taking their time to make it.

I am talking about one move a day every day for a long time now. This is from move one until the end, no matter what. I didn't say anything I hadn't said before.
But even with the obvious moves people who play a lot of games simultaneously can take a long time to make a move. So do not judge them easily either
I am talking about one move a day every day for a long time now. This is from move one until the end, no matter what. I didn't say anything I hadn't said before.
Then you are a bad communicator. If your beef is only with people stalling obvious moves and forced lines then you should have been explicit about.

Okay, so where is the gray area? I shouldn't judge people who take 13 days on move one in a 14 day tournament? They are within the rules, which you seem fond of. This of course is an exaggeration, but I'm just wondering where the line is for you.

Then you are a bad communicator. If your beef is only with people stalling obvious moves and forced lines then you should have been explicit about.
Well, it didn't start out that way, but the responses forced me to be clearer, which I did very early on, only to be understood much much later, while only repeating myself.
So I don't know if I'm the bad communicator or you're the bad reader, but either way it doesn't really matter because it doesn't contribute to anything.
No, that's not what I think at all. I think your calling people bad sports was completely unjustified. But my point was that your were judging people, which you denied and asked for a quote