Yes, it is unrated. But why should I unknowingly play against somebody who is in fact a lot stronger than me?
STOP SANDBAGGERS!!!
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Jun 13, 2015
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towelie222 wrote:
Why don't you start a third thread about the same thing, maybe that will help?
It is not a second thread. In the other one I didn't even know if it was legal or not. And now I am beginning to find out that it is quite common.
Jun 13, 2015
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kaynight wrote:
Isn't it exciting though?!!
I find such people despicable. They are losers and they want an easy win.
Jun 13, 2015
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(#2) Don't quote me on that though ;)
That's one sentence absolutely hilarious Bubblegum !....TY....
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Jun 13, 2015
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bb_gum234 wrote:
But that is not the case. My rating reflects my real strength.
If all you do is play unrated games, then you'll get better without changing your rating... making you just like them 
It's not an uncommon phenomenon, it happens a lot in various games that are set up to allow such behaviour, also known as noob ganking :p I would guess it's for the purpose of ego boosting, and yes it's pretty annoying to be the victim of that and getting totally wrecked when you just want to have a fun and somewhat fair game. It's pretty hard to ever learn anything from that as well.
Jun 13, 2015
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bb_gum234 wrote:
But it's unrated.
I may be wrong, but I don't think chess.com cares even if you use a computer to play for you in unrated games.
Don't quote me on that though ;)
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sand·bag
ˈsan(d)ˌbaɡ/
verb
gerund or present participle: sandbagging
1.
barricade using sandbags.
"boarded-up shopfronts and sandbagged doorways"
2.
hit or fell with or as if with a blow from a sandbag.
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Jun 13, 2015
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kaynight wrote:
OP: You appear to be one angry dude on this site. Lots of things annoy you... Move on.
Maybe with good reasons? I paid unintentionally a diamond membership. I have lost a lot of games because of silly reason: poor connection, sandbaggers... Besides when I registered here I didn't go through a registration wizard, I was automatically assigned a rating of 1200, which clearly is too high for me.
"They told me you missed school today!!
So I suggest you just throw them all away!!
The sandbags and the gladrags
That your grandad had to sweat so you could buy!"
alessandropicone wrote:
kaynight wrote:
OP: You appear to be one angry dude on this site. Lots of things annoy you... Move on.
Maybe with good reasons? I paid unintentionally a diamond membership. I have lost a lot of games because of silly reason: poor connection, sandbaggers... Besides when I registered here I didn't go through a registration wizard, I was automatically assigned a rating of 1200, which clearly is too high for me.
So you admit it. When you joined chess.com you was 1200 with a fake ranking that doesn't reflect your strength.
A hypocrite you are.
Pheebe wrote:
It's not an uncommon phenomenon, it happens a lot in various games that are set up to allow such behaviour, also known as noob ganking :p I would guess it's for the purpose of ego boosting, and yes it's pretty annoying to be the victim of that and getting totally wrecked when you just want to have a fun and somewhat fair game. It's pretty hard to ever learn anything from that as well.
Playing against stronger people can make you become stronger. Its a true fact.
how many times are we going to define sandbag?
oooh, conversation seems contentious
chess has a few friendly people in the game, but in general it's not exactly a fair play "sport", evidenced by the sites odd attempt to make it so. reality bites, people.
I don't get it
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I think it will only confuse people.
By sandbaggers I mean users who have played thousands of games, won a huge percentage and yet they play unrated with a rating of less than 900.
I paid my diamond membership a small fortune. It wasn't even my intention, I wanted a platinum one, but a mix-up with chess.com caused that.
So I have the right to play in any legal way I please.
But because of these morons I can't. I stand no chance of winning against somebody whose rating should be twice as high as mine.
Bunch of losers, play with your true rating!