On second thought, the Vicar is not leastest. The Lord has been most generous in providing for her, imho..
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Meanwhile....back at the ranch....
Waiting for my turn ,in a longish list of 46 games in situ, I was 2nd" ready game" but 13th in line and really tired of checking progress if any when I noticed one game had apparently jumped the q and played 2wice to my 1once!
Explanation soon evident - he was on 1 move a day; I on one move 3 days and possibly others had I pursued matter on 7 or even 14 day moves. Very off- putting it has to be said and may well affect future acceptance of challenges
Mar 6, 2009
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xqsme wrote:
Meanwhile....back at the ranch....
Waiting for my turn ,in a longish list of 46 games in situ, I was 2nd" ready game" but 13th in line and really tired of checking progress if any when I noticed one game had apparently jumped the q and played 2wice to my 1once!
Explanation soon evident - he was on 1 move a day; I on one move 3 days and possibly others had I pursued matter on 7 or even 14 day moves. Very off- putting it has to be said and may well affect future acceptance of challenges
Who can decypher what Donald is talking about?
Not his own list of games: he has only 8 in progress.
So: is he looking at the games list of one of his opponents? That opponent may have 46 games in progress. Games are ordered by least time remaining - except that all games where it is your move are listed first.
"I was 2nd 'ready game' but 13th in line". ?????
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Mar 6, 2009
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#45
xqsme wrote: So who were the hostess with the mostest and the priestess with the leastest?!
I'm too young to remember Ethel Merman singing an Irving Berlin song.
http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/t/thehostesswiththemostestontheball.shtml
Well there was only 1 "ready game "ahead of me the others listed in front of me were " waiting games" -As already postulated it could save time and improve playing enjoyment if the ready games were dealt with first instead of merely following listed order.Hope that clarifies( arts' own diagram does it rather better in earlier post).
Perhaps i should clarify that i am referring to voluntary choice of order not the computer listed orders and figures I quoted by way of illustration are actually bit different on re-examination but no different in principle.Really a matter of desirable etiquette it seems to me .
Ah. I think sometimes players manipulate their order of play for strategic reasons, such as to influence their rating outcome. For eg in a game where they're losing, they'd rather lose fast to a lower-rated opponent and then recover their points in a game where they're winning against a higher rated opponent. If they do it the other way round, that is, complete their win against the higher rated opponent in the waiting list and then lose against the lower-rated opponent, it could mean a massive point loss for them. I think. I can't explain it better, perhaps you-know-who can diagrammate lol ..
(Edit: no judgment intended - if a person wants to improve his/her rating, this is only logical. I'd probably do the same)
Good point- it gets subtler by each post- so long as shots are called correctly.But am already decided long listers should normally be avoided on enjoyment grounds
I play the games that are "on-line" first.
Mar 8, 2009
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xqsme wrote:
Perhaps i should clarify that i am referring to voluntary choice of order not the computer listed orders and figures I quoted by way of illustration are actually bit different on re-examination but no different in principle.Really a matter of desirable etiquette it seems to me .
So you are not proposing that the games list be re-ordered, as discussed here:
- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/help-support/ordering-current-chess-games
- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/chesscom-feedback-sort-games-list
One risk with showing onlines first -
The times go out of order.
If you've more than ten such games
They hide across the border.
An urgent game awaits your move,
It's buried on page two.
Your timeout ratio doesn't improve
You end up in a stew.
The moral of this tale is clear:
Consequences mind.
Or lose a bunch a games on time
'Cause they were hard to find.
A second caution I would add:
"Be careful what you wished!"
So called 'improvements' drive you mad
"Bring back the old games list!"
hmm ..
Well my original posting was intended to request that players, not site planners, could help simply by choosing to play first those games indicated as currently" live and ready" by the Flashing Beacon Symbols.No site reorganisation was envisaged, merely the suggestion that it might be regarded as good chess etiquette to follow, similarly to reasonably appropriate retiring practice.
Mar 11, 2009
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#54
Teja wrote: Teyja (j is not pronouned "h" as in Spanish - I'm not Spanish )
Silent Letter
No 'I's in Teja
No tears in her eyes.
Her ‘why?’s pronounced
Her ‘J’s are silent.
Why’s no ‘Y’s wise?
Eyes knows - Noes, Ayes.
Her tresses stressed
Her 'Que?'s lie sent.
lol! You are quite wrong Mr Artfizz. I do have tears in my eyes. Of agony over this execrable poem of yours..
In my name lies no silent letter, your poem is quite wrong about the matter,
Teja is said as it is spelled, just roll it out your throat and "Teja!" is belled.
2YYs you are
2 YYs you be
2YYs you are
2YYs for me
I know xqsme. Actually it's very clever. But he is such un hombre travieso, no?
(edited: naughty man, not evil man as posted originally, rapscallion though he may be)
Mai oui !
Mais oui !!
Mar 13, 2009
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#60
Teja wrote:
I know xqsme. Actually it's very clever. But he is such un hombre travieso, no?
(edited: naughty man, not evil man as posted originally, rapscallion though he may be)
I was just about to consider reaching for my lawyer - as in other threads e.g. http://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/did-she-mention-my-name
Hmm..Oprah Winfrey and the Vicar of Dibley?