Why I don't like Leagues

I think this new leagues system is borderline abusive. It pushes people to play long hours (as much as possible), and a lot of those people, let's not forget, are kids.

Chess.com, is this really necessary? Can't you think of other ways to improve your bottom line?

They should give more bonuses out for winning alot of games in a row then to balance it out. Like 6 win streak 9 win streak 12 win streak ECT. And the account has to be active for a certain amount of time to take out those taking advantage with new accounts. Do u see what I'm saying?

Yeah there needs to be something more to leagues that just whoever plays the most 3-0 or 1-0 games. I'll play out this stone league then stop, it's really unhealthy and not ok for chess.com to insentivise like this.

That's exactly how it works already.

Anyone trying to accumulate a lot of trophies will play arenas because arenas give you extra trophies equal to the number of arena points you earn in that tournament... and arena points are based on winning streaks.

12 hours a day wont happen until later leagues. At first it's just fun, and almost impossible to not get promoted.

It took about 10 minutes of playing per day to get promoted out of wood.

It will take about 30 minutes of playing per day to get promoted out of stone.

Yeah, because they have cash prizes, there will probably be at least 100 people who put their health at risk playing leagues. A few may actually have medical emergencies.

Not sure if that's chess.com's fault, but I agree with you that it's a bit off-putting.

i think if your doing well you should keep on going for at most 30 min tops

thats 70 mins

lets say you get 1 pt per min

(1|0 games have a max of 2 mins, 50% win rate would be 0.75 but those games dont always go that much and this is a compromise)

thats 70 pts, not enough

1.25 pts per min,87.5, not enough

1.5 pts per min, 105, maybe enough

not exactly enough

Yeah, 30 minutes per day was a little low. A few days ago I estimated ~500 trophies to get out of stone for most people, and that seems to be holding.

Let's say 1.5 trophies per minute, so that's about 48 minutes per day. Sure, for some people that's a lot.

When I play bullet arena it's 2-3 trophies per minute (depending on how well I do) so it's a bit less time for me.

yeah not me who plays 15|10 and gets like 9(i did more than 50%) in 10 or something mins

now i get why rapid is undervalued, its because games are fast

The should give only a few points for draw or win but more points the more accurately the game is played. Quality should be key, not just amount of games. 

There's already a tier system for quality of play, it's called ratings.

Maybe, but then what is the point of leagues?

whats the bonus?

Leagues are like a best win statistic, except instead of the highest rated player you've beaten, it's the most hours you've played live chess during 1 week.

Although there are some ways to get around it, e.g. you can get promoted after joining mid week.

Read the red text.