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Is it allowed to create a tournament that you have no intention on allowing to start? Here at https://www.chess.com/tournament/the-new-crew-1000-and-under a staff member, Kayt created a tournament and she is definitely still active but is not starting the linked tournament. User Seajer claims to have looked into it and determined she created the tournament for show and that she has no intention of starting it. I don't know for certain that's a true claim but it does seem so because both because she didn't start it and that I personally messaged her and she didn't reply or comment.

If true and even if there is no particular rule against it, it seems like something you wouldn't want a staff member doing. It's like trolling your own community. At the very least it should probably be deleted.

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They may be busy.

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Potato50012 wrote:

They may be busy.

Potato50012 wrote: They may be busy. If that were the case, I think it would be at least appropriate to comment about it. She's still playing games anyway.

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WilliamsBM wrote:

Is it allowed to create a tournament that you have no intention on allowing to start? Here at https://www.chess.com/tournament/the-new-crew-1000-and-under a staff member, Kayt created a tournament and she is definitely still active but is not starting the linked tournament. User Seajer claims to have looked into it and determined she created the tournament for show and that she has no intention of starting it. I don't know for certain that's a true claim but it does seem so because both because she didn't start it and that I personally messaged her and she didn't reply or comment.

If true and even if there is no particular rule against it, it seems like something you wouldn't want a staff member doing. It's like trolling your own community. At the very least it should probably be deleted.

 

Since the first comment was only 12 days ago, it probably hasn't been up that long overall. If it hasn't started in a month, there might be reason to worry, but as it stands, I see no reason to think it won't start.

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Hey she finally responded, seems as though the guy wasnt being honest. Thanks for the responses.

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Totally NOT fake. The settings were set to start once the game was filled and the player size was set to unlimited.

 

Even staff members make mistakes sometimes.

 

See, this is proof that I am human.

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Oh, and my inbox gets FILLED so my apologies regarding the delay with that response. Again my apologies!

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