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Loeblix
Used to be turned off, now it's back and there's no option to turn it off.
Martin_Stahl
Loeblix wrote:
Used to be turned off, now it's back and there's no option to turn it off.

Coach can't be turned off in all locations. Where are you trying to remove it?

Loeblix

Game review, puzzles. A few days ago it didnt show up.

KashanIrima

Same issue, for game review. Always have it off, suddenly it's on. I tried to turn it off both from the game review screen and the account settings. They seem to have removed the option to do so. Personally, the coaches make me cringe.

Loeblix

yeah same...

KashanIrima

Bump

Martin_Stahl

My understanding is there are always going to be some locations where coach will show and won't have an option to disable.

Loeblix

No, bdfore you could select none in the coaches settings.

mattbukramnik

The coach ruins it completely. We already have a hint button if we want a hint. Now, whether we want it or not, we have this intrusive signposting as to what sort of puzzle it is (eg take or mate) which means we have a very different (ie easier, boring, hand-holding) challenge, and our puzzle rating is truly meaningless as opposed to (in some, simple way) benchmarked. The coach is an engagement play (ie How do we drive puzzle engagement up, and push coach premium levels up across the site? Remove the puzzle "barrier" for non-chess lovers by offering a quick pathway to high puzzle ratings in the guise of teaching. Oh, and ruin the puzzle experience). Imagine sitting down to solve a cryptic crossword and getting extra 'coach' clues ("could be an anagram" "Look for abbrevaitions/latin"). What a colossally greedy and damning intrusion. I am cancelling my subscription (again).

Martin_Stahl
mattbukramnik wrote:

The coach ruins it completely. We already have a hint button if we want a hint. Now, whether we want it or not, we have this intrusive signposting as to what sort of puzzle it is (eg take or mate) which means we have a very different (ie easier, boring, hand-holding) challenge, and our puzzle rating is truly meaningless as opposed to (in some, simple way) benchmarked. The coach is an engagement play (ie How do we drive puzzle engagement up, and push coach premium levels up across the site? Remove the puzzle "barrier" for non-chess lovers by offering a quick pathway to high puzzle ratings in the guise of teaching. Oh, and ruin the puzzle experience). Imagine sitting down to solve a cryptic crossword and getting extra 'coach' clues ("could be an anagram" "Look for abbrevaitions/latin"). What a colossally greedy and damning intrusion. I am cancelling my subscription (again).

You can disable the hints by using the settings icon on the feature