Hi,
There are some YouTube channels where the whole idea is to play vs specific elo to make funny content. For example, "100 elo chess, except I'm only allowed to make captures with pawns" or similar such funny restrictions. The thing is that he somehow "sets" his own elo to be 100, which then gets him matched with very low-ranked players, which is the whole idea, the videos are funny because he's able to get away with such odd restrictions and sometimes still win. But... how does someone do that? When we make a chess account we get auto ranked based on our performance and furthermore if we win rounds, our elo goes up, obviously. I don't see any option anywhere "I want to play against players as if I'm elo 100" (and with good reason, or else players could just pick on players ranked lower than them, whenever they want)I do not want to do exactly the above myself, but I'd like to know HOW YouTubers are able to pick their elo as they've done for their videos?
I wanted to do something similar, but not stay indefinitely at 100! I wanted to do videos like "Can I reach 500 elo under (XYZ condition)?" and play ranked until I reach 500. Once reaching 500, I then change the videos goal to "Can I now reach 600 elo (under same XYZ condition)?", then 700 and so on, raising rank as a normal player would do with elo raising/lowering from wins and losses... I think that might make for some fun video progression. But, I see that making a new account actually starts you out right away at 800. And the only way for me to begin at a lower rank would be to intentionally lose games, which is bannable (also with good reason). So, hence my initial question at the start. How are other YouTubers manually choosing such a low elo (like 100) for their accounts to enable them to make those videos? Thank you
I can link the type of videos I'm referring to if necessary. I was just hesitant to post any links in my first post
That's not an option for regular members and even streamers that are allowed generally have a specific account for that. Those are not something generally available either.
Hi,
There are some YouTube channels where the whole idea is to play vs specific elo to make funny content. For example, "100 elo chess, except I'm only allowed to make captures with pawns" or similar such funny restrictions. The thing is that he somehow "sets" his own elo to be 100, which then gets him matched with very low-ranked players, which is the whole idea, the videos are funny because he's able to get away with such odd restrictions and sometimes still win. But... how does someone do that? When we make a chess account we automatically start at 800 elo and furthermore when we win rounds, our elo goes up, obviously. I don't see any option anywhere "I want to play against players as if I'm elo 100" (and with good reason, or else players could just pick on players ranked lower than them, whenever they want)I do not want to do exactly the above myself, but I'd like to know HOW YouTubers are able to pick their elo as they've done for their videos?
I wanted to do something similar, but not stay indefinitely at 100! I wanted to do videos like "Can I reach 500 elo under (XYZ condition)?" and play ranked until I reach 500. Once reaching 500, I then change the videos goal to "Can I now reach 600 elo (under same XYZ condition)?", then 700 and so on, raising rank as a normal player would do with elo raising/lowering from wins and losses... I think that might make for some fun video progression. But I got auto rated ofc, and the only way for me to begin at a lower rank would be to intentionally lose games, which is bannable (again, with good reason). So... hence my initial question at the start. How are other YouTubers manually choosing such a low elo (like 100) for their accounts to enable them to make those videos in the first place? Thank you
I can link the type of videos I'm referring to if necessary. I was just hesitant to post any links in my first post