I mean, clearly what he was doing could be annoying to some people. The problem is, you talked too much in all honesty. I'm not gonna lie, I do feel irritated if somebody was gonna keep spamming suggest that are seriously pointless to me. Of course he was going to block you. There may be other factors too, so I'm using this point to assume the reason.
Getting blocked for no reason
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Now look at his post, "Can someone provide a basic reading list?" so he didn't ask for anything like battleship. And here is an example of another guy that posted, "For me i find that looking through analysis lines for games has helped bc i can correspond the notation to the same board that i am looking at." Look at that, no. 1 he told that it worked for him, 2.He told why it worked for him. That is what was lacking in your post. A better framed sentence from you would be " I had learnt algebraic notation from playing battleship, as the coordinates were really similar and it could work for you too". See, now the chances of you getting blocked was zero. And I think it is not only in that one post. You very well know there are youngsters here but you still made a post about GPS without elaborating, leading to me thinking you are getting off topic, so basically to avoid this in the future, try elaborating your point.
Not only that, he has played only 12 games. So he's doing something, just not chess;and yes,I agree with others, there very much was a reason he was blocked.
hes got free will to block you
its a feature of the site
block less often (or what youre saying cause cant find another way to put it shortly), not why you shouldnt be blocked specifically in that case
they blocked you, oh well, but you can still help out with the future
you are, but my brain just forced me to write this here, so uhh... take it lightly, i guess
lol
how to increase accuracy:
1. jtoh
2. spmy
3. soulshatters
wait i can relate now
long_quach wrote:
SriyogeshS wrote:
long_quach wrote:
Wolfheart32 wrote:
The might have thought your answer was just sarcasm.
Time for a "back in the days' stories.
Back in the days, there were no Google Map, no GPS, Global Positioning System, from satellites,
Time for an interlude.
You have Rand McNally city maps, you buy at the gas stations.
The maps are in Algebraic Notation.
I still have a magnetic compass in my backpack.
I was actually introduced to Algebraic Notation with Battleship before I ever read a map.
I think you are getting off topic. What does this even have to with the topic going on?
Pay attention.
I was trying to explain my long lineage of understanding things. Long lineage that @Puzzleslolz knows nothing about.
The GPS you have in your phone is because
"Back in the Ronald Reagan days
when we put satellites in space . . ."
That's how you get your GPS.
I have to read a paper map. with Algebraic Notation. The maps have grids. ABCs on the bottom, 123 on the left.
did he know that? maybe he thought it was "oh yeah i learned algebraic notation from listening to shanghaivania"
AhmedAryan wrote:
"Back in the Ronald Reagan days
when we put satellites in space . . ."
That's how you get your GPS.
I have to read a paper map. with Algebraic Notation. The maps have grids. ABCs on the bottom, 123 on the left.
did he know that? maybe he thought it was "oh yeah i learned algebraic notation from listening to shanghaivania"
That is the point. He does not know that. He has grown up in a world with GPS on a phone. He never had to look at a paper map with Algebraic Notation.
Kids born in a previous generation would know Algebraic Notation, from Battleship, and maps, and Sesame Street, and The Count.
The song is not just a song. It explains how he gets his GPS on an I-phone.
fjdkslagh wrote:
OP is probably like 9.
53.
With 2 lives. 1 in Vietnam, 1 in America.
long_quach wrote:
AhmedAryan wrote:
"Back in the Ronald Reagan days
when we put satellites in space . . ."
That's how you get your GPS.
I have to read a paper map. with Algebraic Notation. The maps have grids. ABCs on the bottom, 123 on the left.
did he know that? maybe he thought it was "oh yeah i learned algebraic notation from listening to shanghaivania"
That is the point. He does not know that. He has grown up in a world with GPS on a phone. He never had to look at a paper map with Algebraic Notation.
Kids born in a previous generation would know Algebraic Notation, from Battleship, and maps, and Sesame Street, and The Count.
Ok, now this is an overexaggeration. Kids nowadays do know how to play battleship and know to read maps (assuming they have passed 7th grade).
badger_song wrote:
Not only that, he has played only 12 games.
What is you chess credential compared to mine?
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/getting-blocked-for-no-reason?page=2#comment-93805979
SriyogeshS wrote:
I had learnt algebraic notation from playing battleship, as the coordinates were really similar and it could work for you too".
The coordinates are identical.
Hmm.
You have something there.
There is a language barrier.
Toys R Us went out of business.
To older generations, we all know what Battleship is, because we all played it before.
Younger generations don't play the same way older generations do, they play video games.
I was speaking in my "native" language. But it could be a foreign language to him.
long_quach wrote:
SriyogeshS wrote:
I had learnt algebraic notation from playing battleship, as the coordinates were really similar and it could work for you too".
The coordinates are identical.
Hmm.
You have something there.
There is a language barrier.
Toys R Us went out of business.
To older generations, we all know what Battleship is, because we all played it before.
Younger generations don't play the same way older generations do, they play video games.
I was speaking in my "native" language. But it could be a foreign language to him.
That definitely proved a language barrier.
"Kids today" don't know what Battleship is.
Hey long_quach, do you want to actually play chess on this chess site? When was the last time you played?
long_quach wrote:
SriyogeshS wrote:
I had learnt algebraic notation from playing battleship, as the coordinates were really similar and it could work for you too".
The coordinates are identical.
Hmm.
You have something there.
There is a language barrier.
Toys R Us went out of business.
To older generations, we all know what Battleship is, because we all played it before.
Younger generations don't play the same way older generations do, they play video games.
I was speaking in my "native" language. But it could be a foreign language to him.
About battleship, I kinda agree with you. I had took my battleship once for the winter carnival in my school and half the people didn't know the rules.
kezzerdrix wrote:
Hey long_quach, do you want to actually play chess on this chess site? When was the last time you played?
Why is playing chess on a chess site better than playing in real life, face-to-face, in a "brewpub", like it has always been played since forever?
https://www.meetup.com/Alexandria-Pints-Pawns-Chess-Club/
Playing face to face is way better, but you are on this site so why not get some practice here?
kezzerdrix wrote:
Playing face to face is way better, but you are on this site so why not get some practice here?
Good question.
A good question deserves a good answer.
1. Chess.com banned me before, for no reason. And it was a robot-ban, not even a human ban.
Try it.
Type the name of our species.
You will get banned.
"A mind is terrible thing to waste. Please donate to the United [fill in the blank] College Fund".
You will get banned.
2. Lichess time control and matching are better.
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/suggestions/40-minutes
And I got banned for mentioning Lichess.
"Advertising the competition".
Everything competes with Chess.com. Going outside and playing basketball is competing with Chess.com.
3. Freedom is of speech is in the American DNA. We died, and killed for it.
4. Chess.com is here to make money. I don't have any beef with it. I'm not going to comment on their business practices anymore. The customers will be the judge.
5. Corollary to 4. Chess.com is not innocent like Yahoo Chess (which died). There's no agenda with Yahoo Chess. There's no money to be made from Yahoo Chess. I would have love to continue playing on Yahoo Chess in "The Age of Innocence".
6. I use the Forum to pass on my knowledge. Knowledge that the younger generation obviously do not have.
7. I could go on and on . . . But my mind is drawing a blank.
@Slayerofbishopsandqueens told the guy that wrote the forum "I reccommend you block you" as in you, the writer of this forum. But i think it was because of your response
Puzzleslolz wrote:
kezzerdrix wrote:
Playing face to face is way better, but you are on this site so why not get some practice here?
lol yeah. Imagine having your last chess game being 3 years ago on this site and 13 games in total
You guys are stupid.
So I will teach you.
Chess.com is trying to be the Kleenex, the Q-tip, the Coke of chess.
Kleenex is a brand, but it is synonymous with tissue paper.
In Vietnam, Honda is synonymous with motorcycle, once upon a time.
Give me Xexox copy. Xexox is synonymous with photocopiers.
Etc.
Probably for the first time in history, a private company is becoming synonymous with a hobby, chess.
And you suckers are the pawns. The foot soldiers.
Now you're taught.
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This is the original post.
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/books-on-algebraic-notation
@ToRestoreAllInChrist
I’m totally new to chess, and one of the things tripping me up the most is notation.
Can someone provide a basic reading list?
thanks!
This is my response. Everything is verbatim.
@ToRestoreAllInChrist
1. Watch Sesame Street.
2. Listen to The Count
3. Play Battleship.
Then I was blocked.
You complain that you were blocked for no reason then go on to provide page upon page of reasons for someone to block you. Perhaps reading the thread back as if someone else had written it would lead to the kind if introspection you'd need to understand what's happening.