Blindfold is Broken

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wk_18

The new "Blindfold" variant already shouldn't exist--players can draw pictures of the position/move cutouts stuck to a screen, which gives them an unfair advantage. But the main problem is doing Shift+Control+F (like in Fog of War, after the game is over). You can do this in Blindfold mode in-game, which is absolutely broken. Doing that command once turns the game into Fog of War, but only you can see the squares you can move to, and doing it twice turns it into normal chess.

I'm not posting this to encourage people to do this, I just really think it should get fixed because the advantage it gives is overpowered. 

So yeah, please fix!

(Also I should be posting this in Beta but whatever lol)

NobleElevator

I agree

I found this as well

Vinumonz555

+1

EternallyBad

*yawns* I got that hack like literally on my second game xD so I haven't played much since then

sndeww

wait, what does control shift f do again

sndeww

I'm on mac so this doesn't apply to me btw

sndeww

.-.

wk_18

on mac its

shift option f

 

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sndeww

I played a perfect game in blindfold against a 1000 blitz rated player. He dropped his queen then gave away the rest of his stuff.

I thought I'd be horrible at blindfold but I guess not

1c6O-1

Yep they have to fix dis

vishnu_vijay_93

Did they fix it yet? 

wk_18

yeah

hiryanli

do this really work?

wk_18

not anymore

you're a few months late buddy

stu_art

Am I correct thinking that the only way to play blindfold is to hide the pieces in the settings? I'd like to play a friend who is much weaker, where I play blind but he sees the board. It would be nice if there was a separate blindfold mode for this. Or is it possible to create a new account for playing blindfold using the same email account?

wk_18

or you could get a friend to tell you your opponent's moves and play your moves for you

Martin_Stahl
stu_art wrote:

Am I correct thinking that the only way to play blindfold is to hide the pieces in the settings? I'd like to play a friend who is much weaker, where I play blind but he sees the board. It would be nice if there was a separate blindfold mode for this. Or is it possible to create a new account for playing blindfold using the same email account?

 

Each player gets their own board, so you can change your piece set to blindfold and your friend would still see the board. A blindfold mode, would force both players to blindfold. That exists on /variants