what are the village of the banned thinking

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
MacT - gone
Vespers - gone
Stardweeb - gone
Radioslobber - gone
Romadrool - gone

who is left from our once vibrant community? only me and the lemony one. No more taunting, goading and ridiculing. So sad.

It's only been a couple of weeks and they are all over at chess.com screwing up thier forums.

Job done by Russ I'd say.

Originally posted by divegeester
It's only been a couple of weeks and they are all over at chess.com screwing up thier forums.

Job done by Russ I'd say.

Ordinarily, I'd say it was a brilliant ploy by Russ to send our RHP rejects off to a competing site.

But the chess.com forums were already pretty screwed up before.

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
Ordinarily, I'd say it was a brilliant ploy by Russ to send our RHP rejects off to a competing site.

But the chess.com forums were already pretty screwed up before.

I reject the premise that it was a brilliant move. Had the forum moderation adequately dealt with the situation it would not have allowed itself to escalate to the point where people were being banned. Simply issue a warning and if its ignored a forum ban. If they do it again increase the forum ban. People don't leave the site because they want to, they leave it because they feel they have been treated unfairly or unjustly.

Chess dot com suffers from the fact that most of the content is pure drool. Crybabies have managed to sanitise the content to the stage where its nothing but insipid drivel that is allowed to pass. You are not allowed to name and shame, you are not supposed to mention religion, you are not supposed to mention politics, you are not supposed to mention rival chess sites, like they don't exist. As a site personally I find that chess dot com tries to dumb everything down, its not correspondence chess but 'daily chess' as if correspondence is too large a word and might put some prospective airheads off joining the site.

The issue of how sites deal with cheating is rather interesting. Here there used to be moderation. Why it failed i cannot say. At chess dot com they simply ban you outright. On lichess dot com they label you as someone who uses computer assistance. You cannot see it but others can. Its a great pity that people are withholding revenue from this site because of what they perceive as a lack of implementation of a cheating policy. Personally I don't care because i know that I cannot beat a computer at chess and those who use them are depriving themselves of any chance of becoming a stronger player.

With my friends gone its difficult to see how long I will last hear. Its a great pity, I have learned many things that I did not know before from friends and enemies alike.

there needs to be a compromise
the mods, if there were any, failed to do their jobs
warnings should have been issued, perhaps there were, I don't know
the length of the bans seem much too harsh, way out of proportion
someone needs to explain
give them another chance
you will see a big change
a much kinder and gentler bunch they will be
will someone in a position of authority grow a set and open a thread to explain?

how many from the good old days of the clan forum are still running free in the forums?

Originally posted by Wycombe Al
how many from the good old days of the clan forum are still running free in the forums?

you, the lemony one and I and the whole of the metallics, mostly only forkers, mghoobs and shirleycircuit posted from them anyway.

without the clan forum the clan matches don't seem important anymore
no where to cry
nowhere to advertise their integrity and honesty
clan participation was on a steep decline anyway
maybe it's time to say good bye
poor goober, his greatest accomplishment is now just a whimper

i think when you can have a clan active just to bring down another and actively giving away cheap points to top clans to try and achieve that aim then yes the clan system is dead on it's arse, can i now have a 3 year ban?

Originally posted by Wycombe Al
i think when you can have a clan active just to bring down another and actively giving away cheap points to top clans to try and achieve that aim then yes the clan system is dead on it's arse, can i now have a 3 year ban?

What? You'd give up playing me?

forum ban Stees, not a game ban!

Originally posted by Wycombe Al
forum ban Stees, not a game ban!

Gotcha. Hey here's a thought Wycombeone...why not a self imposed 3 year forum ban eh? Who needs a mod?

i'm not sure i have the force in me to give myself a 3 year self imposed ban

Originally posted by Wycombe Al
i'm not sure i have the force in me to give myself a 3 year self imposed ban

OK look, I'll take the bull by the horns and although not a mod I will impose, just as a friend you understand, a 3 year ban against you partaking of the forums. There, does that help at all?

if you really want a ban
just start advertising your clan
and don't stop until the boot comes down