22 Dec 05
So, here are my proposals, please add your comments.
1. All Non-subs accounts will automatically be closed after 28 days. All games in progress will be erased without affecting the other players' ratings. Non-subs will then need to open another account but using a different username.
2. Non-subs should not be able to challenge subs (except their Buddies if they currently have less than 6 games in progress).
3. Non-subs may only offer open invites; they may not accept them.
4. (a) Non-subs with less than 5 completed games should not be able to post in the forums nor start new threads.
(b) Non-subs with at least 5 completed games may post in any forum once per day, but may not start new threads.
22 Dec 05
Originally posted by c99uxWell, if the purpose of the site is to earn money, then yes, I wholeheartedly agree. If it's to allow people to play loads of chess then making it so that everyone can play, with restrictions for non-subscribers, then the present way is good too. Your suggestions would solve a few problems though.
So, here are my proposals, please add your comments.
1. All Non-subs accounts will automatically be closed after 28 days. All games in progress will be erased without affecting the other players' ratings. Non-subs will then need to open another account but using a different username.
2. Non-subs should not be able to challenge subs (except their Buddies ...[text shortened]... th at least 5 completed games may post in any forum once per day, but may not start new threads.
22 Dec 05
Originally posted by c99uxI don't agree with your ideas at all really my feelings are more as a member of RHP then a non-sub.
So, here are my proposals, please add your comments.
1. All Non-subs accounts will automatically be closed after 28 days. All games in progress will be erased without affecting the other players' ratings. Non-subs will then need to open another account but using a different username.
2. Non-subs should not be able to challenge subs (except their Buddies ...[text shortened]... th at least 5 completed games may post in any forum once per day, but may not start new threads.
1) If you give accounts a time limit I think people who are active non-subs would be very annoyed when there account gets deleted and if they played more for chess they will just make another. Nothing gained for the site.
2)I really don't see the point of this if they want to challenge people then they can just add them to there buddies, and as far as I know if they have 6 games going then they cannot challenge people
3) Are there enough subs to accept all the non subs games? I hear a lot of subs saying they will not play non-subs I think there would just be masses of open invites with no one really wanting to play them all. Also would you want to play someone if you knew there account was getting deleted in 5 days? I like to finish my games I presume others are the same.
4) Why is this are all non subs less literate? If you are on a purge you could expose restrictions on people who have had an account for less then 6 months and make people pass spelling and grammar tests before they can make an account.
Lastly I think the benefits to becoming a sub are worth it I am considering it so I can play more games and join a clan. I have to say soon after I made my account I didn’t play for a few months really just the odd game every few weeks but now I have become more active it took far more then 28 days for me to decide and I have to say if I got an email telling me my account was deleted then I would not of made another and I would not of considered becoming a sub.
22 Dec 05
Originally posted by c99uxI don't like any of them, except for 4, which I don't like either as it stands.
So, here are my proposals, please add your comments.
1. All Non-subs accounts will automatically be closed after 28 days. All games in progress will be erased without affecting the other players' ratings. Non-subs will then need to open another account but using a different username.
2. Non-subs should not be able to challenge subs (except their Buddies ...[text shortened]... th at least 5 completed games may post in any forum once per day, but may not start new threads.
The idea that non-subs can only post in forums, other than a Non-Subs forum and Help forums, after a game or two has finished has merit. This would stop a lot of the non-sub account abusers who give all non-subs a bad name.
Apart from that, the fact of the matter is that I'm sure Russ is happy with the system he has in place, which promotes a thriving community of chess enthusiasts. I'm sure if it became financially unviable for Russ to offer his services for free, we'd be the first to know about it.
Why are some users on here so eager to force non-subs into subscribing when Russ isn't too bothered.
Did you even stop to think that this is a global site with players from countries where $30 is 5 minutes work and players from countries where $30 is a months wage? Why restrict people purely due to the economic situation of their country? Who says Chess is an elitest game where only $10 per hour minimum wage countries can participate?
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22 Dec 05
Originally posted by RagnorakI do not think these restrictions would force people into becoming subs I think they would just put people off the site altogether.
I don't like any of them, except for 4, which I don't like either as it stands.
The idea that non-subs can only post in forums, other than a Non-Subs forum and Help forums, after a game or two has finished has merit. This would stop a lot of the non-sub account abusers who give all non-subs a bad name.
Apart from that, the fact of the matter is tha ...[text shortened]... ys Chess is an elitest game where only $10 per hour minimum wage countries can participate?
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As well as the income there is a problem with credit card ownership I don’t own one am to young to own one and don't really want one as there is a risk of debit.
22 Dec 05
Originally posted by c99uxIf non-subs can only play other non-subs, but can't accept invites, then how do they get a game going?
So, here are my proposals, please add your comments.
1. All Non-subs accounts will automatically be closed after 28 days. All games in progress will be erased without affecting the other players' ratings. Non-subs will then need to open another account but using a different username.
2. Non-subs should not be able to challenge subs (except their Buddies ...[text shortened]... th at least 5 completed games may post in any forum once per day, but may not start new threads.
22 Dec 05
Originally posted by c99uxGet stuffed.
So, here are my proposals, please add your comments.
1. All Non-subs accounts will automatically be closed after 28 days. All games in progress will be erased without affecting the other players' ratings. Non-subs will then need to open another account but using a different username.
2. Non-subs should not be able to challenge subs (except their Buddies ...[text shortened]... th at least 5 completed games may post in any forum once per day, but may not start new threads.
Also, how are you a member of 4 clans? I thought the limit was 3 as members and one as leader.
22 Dec 05
Originally posted by lukemcmullanWell I think the only way they can play is to create open invites that are accepted by subs. Even though most subs would rather play subs (and with even more reason if accounts are just deleted after a while as games will just stop)
If non-subs can only play other non-subs, but can't accept invites, then how do they get a game going?
I really don’t see the problem with non subs playing non subs? Why should they have to play subs?
Deleting accounts would ruin the forums as posts would just disappear also it goes against the rules of RHP to do with multiple accounts.
Imagine if someone wants to play chess for free so creates a new account per month this would flood the system with unused accounts.
I really do think the system at the moment is fine its gives people the chance to try out the site but keeps enough extra for those who will pay to encourage people to pay this is shown by the large amount of people who have subscribed, its not like the site is dying.
The people in the forum who don’t contribute and just mess them up well I think there are two ways to go about this 1) though police to make sure your thoughts are pure(think 1984) 2) a report button that say if get clicked twice a mod reads the post and if a person gets X of theses he gets a punishment
23 Dec 05
Originally posted by XanthosNZI didn't know there is a limit...
Get stuffed.
Also, how are you a member of 4 clans? I thought the limit was 3 as members and one as leader.
I can't seem to find anything stating that one way or another, so it must be OK because I'm a member of 4 clans. Surely if there was a limit, I wouldn't have been able to join the last one...?
Hey, Xanthos, I just stuffed my turkey. Will that do?
23 Dec 05
Originally posted by RagnorakI see your idealism and applaud you for it, but when was the last time you, or I for that matter, played someone from Haiti, Mexico, Domincan Republic, Congo, Ghana, Sierra Leon, India, Pakistan or anywhere the daily income is less than $.50 cents a day. If anyone from the countries named above are players or member at RHP, you can bet they are the 1-5% of the upper income bracket of their respective country, and not hurting for money. I do agree with keeping the system the way it is as many of the non-subscribers will eventually become subscribers; if not, let the ones who can't actually afford to become members enjoy a little chess for free....ain't hurting anybody, much less me...
I don't like any of them, except for 4, which I don't like either as it stands.
The idea that non-subs can only post in forums, other than a Non-Subs forum and Help forums, after a game or two has finished has merit. This would stop a lot of the non-sub account abusers who give all non-subs a bad name.
Apart from that, the fact of the matter is tha ...[text shortened]... ys Chess is an elitest game where only $10 per hour minimum wage countries can participate?
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