Originally posted by RussRuss i definitely think it is worth it!!! No blitz site is going to take off without ratings though. I can see forum tournaments being organised off the back of this, it'd be great!!! 😀
I'll add a prominent link somewhere today to get a true measure of the demand for this feature.
-Russ
Originally posted by MarinkatombIf we do run with the blitz feature, it will become a RHP mini-site to prevent confusion between the core correspondence chess features and the blitz chess.
Russ i definitely think it is worth it!!! No blitz site is going to take off without ratings though. I can see forum tournaments being organised off the back of this, it'd be great!!! 😀
Tournaments (or anything the community asked for) would be a possibility.
Ratings can be added once I know that the blitz element will scale up to large numbers of concurrent users. It is a potential feedback nightmare if people experience problems demanding missing rating points, etc...
-Russ
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Originally posted by RussYes i agree, a lot of thought needs to be put into it first to avoid confusion. I noticed that the site links at the top of the page are obscured by the applet. Perhaps you could create a login section (separate from the Correspondence login) that opens a pop up window for the flash app. This way the two sections are separated. Having a login area would also make it possible to keep users up to date with developments, ie currently there are no ratings (even though a rating appears by the players), it should be clear that the games are currently unrated. As this changes, a dated development is added to the login page to try and minimise feedback. Forum users read this thread but the vast majority of the site don't use the forums.
If we do run with the blitz feature, it will become a RHP mini-site to prevent confusion between the core correspondence chess features and the blitz chess.
Tournaments (or anything the community asked for) would be a possibility.
Ratings can be added once I know that the blitz element will scale up to large numbers of concurrent users. It is a potential ...[text shortened]... eedback nightmare if people experience problems demanding missing rating points, etc...
-Russ
Originally posted by RussIt would be cool if you could do this as a link at the top of any page, that would also show how many people are currently playing blitz--that way you wouldn't have to click and go look just to find out that no one's currently there.
I'll add a prominent link somewhere today to get a true measure of the demand for this feature.
-Russ
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Originally posted by leisurelyslothA link off to the right of the main icons will be appearing shortly. (Within the hour)
It would be cool if you could do this as a link at the top of any page, that would also show how many people are currently playing blitz--that way you wouldn't have to click and go look just to find out that no one's currently there.
Unfortunately, I cannot show how many people are waiting on every request of the normal RHP site.
-Russ
[edit : TimeForChess users will get the correctly coloured graphic within the next few days.]
Originally posted by RussVery cool, Russ. 🙂
A link off to the right of the main icons will be appearing shortly. (Within the hour)
Unfortunately, I cannot show how many people are waiting on every request of the normal RHP site.
-Russ
[edit : TimeForChess users will get the correctly coloured graphic within the next few days.]
Originally posted by z00tI'm 1500 blitz and 1650 slow, and I play on PC - not ICC, although I want to switch.
Wormwood I just signed up for a trial and got both blitzin and dasher. Dasher does not work and the error on the screenshot is not located on their help.
Here are the screenshots in zip format http://rapidshare.com/files/29968500/z00t_icc.zip.html
By the way as you can see on that screenshot :-
- RHP players are quite lowly ranked on ICC. You are 1200 wh ...[text shortened]... ster are in the same region.
- Look at all the blue dots - computers huh. Where are the people?
So no, my rating isn't vastly different anywhere.
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveYeah, when you're in the game there's a button near the top that you press.
How do you turn the sounds off - the clicks are driving my dawg round the bend. I turned them off yesterday but they've come back on, and I don't see the settings thing anymore.
Anyone know?