Go back
Gripes

Gripes

General

Vote Up
Vote Down

My first gripe was ignored, but I think it should be taken seriously. If a player states that he be an "all day" player or other and without notifying his opponent to the contrary, he must make at least three moves in a day, or be penalized by losing points or other. Something must be done by his misrepresentation of "move times" 😠


Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by Cobra46
My first gripe was ignored, but I think it should be taken seriously. If a player states that he be an "all day" player or other and without notifying his opponent to the contrary, he must make at least three moves in a day, or be penalized by losing points or other. Something must be done by his misrepresentation of "move times" 😠
Penalizing points is way over the top for this. I can understand your frustration, but you are accessing this site for free, so I think the expression of "beggars can't be choosers" has some relevance here.

Make a note of that player and do not play again. Some players do not always keep the same move frequency due to life's ever changing cirumstances.

Pony up the money and be a subscriber if it is that important to you.

Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by Cobra46
My first gripe was ignored, but I think it should be taken seriously. If a player states that he be an "all day" player or other and without notifying his opponent to the contrary, he must make at least three moves in a day, or be penalized by losing points or other. Something must be done by his misrepresentation of "move times" 😠
They should be made to buy a sub for gripers.Then you would have unlimited games.

Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by Cobra46
My first gripe was ignored, but I think it should be taken seriously. If a player states that he be an "all day" player or other and without notifying his opponent to the contrary, he must make at least three moves in a day, or be penalized by losing points or other. Something must be done by his misrepresentation of "move times" 😠
Fancy a game 😀

Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by MrHand
Some players do not always keep the same move frequency due to life's ever changing cirumstances.
Plus they may move fast in some games and slowly in others. And "move frequency" can be understood in different ways - it could refer to the move frequency in a single game or the move frequency in all your games. If someone who has lots of games going reads it as being the latter, "several moves per day" could mean one move every few days in a single game. So the wording should probably be clearer, but on the other hand it doesn't really mean much anyway due to the reasons mentioned above.

Vote Up
Vote Down

Being a subscriber isn't all that an important issue. This site is home to non-subscribers as well and we too have rights and gripes.
I mentioned points penalties as an example - did you notice that there was "or other" mentioned?

Vote Up
Vote Down

Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by Cobra46
Being a subscriber isn't all that an important issue. This site is home to non-subscribers as well and we too have rights and gripes.
I mentioned points penalties as an example - did you notice that there was "or other" mentioned?
So you think everybody should be forced to play every game, and every day, at the same pace? And then you'd probably still complain because your opponent might be ready to move while you are asleep and vice versa.

Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by Cobra46
My first gripe was ignored, but I think it should be taken seriously. If a player states that he be an "all day" player or other and without notifying his opponent to the contrary, he must make at least three moves in a day, or be penalized by losing points or other. Something must be done by his misrepresentation of "move times" 😠
The slowness of genius is hard to bear, but the slowness of mediocrity is intolerable. 😞

Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by Cobra46
My first gripe was ignored, but I think it should be taken seriously. If a player states that he be an "all day" player or other and without notifying his opponent to the contrary, he must make at least three moves in a day, or be penalized by losing points or other. Something must be done by his misrepresentation of "move times" 😠
Does that mean that an all day mover with 300+ games has to move 900 times per day?

What about players in different time zones? Maybe I am ready to make my three moves per day but my opponent has decided that as its 11pm at night where he is, to go to bed - how bluddy inconsiderate of him.

Stop spending so much money on comics and Playboy magazines and subscribe.

Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by adramforall
Does that mean that an all day mover with 300+ games has to move 900 times per day?

What about players in different time zones? Maybe I am ready to make my three moves per day but my opponent has decided that as its 11pm at night where he is, to go to bed - how bluddy inconsiderate of him.

Stop spending so much money on comics and Playboy magazines and subscribe.
Stop replying without reading the rest of the thread first. 😛

Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by Cobra46
My first gripe was ignored, but I think it should be taken seriously. If a player states that he be an "all day" player or other and without notifying his opponent to the contrary, he must make at least three moves in a day, or be penalized by losing points or other. Something must be done by his misrepresentation of "move times" 😠
Give him a break, he is probably trying to make some time, to chat to the wonderful nice helpful people in the forums, who have respect for everyone, and their opinions. 😉

Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by Nordlys
Stop replying without reading the rest of the thread first. 😛
Read before replying?
That's like, way out of the box. 😕

Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by Cobra46
My first gripe was ignored, but I think it should be taken seriously. If a player states that he be an "all day" player or other and without notifying his opponent to the contrary, he must make at least three moves in a day, or be penalized by losing points or other. Something must be done by his misrepresentation of "move times" 😠
Please indicate how frequently you are likely to move. This will help people establish if you are a suitable opponent. This does not affect your game timeouts, it is purely to indicate the possible rate of progress in a game.
That is what the site says when we set up our profiles. It does not obligate anyone to make minimum numbers of moves, it is simply to give an indication in broad terms of possible playing speed.
Your "gripe" would seem to have no validity on this occasion. You cannot make demands on other players to accomodate your own preferences. I suggest you read the rules of the site more thoroughly.