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04 Nov 23
Only started playing here on Monday after 17 year break.
If I accept an open invite and I am within the rating range specified; what is the etiquette if the person who had the invite doesn't want to play. Twice now I have simply received an email saying the person had deleted the game. Surely there must be a reason given/explanation/or at least a polite no thank you. Or am I being to sensitive?
04 Nov 23
@martins saidPeople can delete a game before two full moves have been made.
Only started playing here on Monday after 17 year break.
If I accept an open invite and I am within the rating range specified; what is the etiquette if the person who had the invite doesn't want to play. Twice now I have simply received an email saying the person had deleted the game. Surely there must be a reason given/explanation/or at least a polite no thank you. Or am I being to sensitive?
It would be polite to tell people why one would delete a game.
So I think you are not overly sensitive, and it would help if you could just shake it off.
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@Ponderable
I appreciate your reply.
I half expected that would be the response.
As a PS - how do you know when someone replies to a post as you have just done.
The only way seems to be to keep looking at your original message to see if anyone has replied.
I would have thought there would be a notification.
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As a PS - how do you know when someone replies to a post as you have just done.go to your messages sent box. There will be a small envelope there. If the envelope is open, then it has been read.
The only way seems to be to keep looking at your original message to see if anyone has replied.
I would have thought there would be a notification.
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04 Nov 23
@martins saidit's possible the invitation asked you to play a certain move #1. Like e4, d4, c4, Nf3, etc.
If I accept an open invite and I am within the rating range specified; what is the etiquette if the person who had the invite doesn't want to play. Twice now I have simply received an email saying the person had deleted the game. Surely there must be a reason given/explanation/or at least a polite no thank you.
If you don't play the requested first move, the opponent will probably delete the game.
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05 Nov 23
@mlb62 saidSpot on
so I believe you want to be alerted by the website, if/when you have a reply to your post in a forum. Not sure if that's possible. Sounds like you might have to be a subscriber...
Firstly, I am a subscriber
It is not that hard for you to get a notification that someone has replied to a post
For example; I am a member of a share trading website and post many times on different forums for different stocks.
EVERY time someone replies to a message of mine, I get an alert saying who responded AND to which particular post I had made.
It is not that hard
05 Nov 23
@martins saidThe option you describe isn't available on here.
Spot on
Firstly, I am a subscriber
It is not that hard for you to get a notification that someone has replied to a post
For example; I am a member of a share trading website and post many times on different forums for different stocks.
EVERY time someone replies to a message of mine, I get an alert saying who responded AND to which particular post I had made.
It is not that hard
I look at the last post on the forum.
If it's not my name on the latest date I know someone has posted since I did.
I then have to check if the latest post(s) are in answer to mine.
05 Nov 23
@martins saidIn my experience, a feature that can be described succinctly can nonetheless be difficult or time-consuming to implement in software.
Spot on
Firstly, I am a subscriber
It is not that hard for you to get a notification that someone has replied to a post
For example; I am a member of a share trading website and post many times on different forums for different stocks.
EVERY time someone replies to a message of mine, I get an alert saying who responded AND to which particular post I had made.
It is not that hard
If that's the case with automated notifications for when someone has replied to a post, I would imagine that a website pertaining to the financial industry would tend to have more resources for website development than would a site devoted to chess.