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06 Feb 20
People yell at me for buying multiple memberships at redhotpawn.com
I figure 40-50 paid memberships over 15 years.
I am sick of chess.com and chess24.com taking over.
Gameknot will die next.
How long until RHP dies?
How many of you have paid memberships elsewhere but not here?
If RHP dies I will focus on real tournaments and say goodbye to internet chess.
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06 Feb 20
@ketchuplover saidTheir target date for the new site is in March. Seems they didn't care to spend $30K on a lame-duck server.
is dead
Until then, one can follow on Discord. Nice crowd but RHP is better.
@old-indian saidHow many of you have paid memberships elsewhere but not here?
People yell at me for buying multiple memberships at redhotpawn.com
I figure 40-50 paid memberships over 15 years.
I am sick of chess.com and chess24.com taking over.
Gameknot will die next.
How long until RHP dies?
How many of you have paid memberships elsewhere but not here?
If RHP dies I will focus on real tournaments and say goodbye to internet chess.
Not me. I'm not experienced in chess.com, but RHP has been a good enough site, so I'm not going anywhere. I used to play in the ICCF but they've become a bit too cold and impersonal. Still deciding if I should focus my energies here or OTB.
06 Feb 20
@old-indian saidI am glad that chess.com exists, if for no other reason than to give idiots a forum that is easier to find than RHP.
People yell at me for buying multiple memberships at redhotpawn.com
I figure 40-50 paid memberships over 15 years.
I am sick of chess.com and chess24.com taking over.
Gameknot will die next.
How long until RHP dies?
How many of you have paid memberships elsewhere but not here?
If RHP dies I will focus on real tournaments and say goodbye to internet chess.
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07 Feb 20
@ketchuplover
Replied to your PM but apparently your setting is on "ignore".
Anyway:
https://discord.gg/4E8UXzx
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07 Feb 20
@old-indian saidMy take on chess.com is there are many cry-babies who have no interest in improving their skills. But chess24 has lots of videos and live tournament coverage.
I am sick of chess.com and chess24.com taking over.
Gameknot will die next.
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07 Feb 20
@ogb
chess.com can go to hell.
chess24.com did get Magnus to play live games against weaker opponents with commentary and put it on youtube which was cool and chess24 is not a correspondence site so I guess they ain’t all bad.
07 Feb 20
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@old-indian saidThat's something to keep in mind - No one is going to design a chess site that exactly fits everyone's needs. Decades ago there were no chess sites at all, just chess books, OTB Tournaments, and (for correspondence players) postcards.
@ogb
chess.com can go to hell.
chess24.com did get Magnus to play live games against weaker opponents with commentary and put it on youtube which was cool and chess24 is not a correspondence site so I guess they ain’t all bad.
RHP is a site that does about 95% of what I want, so I'm not going to waste endless hours trying to find the remaining 5%. 🙂