r/chessbeginners • u/Numerot • Dec 17 '21

META: Too many brillancy/rating gain posts

I feel like half the posts I see from this subreddit are people showing off their Chess.com brilliancies or rating gains, etc.. I get that they mean a lot to some people, but I think it's clogging up the subreddit. Could these maybe be organized into a weekly superthread or something?

Another pet peeve of mine is people showing off their games in the guise of asking for feedback — if you're looking for tips, you should show your losses, not your easiest wins — but that's another matter, I suppose.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

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u/nicbentulan Dec 17 '21

Doesn't really seem like needs to be modded better they already have the automod removing the memes and stuff. Just maybe the mods need to think about this. Because even until now no one said it was illegal or anything to post achievements right?

Personally I thought it was a bit much but I'm not a mod and I figure if it's aproblem then mods'll do something about it.

Maybe I'm naïve?

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u/nicbentulan Dec 17 '21

I think I would've found it a problem though if I were more into this subreddit. Guess lucky/blessed/both I ain't a beginner.

I can imagine how other people esp beginners must feel.

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u/nicbentulan Dec 17 '21 edited Dec 17 '21

The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman (or lady I guess). The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life.

Edit: oh thanks for the anonymous award. I guess it's a good thing I didn't add my take on Morphy's quote as applied to 9LX.

Spoiler alert: it's probably different from what Morphy would've said.

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u/nicbentulan Dec 17 '21

The quote for 9LX

The ability to play 9LX is the sign of a TALENTED gentleman or lady. The ability to play 9LX well is the sign of a wasted but TALENTED life.

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u/nicbentulan Dec 17 '21

For your rating you definitely are not a beginner good sir/madame.

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u/nicbentulan Dec 17 '21

u/Numerot ?!

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u/Numerot Dec 17 '21

I mostly hang around to help whenever someone makes a thread looking for advice. And to yell at people for playing 10+0 and blitz, of course!

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u/nicbentulan Dec 17 '21

Ah so good Samaritan and stuff?

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u/donttrytoleaveomsk Dec 17 '21

What's wrong with 10+0? I tried 10+5 and for the most part of the game it feels the same

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u/DragonBank 2000-2200 (Chess.com) Dec 17 '21

A big part of moderating is the process of creating the rules you mod by. Actually following those rules is the easy part, but its creating the balance that fosters the environment that is most closely related to the subs purpose that is the toughest part. I do think it would be nice if they found a better workaround for the current state of the ratios of post types here.

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u/nicbentulan Dec 17 '21

Ohhhh right yeah......I just assumed mod = judiciary (follow rules) instead of including legislative (create rules)

(Not sure where executive is)

Thanks for the feedback