Originally posted by RussSwell. Thanks for taking the community's input soooooooooooooooooooooo seriously.
We will be taking a slightly different approach to game moderation in future. There will be no further community votes for electing moderation teams. A new method for alerting suspect cheats will be introduced shortly too. Further details to follow within a week.
-Russ
I'm hoping the change will involve hiring an outside GM/IM to oversee the moderation process. Get someone who is knowledgeable enough to make accurate decisions, but is not a player on the site and hence has no potential for bias.
Surely there are some players out there who are very strong, but not quite strong enough to have an actual career in chess, who would be happy to have a chess-related job (even part time). The same type of people who hire themselves out for coaching on ICC, for example.
Of course cost could be prohibitive here, but hey, if they've devoted their lives to chess maybe they're used to being poor 🙂
Originally posted by incandenzaI have to start reading more slowly -- I thought you said "oversee the immolation process." Then again, people would think twice about using engines...
I'm hoping the change will involve hiring an outside GM/IM to oversee the moderation process. Get someone who is knowledgeable enough to make accurate decisions, but is not a player on the site and hence has no potential for bias.
Surely there are some players out there who are very strong, but not quite strong enough to have an actual career in chess ...[text shortened]... ve here, but hey, if they've devoted their lives to chess maybe they're used to being poor 🙂
Originally posted by incandenzaYes I agree outside moderation is the way to go!
I'm hoping the change will involve hiring an outside GM/IM to oversee the moderation process. Get someone who is knowledgeable enough to make accurate decisions, but is not a player on the site and hence has no potential for bias.
Surely there are some players out there who are very strong, but not quite strong enough to have an actual career in chess ...[text shortened]... ve here, but hey, if they've devoted their lives to chess maybe they're used to being poor 🙂
To quote myself from chess only forum:
I think Russ should try to get one or two people onboard as game mods who are previously independent of this site & have reasonable knowledge & experience of the game.
Either that, or leave it as a free-for-all, á la yahoochess.
I know this sounds impractical, but it's the only way that decisions can be enforced without bias or prejudice. Being a current (or former) game mod should not be a means to exclude anyone from this process either.
A new method for alerting suspect cheats will be introduced shortly too. Further details to follow within a week.
Look at the ski slope - is it greater than 37.9845 degrees?
If yes, then there is a chance the player may be cheating, however
Is this a new player who has not found their playing level?
If yes, pee off and just dinnae play them again until they have reached their true level.
If no they could be cheating, pee off and just dinnae play them again.
Originally posted by !~TONY~!Who's "stupid idea" was it? Who had absolute control of who would be on the Game Mod team regardless of the results of the vote?
Just to tease everyone, the new system, from what I've heard so far, is a definite improvement. The community vote thing was probably a stupid idea in retrospect. 😀
The same people who now supposedly have a "definite improvement"?
Originally posted by no1marauderEdited due to wanting to be able to continue posting.
Who's "stupid idea" was it? Who had absolute control of who would be on the Game Mod team regardless of the results of the vote?
The same people who now supposedly have a "definite improvement"?