Agreed.
Is the understanding that our opponent doesn't read the thread? Not that i doubt our opponents integrity, but it is far from ideal and in future if this proves popular and we want to do more of these games, what about a club designed to be a correspondance club-playing high rated opponents in the knowledge their thoughts cannot be read?
Originally posted by EladarWhat's wrong with this? If anyone can comment then anyone can comment. Afterall we have fun over this non rated game. What is your problem?
I agree.
If we are supposed to vote for moves, then we vote. The person counting the votes should not be making comments on moves before the voting begins.
I think this all started with the multiple choice. It is a form of suggesting the acceptable moves, which leads to this kind of thing.
Originally posted by EladarThere is a reason I "skipped" the voting.
I agree.
If we are supposed to vote for moves, then we vote. The person counting the votes should not be making comments on moves before the voting begins.
I think this all started with the multiple choice. It is a form of suggesting the acceptable moves, which leads to this kind of thing.
On move one, the group voted for 1. ... c5 which is THE MOST POPULAR defense to 1. e4. On move two, the group voted for 2. ... d6, which is THE MOST POPULAR defense to 2.Nf3. This is seen more than anything else in Grandmaster chess. If the group is rattling out the most theoretical lines in all of chess, why would it pick a rare uncommon sideline on moves 3 and 4? I was trying to skip a 3 day vote between a move which is used 90 % of the time and a move which is seldom seen, (since even when there were 5+ choices the main line was chosen). I won't do it again, sorry.
I also made it multiple choice to make it easier for me to tell what people were voting. Each time I put feel free to add a letter. It is more trouble to read out paragraphs of text trying to settle on what someone is saying, than it is to simply see a move or a letter for a vote. This isn't exactly easy for me. Someone said I'm swaying votes. If I'm swaying votes why hasn't a single move I've voted for won. I watched a post say 2. ... d6 is best, 2. ... Nc6 is second best. Look how many votes 2. ... d6 got in a row after that. Was it because of that? No one can say. I said at the begin that it wasn't possible to make everyone happy.
I'm sorry guys/gals. I'm doing the best I can.
Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromficswhat is this a thread about the moves or a thread about personal preferences. Let Paul get on with the administration of the game without having to worry about all your childish personal preferences, 'oh i don't like that he advocates the most popular and most probable move', then don't vote for it, grow up for goodness sake, 'oh i don't like that he lists multiple choices', then don't vote for any of them, you have free will, you are not under duress are you? he has been kind enough to give this game his undivided attention, let us respect that and not burden him with anymore of these rather childish requests!
I'll make a new thread and start this move over.
Just to keep this discussion in this thread, I have little doubt the majority will follow what you think it will follow. I just don't see the point in having a vote thread based on a vote already being decided. If you want to follow the book moves up to a certain point, then vote, that's fine. But if you want to have a vote, then have a vote, which is what you've done. Thanks.