Sounds like they'd lose a lot of money, but i kind of like the idea.
But i would be reluctant to leave the Class E players without any help -- they're the ones who need the benefits of premium membership more than anyone.
And maybe (and this would go for all of the Classes) the free upgraded membership should be revoked if it isn't utilized on a regular basis.
But, again, this whole thing sounds like -- from a business perspective -- a bad idea.
On the contrary, this would be great for promoting tournament chess, since more players would be encouraged to sign up for (and give up money in) tournaments, who could then give back money to chess.com to sign up a bunch of new players.
It would be great for the game!
I've been pondering one issue for quite a while, and have concluded that chess.com should offer more title certification here, and give more benefits.
As we are all aware of, GMs, IMs, etc. down to NMs, get a *FREE* diamond membership, and the icon next to their names indicating their prestige.
It would be nice if chess.com could offer free memberships to players of lesser, but still rather admirable stature.
For example:
* "Experts" should get an "Ex" next to their name, and free diamond membership for 6 months, then platinum for 6 months, and repeating.
* "Class A" players should get an "A" next to their name, and free platinum membership.
* "Class B" players should get a "B" next to their name, and free platinum membership for 6 months, then gold membership for 6 months.
* "Class C" players should get a "C" next to their name, and free gold membership.
*"Class D" players should get a "D" next to their name, and free gold membership for 6 months, no membership for the next 6 months.
Class E players are too weak, and deserve no membership.
What do you think about this idea? I think it's rather brilliant.
A VladimirHerceg91 thread
I'm not sure the experts would be very happy with that.
lol... good thing I quoted the whole post! Look what I found!
Yeah, I've been posting threads in the spirit of many of the great serious chess posters here. VladimirHerceg91 is one of them.
Yeah, I've been posting threads in the spirit of many of the great serious chess posters here. VladimirHerceg91 is one of them.
LOL
If you can convince the USCF of this somebody will give you a lifetime premium membership of your choice.
Yeah, I've been posting threads in the spirit of many of the great serious chess posters here. VladimirHerceg91 is one of them.
And who are the others?
You do realize Chess.com is a business, right? What you are suggesting would literally take tens of thousands of hours for them to confirm the identity of the tens (maybe hundreds) of thousands of players who are 1000 FIDE and above who might want to claim a membership. Considering most of the people who pay for membership are decent players, many of whom play OTB, they would also be voluntarily decreasing their memberships sold by like 50%. This might be one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard...
You do realize Chess.com is a business, right? What you are suggesting would literally take tens of thousands of hours for them to confirm the identity of the tens (maybe hundreds) of thousands of players who are 1000 FIDE and above who might want to claim a membership. Considering most of the people who pay for membership are decent players, many of whom play OTB, they would also be voluntarily decreasing their memberships sold by like 50%. This might be one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard...
You do realize Chess.com is a business, right? What you are suggesting would literally take tens of thousands of hours for them to confirm the identity of the tens (maybe hundreds) of thousands of players who are 1000 FIDE and above who might want to claim a membership. Considering most of the people who pay for membership are decent players, many of whom play OTB, they would also be voluntarily decreasing their memberships sold by like 50%. This might be one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard...
Says the player who comments nothing about 10 second chess counting for bullet.
he's joking I think. I hope.
Yeah after looking through his post history it seems he is probably trolling. I have been successfully trolled. gg
I'm being absolutely serious. I'd love to have a free diamond membership for 6 months, then a free platinum membership for 6 months.
And what about the players below E? I think that Class K players (yes, a real thing) should get membership as well, if only for the shear difficulty of having a 100 rating.
If someone goes up a class (or even down a class) do they get another free membership? I should think so 
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I also think titles are needed for the most serious rating category of all: USCF online blitz
Indeed, I think 100 rated players should have a diamond membership.
After all, someone has to carry that burden.
Honestly, as long as we're giving out free memberships, it would probably be fairest to give the most to the weakest players, since they need to most help.
800 rated players get gold
600 get platinum
400 get diamond
200 get diamond and free lessons from an NM for a year
100 rated players get diamond and free weekly lessons from Magnus indefinitely
Honestly, as long as we're giving out free memberships, it would probably be fairest to give the most to the weakest players, since they need to most help.
800 rated players get gold
600 get platinum
400 get diamond
200 get diamond and free lessons from an NM for a year
100 rated players get diamond and free weekly lessons from Magnus indefinitely
Yeah I would drop down to 100 by resigning every game just to get those Magnus lessons for sure.
I've been pondering one issue for quite a while, and have concluded that chess.com should offer more title certification here, and give more benefits.
As we are all aware of, GMs, IMs, etc. down to NMs, get a *FREE* diamond membership, and the icon next to their names indicating their prestige.
It would be nice if chess.com could offer free memberships to players of lesser, but still rather admirable stature.
For example:
* "Experts" should get an "Ex" next to their name, and free diamond membership for 6 months, then platinum for 6 months, and repeating.
* "Class A" players should get an "A" next to their name, and free platinum membership.
* "Class B" players should get a "B" next to their name, and free platinum membership for 6 months, then gold membership for 6 months.
* "Class C" players should get a "C" next to their name, and free gold membership.
*"Class D" players should get a "D" next to their name, and free gold membership for 6 months, no membership for the next 6 months.
Class E players are too weak, and deserve no membership.
What do you think about this idea? I think it's rather brilliant.
A VladimirHerceg91 thread