Rant: Playing as Guest is so much better than playing unrated games when logged in
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pahngyauh13
Mar 26, 2023
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but seriously, almost noone plays unrated games when logged in. sometimes I don't want to compete and impact my rating, but don't want to play against the computers. call me again, but I worked hard to get that rating, and sometimes want to spar before I fight. I have resorted to playing as a guest in the different skill levels associated with my current rating, because NO ONE plays unrated games when logged in. literally can sit for 3 minutes without a server finding a game. Anyone else have a better solution than logging out and playing as a guest?
Mar 26, 2023
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I actually did that as well, play as a guest, but I encounter a lot of abandoned games or stalling, so I find that searching unrated (when I want to) is a better experience
Mar 26, 2023
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pahngyauh13 ha scritto:
almost noone plays unrated games when logged in. (...) NO ONE plays unrated games when logged in. literally can sit for 3 minutes without a server finding a game.
So it wasn't just my impression. It's quite curious, given the huge number of users. Too bad, unrated play should be encouraged.
Playing as a guest doesn't allow you to select a rating range, while I want to play against opponents of my level. So it is uninteresting.
Mar 27, 2023
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pcwildman wrote:
Request an unrated game. Play> Custom> set parameters.
Well I think OP's point is that not too many people play unrated, which is true in my experience.
Depends on the time rating presumably. Have played over 20,000 unrated games via 3-minute blitz while logged in. Don't have problems getting games, but can depend on the time of day or timezone sometimes. Can have a few abandonments in a row if people aren't paying attention / site doesn't make game-start noise / rating difference is too high, but generally there's a reasonable pool of players that's around for games.
Mar 27, 2023
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#7
YOU HAVE 20000 BLITZ GAMES!? What on earth how long you been playing for!?
Mar 27, 2023
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#8
Correction: not many people play unrated in whatever small rating constraints you have set.
When I want to play unrated, +- inf works just fine.
Mar 27, 2023
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B1ZMARK wrote:
Correction: not many people play unrated in whatever small rating constraints you have set.
When I want to play unrated, +- inf works just fine.
Yeah probably lol. I do think there are a lot more unrated seeks outside my typical search parameters -- dunno about OP.
ice_cream_cake wrote:
YOU HAVE 20000 BLITZ GAMES!? What on earth how long you been playing for!?
I don't think that's that many compared to some. E.g., pretty sure I've seen profiles with over 400,000 games. Maybe they just played bullet, idk. Been playing on here for about two years, so averages to a couple of hours a day. Which is usually about two hours more than I intend.