Moderation Questions
Moderation Questions
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Moderation Questions

The last iteration of the moderation discussion thread was a complete disaster. Numerous attempts to keep it on topic fa

30 January 2024 at 05:27 AM
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by Luckbox Inc m

What happens after Ka4 ....B5+, as black doesn't have to take the pawn and force a stalemate. It seems like after CxB and then ...B3, KxB ...KxC, black still has the opposition and can eventually capture the E pawn.

1...b6?? 2.Ka4 b5 3.cb5 b3 4.Kb3 Kb5 and neither side can get opposition and it's a dead draw -- just looking at the position, need engine to be 100%

by Dunyain m

So I assume this means in a simple endgame (to a chess GM at least) if you make each move under 2 seconds your time never runs out.

Yes, but in practice it is super easy to freeze up and flag, regardless of strength. Not long ago I lost on time in a time control where you get 5 free seconds before every move. It's super common.


by Dunyain m

So I assume this means in a simple endgame (to a chess GM at least) if you make each move under 2 seconds your time never runs out.

Well it means you can't work through the "he has only 5 sec left vs 1min+" as a "it's going to lose automatically soon enough if moves are available".

Can still lose at +2s/move with few seconds left even in "easy" endgames as pressure is enormous (or you can blunder to avoid losing on time then the opponent capitalizes on it)


by Crossnerd m

Why does it matter? I don't think its that serious.

I remember browser was quite adamant that this thread was serious business.


by Crossnerd m

Why does it matter? I don't think its that serious.

Because the title to this thread is "Moderation questions". I would naturally think this is the place to go for moderation questions not chess talk. It doesn't matter to me I just find it weird. There are so many sub forums. It seems discussing this in a "chess" forum would make more sense. Maybe change the title of this thread to "Moderation questions and any other nonsense you want to talk about".


It used to be "moderation and general chat" then some mod decided to change it to just moderation but the people want chat.


by Luckbox Inc m

It used to be "moderation and general chat" then some mod decided to change it to just moderation but the people want chat.

I think the moderators want chat.


by Didace m

I remember browser was quite adamant that this thread was serious business.

We’re under new management, babes.


Baby Xnerd is becoming more clever and it’s getting more difficult to cut her off at the pass of some of her less good ideas. This is a problem.

I told her she couldn’t watch tv and hid the remote, so she snuck off into another room and found a remote to a different tv and then tried to sneak back past me and do it herself.

It was a good plan. That remote doesn’t work in here, but I see you.


Sounds like chess is going to be a big part of her life.


A two day ban seems appropriate for Baby Xnerd.


Shouldn't it be Crossbaby? Or Babynerd?


What's with the "what's with Puffy D" thread stickied at the top of the page?



by Luckbox Inc m

What's with the "what's with Puffy D" thread stickied at the top of the page?

Now there's another one telling us we should get rid of juice. 😵


they are honeypots designed by max to get people to use the new format, if you click them it's the new version and you can't view them in the old, they are new version only




a lot of people click that and then don't know how to go back to the old version

one way to get more feedback i guess 😀


If they aren't removed then eventually the entire first page will be filled by them


Yeah, I actually have no idea how to fix them. Working on it.


Also the juice one is quite possibly (given the OP's screen name) a not super veiled call to genocide.


by Luckbox Inc m

Also the juice one is quite possibly (given the OP's screen name) a not super veiled call to genocide.

nice catch, i missed that, now i'm even more confused because surely max is behind these as test accounts is he not?


So my dog is in heat for the first time as you're apparently not supposed to have them spayed until after their first heat.

And so our normal morning walk takes us past this dog named one-eyed Willie's house (he lost an eye), and him and my dog get along well and he'll follow us sometimes just a little bit away from his house or sometimes just stay in his yard to say hi before we continue on, but today with my dog in heat he was clearly just going to follow us forever. And eventually the walk takes us onto a busier street where I wouldn't be comfortable having him following us off a leash so I had to turn back, take him back home and ring his doorbell and get him inside.

Not walking past his house on our walk isn't really an option because there aren't many routes around here and of the ones in his neighborhood his house is at a junction where I'm forced to go past it.

I don't want to always have to go to his door either to get him in so I suppose I'll be taking an extra leash with me and just finish the walk with him to my car then drive him home-- which I should probably at least clear with his owner's before I start doing that but the whole thing is annoying.


by Luckbox Inc m

If they aren't removed then eventually the entire first page will be filled by them

Thankfully, moderators have been told that's not the case:

by Max m

The number of new forum threads is capped at 10.

I'd recommend providing some feedback here:

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/55/ab...


bobo that post you quoted by max is in secret mod chat


Thanks, Bobo


by rickroll m

bobo that post you quoted by max is in secret mod chat

Indeed.

by Crossnerd m

Thanks, Bobo

👍


by d2_e4 m

I'm around guys, just got IRL stuff going on, in case jal was thinking of sending out a welfare check party. Merry Christmas, you filthy animals, and a happy new year!



Lmao, I can’t get enough of this

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