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baronderkilt 15-Oct-10, 22:21 |
 Timeout Suggestion, Amnesty ?!?Those old TimeOuts really don't say much anymore. A player has made a whole new Record. Likely it stayed stay pretty much the same percentage if that is just how they play, & they made no changes. But they may have a completely spotless record for those two or three years, if their original Timeouts were due to some emergency/ies. Then they probably represent a one or two time catastrophe. And many of those may have even been before the present protection of Emergency Postponement was added. (As in my case most were on two occasions, both before that feature was added). It just seems to me that: 1) Revising it to a couple years will me more reflective of their present play habits. And 2) It is good for players to feel they get a second chance to do better about TimeOuts. For instance, they might become eligible for some of the teams that they are not now. And just the spirit of the thing. Maybe most of their timeouts were early in their GK experience, when they did not yet know the etiquette or importance involved. What do other players think of this idea ?! 1) Second Chance 2) "Off with their heads, and put em on The-Rack; I don't care what order ... " or 3) Other ... ( Please Feel free to elaborate, we can always rack you later ) * * * * * * * * * }8-) the Baron |
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yanm 16-Oct-10, 00:42 |
Good idea milord Maybe the best idea is to bring the timeout statistic under the "Past 90 days," "Past year," "All rated games" area? Thinking of it, all statistics could be brought under this umbrella... |
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yanm 16-Oct-10, 00:55 |
Speaking of meaningless statistics like this statistic to disappear as it does not tell anything real. |
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My profile... That's a long time ago though - to be honest, I don't really mind either way but having the old Timeouts abolished doesn't sound like a bad idea (probably not a high priority tho) |
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... Also agree with yanm, a win because of time out should not really be retained as best performance... |
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maca 16-Oct-10, 07:39 |
... Regards, MaCa. |
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hmmm...... oldschool |
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All kidding aside,I do believe that after,say a certain length of time...perhaps a 2 year period,that the time-out stats should be reset as has been suggested above. |
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baronderkilt 17-Oct-10, 12:40 |
If one wants to examine my losses Still and all, I have always felt that a loss is a loss a win is a win regardless of how that comes about, and am the first to tell others that. As HK points out, my reliability is not high, precisely why I do not play team games. And one could wonder if there might not be Some reason for that or the fact my rating is hundreds of points lower than in past days. Hmmm it Could make one think ... if one is inclined to thinking, of course. lol But in the end, the fact is that i no longer give a "hoot" what my rating might be here, since I discovered during my first provisional games here that passing out to a health issue while one's very fingers are upon the mouse to move, and losing two games to time out there upon, is not conductive to making any effort toward a serious attempt at virtuosity, and conducting things accordingly since then. This however, is quite alright for three reasons. I do not and have never based my self-concept upon the results of Chess or any game. (And hope that others do not judge me, themselves, or others, by such a Chimera) It does not equate to even intellect, let alone ones worth. (2) I put forth this suggestion on behalf of others, not myself ... who have absolutely no aspirations here (or few other places for that matter, indeed I have done whatever it is I will do in this Life , and now find my joy in the joy of others, as they embark upon their path and find their victories as they come, in whatever form or venue.). And (3) It does Not Matter |
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baronderkilt 17-Oct-10, 12:50 |
PS// Especially after seeing mini/T efforts go that way, etc. I modify my suggestion accordingly ! |
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baronderkilt 17-Oct-10, 13:18 |
Heinkat |
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Yes, it would give a better perspective on the players current habits. Deleting the history entirely would give a false impression to other players. Deletion would simply be wrong. It would also give a false impression of those who never have timed out, period. But the new stats would provide a better picture at a glance for those uninspired to do a little research on their potential opponent. Such stats might serve a useful purpose and might quell some of the angst concerning the status quo. For me, large numbers of timeouts from my opponent does not matter unless they occurred recently. That's because their rating is probably artificially too low to play them in a fair game. Typically when someone timeouts they have a huge series of them and their rating has fallen 200 to 400 points. I've also seen some that have fallen in excess of 600 points. But if they have played an additional 30 to 50 or so games without any more timeouts, the disparity should no longer significant as long as they play normally. |
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drandall 21-Jan-11, 17:31 |
Agree Completely the mistakes, but I have made efforts to correct my behavior and play games that I can commit to. It's overwhelming now to know that I could be perfect for a year and still have a terrible record. I think the best and most fair solution would be to put it in the 90 days/1 year/entire history area. This way at least it is possible to change your behavior and be rewarded for it. I feel that it would provide more motivation to change. As it stands now it's hard to overcome the feeling that more timeouts don't really matter because it doesn't make my record look any worse. That's definitely a negative thing. |
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alphadelta 22-Jan-11, 02:54 |
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