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the 2200 and above rating and/or masters certificate would only have any form of validity relative only to the GK game site.It would NOT be officially recognized by the USCF or FIDE which are the "official"sanctioning legal chess organizations in the USA or outside the USA. I have my USCF masters certificate signed and certified by Joan Dubois way back in 1996. This is in addition to my USCF lifetime membership gold card and certificate certified by Michael Cavallo in 1997.I am proud of those achievements and have framed them on my wall. I think ideas like certificates would actually be a good idea,even if they are not recognized beyond the GK site.So would some kinds of rewards,trophies,pendants,a hat or something,if one has achieved either a 2200+rating or has won a series of tournaments,for example. Rewards always promote better and more serious competitive play,especially if you could get a nice GK hat,little trophy or some reward!It would be a "goal"to reach.But of course,those things cost money,so the idea might go over like a lead balloon!Or perhaps might only be available to premium members,if at all. Remember Pavlov's meat experiment with dogs,right? Rewards are important sometimes!Ha ha! TA |
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GK Master or GK Grandmaster... You could have a 'cyber-certificate' that adorns your profile page! If you really wanted to to go nuts with the milestones, why not have some kind of recognition at, say, 1500, 1800, 2000, 2200, call them what you will (2000 might be 'Expert'; 2200 'Candidate Master', say). I'm not altogether serious about this, but not completely un-serious either. I kinda like the old Soviet system (no doubt still in use) of 'Categorising' players - not unlike the 'kyu' system in Go for 'sub-Dan' players. |
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bhidragon 27-Dec-10, 06:38 |
Why not? Why not GKM's and GKGM's? GK could even make a couple of bucks selling the hats! Dragon |
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I like the idea, BUT....... oldschool GK addict |
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There is one fishhook... |
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The only prevention measures that need to be considered are related to cheating and rewarding folks that login, play a few games, and make master. We don't want to cheapen the title in that way, so there would have to be a system whereby either the master level was held for a certain number of games (75 games accumulated above 2200) or having someone not eligible for the title until they've completed a substantial amount of games - like 150. This way you reward the long-term members that work at it and not the fly-by-nighters. And yes, I love the idea of purchasing a shirt saying GK-Master. |
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The title doesn't have to be part of the ICON, although it could be featured on the player's profile, perhaps right next to their ranking (percentile). |
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baronderkilt 27-Dec-10, 16:21 |
I believe you CAN get a }8-P ... or something like that, lol Hey Gk, Why you so Cheap with Goodies ??! |
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Frankly, any paying member who gets 2400 with a floor rating of 2200 should be recognized as a GK master. Also, paying members are much less likely to be fly-by-nighters. I say this, even though it would exclude me because my rating floor is only 2000. But it would give me incentive to continue improvement in my chess skills. Yet, I have no idea how I'm going to get to 2400. Right now I'm stuck in a rating lull that's lasted a good year. Yes, I'm still a Gk master. But a rating floor of 2200 would certainly make it more Official because it would never dip below. Right now, I'm awfully close to going under water. One more lost game and I'm wet toast. |
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baronderkilt 28-Dec-10, 10:30 |
LTTR |
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