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Discourage time wasters or people not being ready

1. totally subjective. If people ENJOY it and it is OFFERED then tweaks to make it even better can be suggested, just like with anything else. Many strong players enjoy instinctive rapid play, others cannot comprehend what is even going on and think it is "silly".
2. I don't see much of taking anything out on anyone in this thread.
It has happened to me too. I think this is chess used inappropriately. I am only an intermediate player and once beat a 1500. (fairly). But I still think that you are right.
I totally support Kingcrusher suggestion. As Scarletpimpernel says: "It's a pain in the backside and it happens all the time. Penalise them and they'll stop."
we should just ban all winning on time then shouldn't we. happens to me all the time and i don't like it. penalize those time winners and they'll stop
Goldilocks -- ok my comment on 0+ may have been subjective, but do note Yolomax's comment attacking volunteers (something about egos). I didn't make it up.
Coledavis: You have very bad communication skills on this forum I am sorry to say. For some time, I was thinking of harshly replying to you - because it seemed your comment was directed at me. I was just offering some feedback in a constructive manner with this thread.

Would it have taken that much longer to clarify who you were referring to exactly?!

I considered your post extremely rude to say the least how it stood. I appreciate your intention wasn't to be insulting but that is the effect of it without any clarification whatsoever.
To clarify I am referring to post #30 :

"1. Stop playing 0+ games; they're silly.
2. Stop taking it out on volunteers who are providing an excellent, free service.
"

Does anyone else think this is really out of context and insulting as it stood ?!

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