I haven't played on ICC for months and am now letting my membership expire. Why?
I got fed up with being paired with sorry sports and flag bandits in the pools as noplay does not work in the pools. I pleaded with ICC to change their policies so players can defend themselves against cheap sports. But I was stonewalled.
24 in library got me to a new 5min high. Used a nice rook endgame pawn sac. (SO much better than all the cheap flagging in that pool.)
Anyway, I was busy for some months last year and decided to take a break from ICC. I discovered I did not miss it. And it was better for my time and temper to stay off. So bye!
So congrats ICC, you drove off someone who had been an active member since at least 2003. Way to go!
Oh but when I did tell off cheap sports, some whined to ICC. And ICC rewarded them, of course. ICC rewards cheap unsporting play. But I won't anymore. Farewell!
In my library: 17 - an interesting escape, 18 - a faux sac using 2 pins, 23 is just bizarre, and 25 has a nice endgame rook sac under time pressure.
I also suggested first move aborts work in the pools as have others. I was brushed off, of course.
My Sportsmanship Hall of Fame: VinnyC, eezy, Northman - and now I am adding . . . canossa.
Among the amusing defeats of cheap flaggers in my libarary is game 30. A jerk refused an abort request in the opening position and paid for it quickly.
Type | Rating | Best | |||
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Type | Wild | Rating | 1188 | Best | |
Type | Blitz | Rating | 1682 | Best | 1682 (15/Jul/2017) |
Type | Standard | Rating | 1945 | Best | 2004 (26/Dec/2011) |
Type | Bullet | Rating | 1218 | Best | |
Type | Loser's | Rating | 1693 | Best | |
Type | 5-minute | Rating | 1428 | Best | 1627 (04/Aug/2018) |
Type | 1-minute | Rating | 695 | Best | 699 (24/Mar/2013) |
Type | 15-minute | Rating | 1743 | Best | 1864 (14/May/2011) |
Type | 3-minute | Rating | 2190 | Best | |
Type | 25-minute | Rating | 1714 | Best | 1723 (26/Mar/2016) |