establish volunteers for newby care

Originally posted by Kewpie
I suspect you're wrong about that, I stay permanently logged on at a total of four places, can't even remember what I have to do to log in. What are others doing?

Originally posted by Russ
If you are the last greeter to be active (to have made a move) with capacity spare, you will be offered the game.

You're not missing much. I've had 5, 1 deleted the game, 2 haven't moved, 1 doesn't chat or require assistance, 1 asked one question, that's it. If you don't make at least one move per day in the games it's probably better if you're not taking on people who need encouraging.

P.S. You have my cat. If yours is a boy cat maybe we could do a deal. 🙂

I have 5. Only 1 has moved, and none will chat.

This is a learning experience for all of us. The percentage of newbies who never complete their first game must really be very high.

Originally posted by Kewpie
This is a learning experience for all of us. The percentage of newbies who never complete their first game must really be very high.

It's not really a "teach yourself chess" website, so I didn't expect there to be quite such a fall-out rate. Should we have a "guest" login where they can look around without doing anything? Then they can register if they're interested in playing, and the numbers would be more realistic.

My only 'w' game so far hasn't actually started, beyond creating it it has sat dormant for nearly three days now...but I do note that he's started another game so maybe there's hope yet. I've tried messaging but as he's new he's probably not aware of the actual PM facility.

How are you all handling timeouts? I thought I'd send them each another message, but they haven't responded to any of my others. I have four that will time out soon. It won't hurt me to leave them there, but there might be other people that would like to play. Thoughts?

If he's making regular moves in the other game, PM the other player. He may think you're only there if he gets in trouble.

Does anyone have any idea what a newcomer sees when he signs up? I tried creating a fakeID to find out, but RHP's done a good job of discouraging that - my PC said I was logged in as Kewpie, another PC refused to accept my email address because it had seen it before. I tried with a fake email but then it demanded a verification, so I had to give up. It's easier to ask Russ for a screenshot than to create a barrowload of fake email addresses for this sort of task.

Does anyone know how often the greeter list is updated, showing how many games a greeter currently has available?
I'm just curious because my game as a greeter ended earlier this morning but the list still shows it as being active.
I'm only playing one at a time so it's not a big deal, but I was just wondering.

Originally posted by mwmiller
Does anyone know how often the greeter list is updated, showing how many games a greeter currently has available?
I'm just curious because my game as a greeter ended earlier this morning but the list still shows it as being active.
I'm only playing one at a time so it's not a big deal, but I was just wondering.

Originally posted by Kewpie
If he's making regular moves in the other game, PM the other player. He may think you're only there if he gets in trouble.

Does anyone have any idea what a newcomer sees when he signs up? I tried creating a fakeID to find out, but RHP's done a good job of discouraging that - my PC said I was logged in as Kewpie, another PC refused to accept my email addr ...[text shortened]... for a screenshot than to create a barrowload of fake email addresses for this sort of task.

Just quick question, a lazy one which is probably included 'somewhere', but how can I change my 'active number of games' settings within 'w' games...I want to up the number ??

Originally posted by RevRSleeker
Just quick question, a lazy one which is probably included 'somewhere', but how can I change my 'active number of games' settings within 'w' games...I want to up the number ??