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General Chess Discussion - Thoughts on takebacks?#98

I think you are going through quite a bit of mental gymnastics to avoid thinking about the moral implications of your attitude. I gave a longer more well thought out response earlier, and @CafeMorphy …


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General Chess Discussion - Thoughts on takebacks?#97

Dude, I've maybe asked for 3 takebacks in my entire history on Lichess.


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General Chess Discussion - Thoughts on takebacks?#93

Am I missing a button? The shortest I can find is 7 clicks: 2 to duplicate the tab so I don't leave the chess game, 2 to reach preferences, 2 to click on "game behavior" and then select the option, an…


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General Chess Discussion - Thoughts on takebacks?#90

Yeah, and also mentioned before is that there is currently no mechanism by which you can automatically turn move confirmation off for blitz games, making turning it off and on between different time c…


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General Chess Discussion - Thoughts on takebacks?#79

@CafeMorphy , honestly it's a bit bizarre for you to insinuate I'm trolling because you don't like my analogy because it's not comparing apples to apples, and then turn around and provide an analogy t…


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General Chess Discussion - Thoughts on takebacks?#67

@avakar, when one accidentally drops a $100 bill on the ground, and the person next to them sees them drop it and picks it up and declines to hand it back over to them, whose fault is it that one lost…


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General Chess Discussion - Thoughts on takebacks?#65

@DunnoItAll "#1" I'm in the preferences now. I don't see this option. "#2-#4" I apply the golden rule: I wouldn't do to someone else that I wouldn't want done to me. And frankly, in classical time con…


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General Chess Discussion - Thoughts on takebacks?#60

@DunnoItAll , that would be fine except there is no option to use move confirmation for classical time controls and not for blitz time controls. I'm perfectly happy playing blitz and if I misclick fin…


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General Chess Discussion - Thoughts on takebacks?#52

As I've said a number of times already, I can take all the time in the world, and my trackpad will still sometimes deposit my queen one square in front of the hanging piece I'm trying to take. In case…


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General Chess Discussion - Thoughts on takebacks?#30

#25 gets it. The point isn't to always give takebacks. The point is that if it helps to continue an otherwise enjoyable game, or if it is an obvious misclick, it doesn't hurt to be a good sport about …


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