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Why Chess.com is unfair to play on unless you have premium

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Blackdragon9406

Chess.com is unfair in fast game modes with no increment unless you have premium or a super fast computer. Here's why:

The game on average can take up 1.0+ GB of storage. That might not seem like a lot. But other browser websites and pages like Gmail, Discord, Youtube and others take up a lot less. Take even another chess website like Lichess. "It's not superior", as many people would probably like to point out. Except that you lag less. Like A LOT less. Lichess? 52 MB. That's 1/20s of the amount of processing for the exact same gameplay, except maybe multipremoving.

Why do I bring this up?

Some people can't physically pay for premium. They don't have a card or they can't convince their parents to use a card for them. So you want to get good at chess? Buy a better computer, not Chess.com's fault. "It's likely our servers aren't the problem" as stated when asking support when  lag occurs. So just because you don't have a better computer or you haven't paid for a lower running cost, you're at a disadvantage. That's the bottom line. It's unfair, and honestly sad.

justbefair

I think that the lag only becomes an issue for people who play bullet.

Blackdragon9406
justbefair wrote:

I think that the lag only becomes an issue for people who play bullet.

I would like to say basically any mode where time crunches are a thing. So this would be any game mode where when you have equally matched players 5 seconds of lag can lose you the game. Also I've lost games that I make one move and legit my entire computer freezes.

HeSacrificedTheRook2
if you don’t like chess.com, leave. Go to lichess, IDC! Just don’t rant about this ‘unfair’ server on the forums. Please.
Blackdragon9406
HeSacrificedTheRook2 wrote:
if you don’t like chess.com, leave. Go to lichess, IDC! Just don’t rant about this ‘unfair’ server on the forums. Please.

Okay so basically you're telling me that I should go use the platform less people play on and is "easier" because its actually fair for all players? Great way to basically tell me I'm poor