How come we cant choose what color we are in live anymore?

I just noticed this the other day... I know that it is annoying when people only play one color, but this is crazy! maybe there could be a limit to the number of games you can play in a row with one color, but this is getting on my nerves. I really hope that this gets fixed, and am looking foreward to having this feature back again. my admiration for chess.com is waning rapidly.

I never noticed it but that sounds ridiculous! :O

Pretty soon you're going to notice a 'can't post comment' feature.

You can still choose your colour if you choose to play unrated, or directly challenge a friend.

chess.com took a vote and decided that "StupidDrip95" doesn't get to choose colors any more. you got voted off the island. sorry.

(actually, what grobe said.)

If you challenge a player directly you may choose

this is pathetic. lately I have been wanting a refund. I really hope this comes to Erik's attention so that he can reverse it. I would suggest that he make a limit for games in a row with the same color, but not a change this drastic.

We should fill out a petition or something. I also liked the color choice feature.

I'm for bussing. I mean, we have a lot of busses.

Anyone for chicken?

Jesus, Colonel Sanders, you're always selling chicken.

Incidentally, we never could choose what color we were in life (apart from MJ).

stupiddrip95, please review this forum, as it appears you didn't see it.

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/starting-with-white

sorry about the rapidly waning admiration. we're doing what we think is best for everyone. 

And it really shouldn't be too hard to see why this new status quo is thought to be best.

random should be random, you can't go couple only-one-colour players to random seekers because there are many more who prefer white. random was becoming mostly black.

The only alternative would be to couple 'only white' to 'only black', but if the random pool  was being destabilized to any significant degree by the number of white-seekers...

Well, then seeking as white only in a fair way should mean waiting an eternity. 

Erik, I don't want to criticize you guys; I know you have a hard job keeping punks like me happy, but I (and many others) loved this feature, as you can practice when you want, with the colors you want.

1. You can still practice when you want, with the colours you want, in an UNRATED game.

2. You can still practice when you want, with the colours you want, by challenging a friend.

3. You can still practice when you want, with the colours you want, within Turn-based chess.

4. You can still practice when you want, with the colours you want, by playing against a program such as ChessMaster.

(The longer Erik gets distracted by trivia like this - the longer we all have to wait for significant features to be implemented.)

why does everyone have to be so chess racist? just play both colors. it's the way bobby fischer intended when he created chess so long ago.

One time you are black the next time you are white and it will go on and on! Some people think they can't play with the black pieces, but they actually can play but they just don't want too. How is it ridiculous?

I am great with both sides of the board. sometimes i would like to have the choice of a color however, and I just think that this complicates matters. how come you sometimes get like 3-5 games in a row with the same color? also, all of my friends are either WAY above my rating level or WAY under my rating level. so when I want an even game with the color of my choice, I am NOT willing to let a cpu decide for me. end of story for me. FINIS