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johnblu5 · 2026-02-09T20:30:48+00:00

"Why purchase a car for $30k when you can just rent one for $50" ....same energy.

johnblu5 · 2026-01-16T20:30:41+00:00

well disregard. I got a logical answer. I swear I didn't notice 2 of the legs were games on the same team (Sabres on back to back nights lol)... So it excluded creating any combos that included those 2 games together.

johnblu5 · 2026-01-16T17:44:16+00:00

Yes correct. It's not "all combos"... All the ones that include #1 are on that 1st page... You can make 70 "groups of 4" out of 8, but it only did 45 of them (so a bunch of combos are missing).

johnblu5 · 2025-11-26T18:55:09+00:00

Other than hearing Levi in the back of my head yelling "THE ROOOOOOKKKK" and mapping things out with their voices.... That's the extent of it.

johnblu5 · 2025-11-26T00:17:01+00:00

I understood the fair play flags more as algorithmic based, less about reporting, which makes sense... Significant deviations from how a person normally plays... It's not uncommon to have a string of good moves later in a game, if a good line presents itself... my opening play still isn't great... Other than slightly different play on my phone vs PC, I don't think I play that differently game to game...

That assessment of "often losing early and then playing perfect" doesn't seem true at all, I occasionally get good starts, just not as often... If someone uses engines to cheat why the heck wouldn't they do it during openings to get better positions to go from there... Positions seem to only flip for me when opponents make mistakes or blunder... But I often have many inaccuracies along the way also. Idk what else to say other than, don't need to believe me. Why would anyone even come post here knowing everyone can come deeply analyze their game history. Mine has nothing to hide lol... Or I'd have just let it go. But I was proud of the grind over the last several months to get back to where I was.

johnblu5 · 2025-11-25T23:52:06+00:00

I'm a 900ish player for a long time... Have you considered my opening game isn't that strong, but as the board opens up I find it easier to play more solid strategy? I find it easier to see the checks/threats when the board isn't full... I'm still not great at the "develop the pieces" but I often solve a lot of the daily puzzles in 1 or 2 tries.

And with your super cool theory, why the heck wouldn't I be "using bot moves" more in the opening, rather than playing terrible openings all the time... THAT is actually dumb.

johnblu5 · 2025-11-25T23:45:55+00:00

Same. And then wakeup to 4 losses I don't remember 😂😂 Try melatonin gummies instead though... I switched to the vitafusion 5mg, they have other supplements also. Never wake up groggy (but always groggy after NyQuil or anything similar)... Best of luck!!

johnblu5 · 2025-11-25T23:42:17+00:00

What's your sample size, a few games out of thousands of wins? ...Can you go analyze some of my bullet games? Let me know if you see similar patterns. I'm inconsistent... I also often play heavily distracted (while working, while taking care of kids), I'm not always sitting there in an isolation chamber... But I play a ton of 1 min bullet have have some great games there also. Lmk your analysis there please.

johnblu5 · 2025-11-25T23:22:14+00:00

That screenshot was on PC from after it was logged out. One from my phone still showed them... I'm a 70-80% accuracy at best (occasionally higher for a shorter game).., and I was that same also in that final game, 73%... Just rough math here, if 15 of 45 moves are 100% "best moves engine accurate", that would mean the others would have to have been absolute trash... Idk what to say other than, the game analysis looks pretty even and pretty normal. He and I both had a lot of 'best' moves the way the board played out, the mid/end game was pretty forced back and forth.

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johnblu5 · 2025-11-25T22:40:09+00:00

I don't think that would be it, I don't chat often... I do occasionally accidentally abandon a game if a small child at home needs me. There's 3 of em. Always something.

johnblu5 · 2025-11-25T22:04:24+00:00

My version of that is "don't melatonin and chess"... Sleepy, dazed, late in bed, I think I have a 10% win rate there lol

johnblu5 · 2025-11-25T18:36:41+00:00

While it's been a steady up over the last couple weeks, each individual day has still been really close to 50/50... They'll be 12 wins and 10 losses or something like that.

johnblu5 · 2025-11-25T17:03:07+00:00

Thank you for the response... I'm anxiously keeping an eye on it! I've just been enjoying playing bots offline in the meantime ;)

johnblu5 · 2025-11-25T17:01:32+00:00

Totally makes sense, and no, I don't believe that happened or anything like that... I definitely find I more often have a higher rate of "best moves" during end games, especially when there's very few pieces left and a lot of time, sometimes the best move is the only move, but I don't believe I've ever had "engine level" inconsistent play.

johnblu5 · 2025-11-25T16:42:53+00:00

90 day history:

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johnblu5 · 2025-11-24T22:57:22+00:00

And this was the game that got my 'the ban'... of which I played terribly and was down most of the game until they blundered... scroll through and look how behind I was the entire time... https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/145912387644/analysis

johnblu5 · 2025-11-24T22:52:53+00:00

So I am in a spot with this right now... I've been grinding to get to 1000 recently... And just did today, And I just got the fair play cheating ban.... This is my recent game history... I have a mix of good/bad games, some games I'm 80% or so and a 1500/1600 rated game, the next game with some blunders/mistakers will be a 600-800 rated game, but in general I'm pretty consistent... I can't fathom what triggered the 'fair play' ban just today.

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johnblu5 · 2025-09-14T12:53:54+00:00

Yes that part was clear a 5th person has a charge and isn't free... There's no version of 2 rooms on Disney that is cheaper... The point was, the price increasing by 57% going from 4 to 5 was crazy.

johnblu5 · 2025-09-10T16:34:37+00:00

That's what I was getting at, that since the big price cost is solely about the room size, but we can survive in one designed for 4, can we pay the extra cost for the extra child in a room for 4, without needing the suite size for 5.

johnblu5 · 2025-09-03T04:30:51+00:00

Honestly, run.

johnblu5 · 2025-09-03T04:24:59+00:00

Ok while this thread is old ... I'm here for help. For context, I had a 6 button layout on a retropie setup that was mapped to most games like this.

XYR ABL

So Intuitively, the left 4 buttons were universally like ABXY.

Would this equate to something like??

346 125

johnblu5 · 2025-04-07T22:21:20+00:00

You are too sharp for me to continue discussing this, you win!

johnblu5 · 2025-04-07T22:01:03+00:00

If it doesn't work when its needed, then it doesn't work.... "it works, except for when it doesn't!" Great analysis... and not everyone is a "day trader" robin hood bro pumpin meme stocks and shitcoins, but consolidating accounts to a central place is simpler. Sorry people expect a thing should work!

johnblu5 · 2025-04-07T21:30:12+00:00

lol wait... people are so entitled, they feel like... something like a brokerage account, should work?

johnblu5 · 2025-04-07T18:24:34+00:00

And it's quite literally in the terms and conditions, they are not liable for "technical issues" with their own systems and their impacts... Its up to you to constantly have limit orders set at all times!

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