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CianDoretto

I am tired of this. Was playing 1|0 3 Check Arena, whenever I got paired I got like 300 more rated players and even after that, when I needed gams to pile in the most, it never pairs me up. I lost my 3rd Place because of that. I am tired of this. If chess.com doesn't fix this, I ain't playing any more arenas. I always lose due to this!

Pitiless_Pawn

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Vicente9999

CianDoretto, In the Arenas. Winners will be paired with winners. They don't match ratings by points. It also depends on who has joined the arena. I play 10 and 5 minute arenas all the time and many times ( almost all of the time ) I consistently play up! Don't stop playing them. It is just a game and you should enjoy the games win or lose. My personal experience is in a 1 minute mouse race. The more experienced players play as they tend to move automatically. Don't worry about 3rd or 4th place or any place so just have fun.

CianDoretto
Vicente9999 wrote:

CianDoretto, In the Arenas. Winners will be paired with winners. They don't match ratings by points. It also depends on who has joined the arena. I play 10 and 5 minute arenas all the time and many times ( almost all of the time ) I consistently play up! Don't stop playing them. It is just a game and you should enjoy the games win or lose. My personal experience is in a 1 minute mouse race. The more experienced players play as they tend to move automatically. Don't worry about 3rd or 4th place or any place so just have fun.

I understand! Thanks for your words but my problem arises here :

Consecutively getting paired with higher rated opponents, while the 1st Place guy gets paired with lower rated opponents.

For example : 1st is 1300 rated. I checked his archive, 12 games consecutive, below 1200 players, and then he got 5 consecutive 1400+ including me 2 times. The problem here is he gets a 12 Game winning streak, boosting his points by a lot!

Whereas, I was 3rd -- 1450 Rated. 5 Consecutive times higher rated guys, then 1 easy opponent, and then 2 consecutive higher rated guys, which ruins in the day in the end!

So, I agree with facing winners and all, but the treatment that the 1300 got, is unacceptable!

CianDoretto

If they can fix the rating problem to break the streaks of people playing very easy opponents, It will be better happy.png

Vicente9999

Understood as well. The thing is this. There is no way to fix the problem. All games finish at different times. So, when you try and start a new game maybe the higher rated players are available and vice versa for him as maybe only low rated players were available. Chalk that one up as your bad luck or his good luck.