RIP Chess W/ Friends
I’ve been a user/player on this app for YEARS! Finally going to ditch it. The lack of control over your own profile and inability to screen users/players is unacceptable. I’m done. Its chess, that’s all it should be. However, I’ve been harassed repeatedly by ‘players’ on a regular basis. Many of whom are either attempting to solicit bitcoin or themselves. It’s obnoxious and the app offers no solution to report them.
I’ve met a few cool people on this app out of the thousands I’ve been played over the years (which I’ll happily converse with on another app). But it’s really unfortunate that I feel the need to find another place to play the game I love because the OG devs have lost sight of the users that this app was intended to serve. RIP Chess w/ Friends…..
I’ve met a few cool people on this app out of the thousands I’ve been played over the years (which I’ll happily converse with on another app). But it’s really unfortunate that I feel the need to find another place to play the game I love because the OG devs have lost sight of the users that this app was intended to serve. RIP Chess w/ Friends…..
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NO NOTIFICATIONS FOR 3 YEARS!!!
After a recent much-needed update, they still fixed only a small portion of the issues. Notifications still not working although you darn sure get notifications if "Chess Master" wants to challenge you! Or if Tech support has replied to a message.
But NOPE! Not a single notification if a player moves or sends you a chat!!!!!
It's such a shame that in 2010 the app worked fantastic. Then it slowly degraded and with an update in February 2020 it all really went to heck in a hand basket!!!!!!! ZYNGA is sorry for not caring. How difficult can it be to repair notifications? They sure work in their "Words With Friends" app!!!! Ridiculous and takes the joy out or playing chess!!!!!
But NOPE! Not a single notification if a player moves or sends you a chat!!!!!
It's such a shame that in 2010 the app worked fantastic. Then it slowly degraded and with an update in February 2020 it all really went to heck in a hand basket!!!!!!! ZYNGA is sorry for not caring. How difficult can it be to repair notifications? They sure work in their "Words With Friends" app!!!! Ridiculous and takes the joy out or playing chess!!!!!
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Anybody Home?
Hey Zynga, are you guys still moderating and updating this app? Doesn’t look like it! About 3 years ago this app used to be really fun and reliable. Now it’s trash. Two major problems need to be fixed ASAP:
1) The app doesn’t send you notifications when it’s your move.
2) Your opponent can just abandon the game and leave you hanging there waiting for him to make a move. There is no time limit for making moves.
Easy for Zynga to fix that. Just set a day limit to five days and if the player doesn’t make a move the app should automatically resign him. The app used to do this. Now it doesn’t. Super annoying.
If Zynga fixes these two problems this app has the potential to be fun again. But right now it’s just frustrating. Because you never know when it’s your move. And games can last forever because there is no day limit. Because nobody is receiving move notifications.
Hey are there any Zynga employees reading this? You guys have ads that pop up during game play so you must still be making revenue. How about you listen to your customers and make some simple fixes to make your product more enjoyable. A response would be appreciated. Or maybe this negative review will just be lost amongst the dozens of other negative reviews for this app… Hey Zynga anybody home??
1) The app doesn’t send you notifications when it’s your move.
2) Your opponent can just abandon the game and leave you hanging there waiting for him to make a move. There is no time limit for making moves.
Easy for Zynga to fix that. Just set a day limit to five days and if the player doesn’t make a move the app should automatically resign him. The app used to do this. Now it doesn’t. Super annoying.
If Zynga fixes these two problems this app has the potential to be fun again. But right now it’s just frustrating. Because you never know when it’s your move. And games can last forever because there is no day limit. Because nobody is receiving move notifications.
Hey are there any Zynga employees reading this? You guys have ads that pop up during game play so you must still be making revenue. How about you listen to your customers and make some simple fixes to make your product more enjoyable. A response would be appreciated. Or maybe this negative review will just be lost amongst the dozens of other negative reviews for this app… Hey Zynga anybody home??
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Rife with scammers
This used to be a good, casual game to play chess. Now it is loaded with scammers. Unfortunately you can’t look at a players chess profile (games played, losses, etc) prior to playing to try to assess if they are a real player. Then when you get stuck with one and you block dr harassment then it counts as a loss. If they stop playing for some reason it doesn’t time them out so their profile sits there for months as waiting to play. I’ve watched the profile picture change from men to women and back. That has screwed up my ranking and is definitely not worth playing new people anymore. 99% will be hello what’s your name? Where are you from? I want to get to know you better? Where can we talk? Ridiculous. I have 3 people I’ve played against for many years now and that is only reason im still on the game. Don’t get started on this one because the app developers have done nothing about this along with some of the weird bugs that crop up where it is your turn but you can’t move your pieces as well as a few other annoying glitches.
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From bad to worse
This is the second time, and it will probably be my last one, that I decide to remove the game (unload the application ) from my phone. Why? I keep getting invitations to play from people that only want to chat about selling something, and the latest is that a game against a much higher ranked player that I was winning by far was misteriously blocked and assigned as a win to my opponent. I am here to have fun and enjoy the game, but these people need to be controlled and or blocked.
I have a handful of games that were abandoned by suspicious players once I decided not to chat nonsense with them. Hackers? Salespeople?
I will give the game another chance
I have a handful of games that were abandoned by suspicious players once I decided not to chat nonsense with them. Hackers? Salespeople?
I will give the game another chance
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