Barry "Wollongong 2007 Champ" Cox, how are you?
I am missing beating you in the current rapids
Originally Posted by Barry
To equate the Coffee Lounge with ACF if just silly. They have less to do with one another than the rest of the Chess Chat site and the ACF. The reason? The Coffee Lounge is largely unmoderated (except in cases of dire need) and the moderators prefer to not moderate there as much as possible.
Come off it. Less moderated or not, the CL is still controlled by ACF officials.
The coffee lounge is not restricted to ACF officials or ACF personae non gratia are not likewise excluded from the Coffee Lounge. Furthermore it is not a forbidden topic on the main chess chat forums. In fact, it is mentioned in the first post of the board rules thread, as is the qualification for membership (200 posts).
Ah but, talking about the CL on the main board is discouraged, isn't it Barry! It is only for the in-crowd, so shhhh.
... people who artificially raise their post counts to make coffee lounge membership are usually frowned upon ...
Why would someone do that if the CL was not an exclusive club. If people are/are banned from that area it is, by definition exclusive [
read this]. Now, Barry, you can try as hard as you like to soften the image of the CL, however, it is still demonstrably
1. Used by and
2. Controlled by and
3. Kept exclusive by
ACF officials.