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by billforsternz 2717 days ago
I play at a pretty decent level and have played hundreds of games on lichess. They make it very easy to send a friendly comment to your opponent. For example there's a WP button that sends "Well played". Every time I am outplayed and well beaten I press that button. I have never once seen that message in my direction, despite "deserving" it (partly a subjective assessment admittedly) in perhaps 30 percent of the games I play. I find this .... disappointing.
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The button is not on the iPhone/iPad version of Lichess.
Thanks, I didn't know that. Presumably the same for Android. I've never tried to play chess with my phone.
Good you mentiond this. I never saw this button. I thought 'gg' is sufficient...
I think gg is the winner's feel good button, wp is the loser's feel good button.
Which is weird knowing that in Starcraft scene 'gg' is a residing note because there was no option in SC1 other than leaving the game. IIRC this is written in KeSPA rules.