I understand that as I progress, I will encounter fewer players who open with their queen and play it exclusively. But it could be years until I'm at that level and quite frankly I find it unsporting to be stuck playing against these hacks in almost half the games I play. In fact, I find it beyond frustrating, it makes me question the extreme waste of time these games become. It seems like it would be a pretty basic thing to allow members the option of avoiding pairing with players who like to use their queens heavily in the opening. Oh, trust me, if for no other reason than survival, I've become quite adept at catching these hacks at their shenanigans, but to be frank, we members who want to work on becoming better, rather than hunting blindly with our queens, we ought to be given the option of avoiding these players, if for no other reason than to limit the extreme waste of time these games represent. In fact, and no offense intended but I consider these to be only one step above an aborted game.
"Lichess is intended to be an enjoyable environment for everyone." I'm sure I'm not the only member who would find it a lot more enjoyable if we had the option of turning down the volume on wayward queens.
"Lichess is intended to be an enjoyable environment for everyone." I'm sure I'm not the only member who would find it a lot more enjoyable if we had the option of turning down the volume on wayward queens.