# 131
Finally! I shed some tears of joy when I read your lines. Finally the silence is broken, there’s a developer’s voice that cares! (Yes,
@thibault did contribute to this thread, but with sole focus on improving Arena. And yes,
@psuter helped us to understand the past.)
I have to admit that I already got the impression that this debate should be silenced by just not entering it. Obviously, this impression was wrong.
As I’ve made clear before, I utterly appreciate all of your hard work that allows us to play our favorite game in this wonderful environment for free. Nevertheless, I question your communication strategy. Why didn’t you send a clear message? Something like:
“We welcome Corona refugees from the OTB world to Lichess. Your decision was right – this is the best place to play chess in the internet: Beautiful, community-driven and free! Lichess offers plenty of possibilities for chess lovers and supports all the tasks of your home chess club [especially training of kids and youngsters; add more advertisement here]. While we are excited to provide you with a unique and fascinating way of organizing tournaments which even the World Champion loves (we call it “Arena”), we are well aware that you might miss your favorite pairing systems such as Swiss or Round Robin when organizing your traditional club tournaments. Right now, our small and enthusiastic team has to focus on keeping track with the daily increasing number of Lichess addicts, but we are looking forward to implement Swiss and Round Robin as the opportunity arises. For now, see our toolbox for organizers of tournaments [explanation of Arena options; workarounds for RR and Swiss].”
Instead, you left us alone with
@tpr and his/her arguments.