I love lichess since I have discovered it, and I will love it forever no matter what.
I was patron for a long while and as soon as I have more money I will become permanent patron.
I do agree with the post. It was fun to can play rare times with some really strong players, and with this new update, it won't be possible that way.
Let's not forget, we can still match them on the arena tournaments.
@Otienimous , I guess you are aware of that.
At this point, I enjoy playing chess no matter what, so this update doesn't make a big difference to me; but
@thibault , I'm curious to know why this update was implemented if the previous system was already working good.
Is there a place where we users/patrons can follow those updates and the reason why they are implemented?