Disable Game Center

[Darkhawk]

<<shudder>>

Stupid friggin' Game Center has made Chess unplayable on my MacBook. As soon as I open Chess, GC auto-opens. But even worse, once I close it, a couple seconds later it forces itself to re-open!

I don't want to connect to this stupid platform, and I just want to play offline. Not to mention that I don't even have an Internet connection most of the time anyway.

Someone, please, tell me how I can give Game Center the horrible death it deserves. Thank you.

 

[chabig]

I really don't know. It doesn't do that to me. But let me give you a few ideas.

Is Game Center signed into your AppleID? Try signing out.
Is Chess listed under the Games tab? If so, remove it.

 

[Darkhawk]

Game Center is not connected to anything. I've literally never used it. It pops open with a login screen showing my E-mail address, and I go nuh-uh and quit. Don't tell me I have to actually sign up to the stupid thing and then manage the account from there? The whole point is I don't want to be in it at all.

 

[GGJstudios]

Some simple Googling reveals:

Removing Game Center from OS X Yosemite (should work in Mavericks)

There are a couple methods described in this thread:
How to completely disable Game Center: Remove your account

 

[jbarley]

Someone, please, tell me how I can give Game Center the horrible death it deserves. Thank you.

In a terminal window

sudo rm -rf (drag Game Center here)

press enter!

 

[Darkhawk]

Thanks, everyone! I found that Terminal business before, but I'm too scared to muck around those parts (and haven't backed up in a while).

Also, I wish it was as easy as the iOS tip, but on MacBook it seems to work differently?