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Started by Nam, July 26, 2014, 08:19:18 PM

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the_antithesis

#16620
January 19, 2025, 10:47:37 PM
I didn't get any of that. Probably not that big a fan of Chess.

Dark Lightning

#16621
January 19, 2025, 11:07:01 PM
I know how the pieces move, and a small amount of strategy. I don't watch more than 2 hours of TV, the news. Any references to movies are usually lost on me, given I watch maybe one movie a year. You're not alone with not "getting" these associations.

Unbeliever

#16622
January 19, 2025, 11:44:16 PM Last Edit: January 19, 2025, 11:48:47 PM by Unbeliever
Well, to quote Lo Pan, from Big Trouble in Little China, "You are not brought upon this world to 'get it.'"
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drunkenshoe

#16623
January 20, 2025, 04:11:49 AM
"his philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -the cynics, the stoics and the epicureans-and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, 'you can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink.'" terry pratchett

drunkenshoe

#16624
January 20, 2025, 04:12:49 AM
"his philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -the cynics, the stoics and the epicureans-and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, 'you can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink.'" terry pratchett

drunkenshoe

#16625
January 20, 2025, 04:13:20 AM
"his philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -the cynics, the stoics and the epicureans-and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, 'you can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink.'" terry pratchett

drunkenshoe

#16626
January 20, 2025, 04:14:02 AM
"his philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -the cynics, the stoics and the epicureans-and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, 'you can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink.'" terry pratchett

drunkenshoe

#16627
January 20, 2025, 04:14:53 AM
"his philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -the cynics, the stoics and the epicureans-and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, 'you can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink.'" terry pratchett

Gawdzilla Sama

#16628
January 20, 2025, 09:20:59 AM
Quote from: the_antithesis on January 19, 2025, 10:47:37 PMI didn't get any of that. Probably not that big a fan of Chess.
Just saying that the characters deteriorate as the game progresses.
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Hydra009

#16629
January 20, 2025, 10:28:10 AM
Quote from: the_antithesis on January 19, 2025, 10:47:37 PMI didn't get any of that. Probably not that big a fan of Chess.
Basically, in the early game, pawns are in serious danger (since they're the first pieces to fall) but block units in the middle game and become queens in the late game.  Knights "fork" other pieces in the middle game.  Bishops and rooks and queens are initially useless and held in reserve, but are lethal in the middle and late game.  And the King is completely idle in the early game, frequently threatened in the middle game (hence The Shining "here's Jonny!" scene), but can unexpectedly be somewhat powerful in the late game when most other pieces have been cleared from the board.

drunkenshoe

#16630
January 20, 2025, 11:42:01 AM Last Edit: January 22, 2025, 12:46:25 AM by drunkenshoe
Quote from: the_antithesis on January 19, 2025, 10:47:37 PMI didn't get any of that. Probably not that big a fan of Chess.

Play go. It sounds far more logical. I sometimes try with online AIs, unfortunately it needs a lot of practice and work like any good thing. I naturally don't possess the required patience. But it's pretty cool.

There was a book on go written by a couple of French go masters, mocking chess as a board game flexing one's brain. Apparently, it doesn't. You can just memorise it. But It's been a long time, can't remember the name.
"his philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -the cynics, the stoics and the epicureans-and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, 'you can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink.'" terry pratchett

Unbeliever

#16631
January 20, 2025, 12:22:29 PM
I like Twixt and Lines of Action, both easy to understand, but complex to play.
Then there's Feudal, a game similar to chess, but more complicated.
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drunkenshoe

#16632
January 20, 2025, 12:34:44 PM
You guys watching it? It's live here. Everyone's there.

"his philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -the cynics, the stoics and the epicureans-and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, 'you can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink.'" terry pratchett

Dark Lightning

#16633
January 20, 2025, 12:42:22 PM
^ The chump's inauguration isn't until tomorrow.

Gawdzilla Sama

#16634
January 20, 2025, 12:44:25 PM
Resident T.rump. Never thought it would happen twice.
We 'new atheists' have a reputation for being militant, but make no mistake  we didn't start this war. If you want to place blame put it on the the religious zealots who have been poisoning the minds of the  young for a long long time."
PZ Myers
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