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If you like Street Fighter
#292631 - 07/26/12 03:02 PM
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CptGuapo |
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Re: If you like Street Fighter
[Re: Andrew]
#292662 - 07/27/12 02:01 AM
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Oh, man... And these times my credit card will be totally compromised...
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"Mythology is what grownups believe, folklore is what they tell children and religion is both."
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GatKong |
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It's a beautiful set, but chess taxes my brain enough as it is without having to figure out what the who each piece is when I'm contemplating a move. I like knights to look like a knight, and bishops to be obvious its a bishop... I hate the whole "Well, the relative height of this peice is bigger than a pawn but smaller than that piece there, so this one must be his bishop, which, snap... I thought this was MY bishop but that must be the knight I put there a few moves back, and oh fudge, that's check mate."
Except for Archon... I could deal with that.
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DMala |
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Re: And happy for you and all, and Im'ma let you finish, but...
[Re: GatKong]
#292690 - 07/27/12 02:59 PM
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> It's a beautiful set, but chess taxes my brain enough as it is without having to > figure out what the who each piece is when I'm contemplating a move. I like knights > to look like a knight, and bishops to be obvious its a bishop... I hate the whole > "Well, the relative height of this peice is bigger than a pawn but smaller than that > piece there, so this one must be his bishop, which, snap... I thought this was MY > bishop but that must be the knight I put there a few moves back, and oh fudge, that's > check mate." > > Except for Archon... I could deal with that. >
You know, I am so incredibly bad at chess that not being sure which piece was which would probably improve my game.
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Re: And happy for you and all, and Im'ma let you finish, but...
[Re: GatKong]
#292724 - 07/28/12 01:28 AM
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I loved me my Archon unicorns!
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Pessimist: Oh, this can't get any worse!
Optimist: Yes, it can!
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CTOJAH |
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Re: And happy for you and all, and Im'ma let you finish, but...
[Re: DMala]
#292729 - 07/28/12 02:53 AM
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> You know, I am so incredibly bad at chess that not being sure which piece was which > would probably improve my game.
Until You improve Your chess abilities, I recommend You to "play" with this set :
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Re: And happy for you and all, and Im'ma let you finish, but...
[Re: CTOJAH]
#292734 - 07/28/12 05:14 AM
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> Until You improve Your chess abilities, I recommend You to "play" with this set :
That one's relatively straightforward: knight has hands positioned as though holding reigns, bishop has arms above head representing the mitre, etc.
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Re: And happy for you and all, and Im'ma let you finish, but...
[Re: Vas Crabb]
#292771 - 07/29/12 07:22 AM
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> > Until You improve Your chess abilities, I recommend You to "play" with this set : > > That one's relatively straightforward: knight has hands positioned as though holding > reigns, bishop has arms above head representing the mitre, etc.
What's the rook got going on there? Pole-dancing in the castle?
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TrevEB |
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Re: And happy for you and all, and Im'ma let you finish, but...
[Re: GatKong]
#292924 - 07/31/12 04:26 PM
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Stop for a moment and remember the sound of each piece moving across the screen in Archon. Rut-ooh rut-ooh rut-ooh Shwizuwizuwizuwizu
Loved that game.
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