The snow is almost gone and it's still only mid-April!!
I can't wait till the grass turns green and the leaves start growing....
April 13:
A.D. 1250: Crusaders on the Seventh Crusade are defeated in Egypt and King St. Louis IX is captured.
A.D. 1598: French Huguenots are granted political rights under the Edict of Nantes.
A.D. 1640: The Short Parliament forms in England.
A.D. 1959: A Catholic edict forbids Catholics from voting for Communists.
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Tack said:
Dune Messiah (1969)
I'm digging this writing style! It's compelling, eloquent, and surprisingly easy to follow.
So far I've only read Dune. It's been a while, so I'll probably read it again when I'm able to read the rest of the series.... They're good books though.
Bxb5
Maybe this should go in the Star Trek thread (hint, hint. ;))?
He is in the prequels.
Now that you've really built us up for it, the theory is (probably) going to be really anticlimactic if you share it with us. :)
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That's fair enough. I can understand why you wouldn't be as interested in the large variants, and since my dad likes the large variants far more than the small ones, so I'll just play him sometime. :)
I wouldn't mind a game of Tenjiku Shogi. There are a lot of interesting pieces and I can see how it could be faster than the other large variants. After that, we could play Tori Shogi if that suits you.
N-h5
And have him kill both Biggs and Porkins?
Do you mean WAFFLE-a2?
I can't believe what some people are like. A spammer called earlier today, and my dad asked him what it was like to cheat people like that. The guy replied that it was "fun." Why do people have to be like that?
April 12:
A.D. 1204: Constantinople is occupied and plundered by crusaders.
A.D. 1931: Spanish voters reject the monarchy.
A.D. 1980: Terry Fox begins his marathon.
No, I had several plans anyway, accounting for several of your different options, so you would have only delayed checkmate by a few turns, unless you had done something unexpected.
I kind of want to work up through the larger variants, beginning with Heian Dai Shogi, then moving on to Dai Shogi, Tenjiku Shogi, Dai-Dai Shogi, Maka-Dai-Dai Shogi, and finishing with Tai Shogi.
It could take a while to play them all, and I know you're less of a fan of the long and big game than I am, so if you don't want to do that, that's OK with me too. We don't have to play them all, either, unless you want to (which would be great ;)). We can also alternate between large and small variants if you wish.
If someone wants to play a three player game, I'd be OK with playing simultaneous games, or taking a break from the large variant to play that.
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No problem:
R---K---
---B-P-P
-P-P-NP-
--PpP---
P-p-p---
-p-fwp--
w-----pp
-----b[ede]k-
Not quite. You make that move (which is your worst option out of several), then I drop my rook on 3b, then you drop a piece (let's say your gold general) on 2b, then I take it with my rook, which promotes, and then it's checkmate.
April 11:
A.D. 1814: Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates unconditionally and is exiled to Elba.
A.D. 1868: The shogunate is abolished in Japan.
A.D. 1906: Albert Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity.
Yes, there are much less messy ways to kill yourself. ;)
I usually have a picture of one of my fish as a desktop background. I change my backgrounds often, so I'll probably just set it to change every half hour or so once I put the picture I like best in a single folder.
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At least try a little bit! :)
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I would definitely be interested were it not for the fact that there is absolutely no way I would have time for it.