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NeverarGreat said:

generalfrevious said:

We live in an age of extremes. You cannot have a reasonable position on any issue anymore. I don't know how to look for the good in things; can anyone help me?

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If you want to start with a small change to improve your outlook, consider perhaps changing the broken record in your signature. It's hard to look at something like that every day and not get discouraged. I'd suggest Beethoven's Symphony #9.

;)

 (For those of you who didn't get that, he's referring to the bit of Symphony 9 commonly known as "Ode to Joy")

LOL

@generalfrievous:

I'm truly sorry you feel that way. Just realize that the Church has certain teachings for a reason, and as some things are not laid in stone, there are some things that may be changed in the future. For instance, the celibacy of the priesthood is only a discipline and not a doctrine or dogma, therefore it could be changed. The Church may also eventually loosen its teachings on abortion in certain situations, though abortion itself will never be permitted of course. The Church teaches that abortion is allowed in cases where the mother will lose her life if she tries to carry the baby to term since it is a choice between both of them losing their lives and just the unborn child. I think this is also applicable in cases where a mother may commit suicide if she is forced to deliver the baby alive, but abortion should always be a last resort and the mother should seek therapy/counselling of some kind first. Some people, including priests, have overly strict understandings of the rules of the Church and become like the Pharisees in the gospels who focused on the letter of the law and imposed all kinds of unnecessary restrictions on the other Jews.

Don't feel to disheartened by it all and feel free to ask questions in my Q&A thread (which I can bump for you if you don't want to go searching for it). I know you are a Catholic, but it might help to hear answers from a different perspective and I might be able to help you better understand certain Church teachings that are commonly misunderstood or improperly emphasized or under-emphasized. If you want, we can just have a discussion there and talk about the Catholic Church. You can complain and ask semi-rhetorical questions, and I can respond and go from there.

I'm OK with the lion being able to change direction and whatnot, as long as it can't move more than two squares. I just realized that changing direction would really be the same as the igui move in this game anyway, so it wouldn't allow for two captures. I was just worried that a piece as powerful as a lion would be a bit too destructive on a board this size. It might not be so bad in reality though, since it is probably a lot easier to have all your pieces covered with only one row to worry about. Anyway, we'll see. By "use what we have for now" you mean with the lion being able to move as you suggested, right?

Go ahead and take your time. I'm in no hurry. :)

We have a bunch in our basement from the previous owners of our house. I can't remember most of the movies off the top of my head though.

Generalfrievous, try looking at the bright side of life. Count the number of things good about a particular thing instead of being pessimistic. For instance, you're complaining about living in the worst country on the planet. Remember that it is a first world country, you have the freedom to believe what you want to believe, you can speak your mind on most subjects without going to jail or being executed, you have so few things to worry about that you actually have time to complain about George Lucas and post on this site, you don't have to wonder if you're going to be able to eat tomorrow, or watch yourself lose weight as you starve to death, you have the opportunity to go to the hospital in case of serious injury or sickness, you don't have to work every single day in order to survive (so I presume--I certainly hope that isn't the case), you have the opportunity to vote for the person you want in office and that person cannot ever have absolute authority over you, you don't have to worry about having your house bombed and your family killed, etc., etc., etc.

Don't think you're living in the worst country, because you're far from it. Count your blessings, not your curses.

TV's Frink said:

generalfrevious said:

How can any human being murder another human being that can survive outside the mother? It makes me want to throw up.

darth_ender said:

I agree with your last two sentences very much.

I'm sorry I make you guys want to throw up.

 If I understand your situation correctly, Frink, your child would not have been able to survive outside the womb. Therefore you wouldn't make them want to throw up.

I look forward to hearing your replies later on. Meanwhile, I've gotta go for a few hours.

We could invent a new piece: the lynx.

It would be able to move two squares forward or backwards, and could capture twice. It would be weaker than the lion in that it wouldn't be able to switch direction, but it would still be able to jump over other pieces.

What do you think? :)

Umm...wrong thread?

Your hero! Now that's tempting...

Unfortunately, I'm not much of a Calvin & Hobbes fan (it isn't that I dislike it, I just never got into it). Otherwise I would be willing to humour you. :)

Haha, no worries. :)

Note that I added the gold general, so when you make a mock-up, make sure you put it in there. :) If you agree with having it in there, what should it promote to?

Assuming we're starting over, I'll make the first move of SC-7.

EDIT: Pardon me, I'm starting on the wrong side of the board! SC-22 is what I meant.

Don't be mean!

I get it now.

What if the order of pieces went as follows?:

King

Ramshead Soldier

Gold General

(space)

(space)

Silver Cannon

Lance

(space)

Goose

Knight

Iron General

Pawn

Let me know what you think. This allows for any piece except for the king to move on the first turn. After the first move is made, the moves will still be limited, but not as much.

EDIT: One problem with this, though, is that you end up with eight extra squares. That might increase the game length, but then again, the increased mobility at the beginning might make up for it.

Funny, but Username is still my first choice.

doubleofive said:

Username: Username
Join Date: June 6, 2013
Last Online: February 10, 2014, 1:11 PM
Post Count: 1413
Location: Location
Title: Title
Web site: Web site
ICQ: ICQ
AIM Screen Name: AIM Screen Name
MSN: MSN
Yahoo! Messenger: Yahoo! Messenger
Occupation: Occupation
Interests: Interests

 Now all I need is a new username. :)

I may not be understanding the rules correctly, so I want to make sure I know how the jumps work. I thought iron generals could move forward one or two squares, provided there was no piece blocking them. However, you jumped over your pawn. Can you explain how that works, or let me know if you just made a mistake?

My move is N-9

LOL, I should have picked up on that! :D

I am definitely considering that as a username now...

I could go ALL CAPS...but it would still be too similar. Where does "Username" spend most of his time? I don't remember seeing him around, so if we never cross paths, it could work. I don't know if it's possible to have the same username as someone else and just change the letters to uppercase though. If there wasn't another one already, I would have done it...

I love that idea, Neverar!

How about something original guys! it doesn't have to be a variation of ShutterAndy.... :)

darth_ender said:

Why didn't I think of that?!  Brilliant!  I'll put together a mockup pronto.  I suggest you write the piece moves and their opposite faces with their moves off to the side as a reminder.  And as before, we should note when a piece is promoting and to what, so that we can keep each other on track.  I'd like to start the game with 22 cells (six cells between us).  

I already have it set up like that! :)

We can also try a 23 cell game.  I also would hope to try a few other alternatives: possible different or additional pieces (I've been tempted to add a lion to the game, and I want to change the knight, but I'm not sure how best to do so yet).  Any ideas you have are extremely welcome.

 I'm sure the ideas will come once we start playing. Meanwhile, I don't have any. It won't be too hard to add pieces and whatnot, but I'm not too enthusiastic about a lion unless you plan on changing the way it moves. Keep in mind that we are playing on a small board, and a piece that can jump over other pieces, and move up to three squares both forwards and backwards (if you go with "two squares diagonally equals three squares forward and backward in Ito Shogi") would be very destructive. Perhaps a piece like the lion in that it could capture twice (but never move more than two squares), but I would suggest such a piece wouldn't be able to switch direction in a turn or jump over other pieces.

February 10:

A.D. 1355: St. Scholastica's Day riot breaks out at Oxford, resulting in the deaths of more than 90 people.

A.D. 1635: Cardinal Richelieu founds Academie Française in Paris.

A.D. 1763: The Treaty of Paris ends the French-Indian War, giving Canada over to Britain.

I can't imagine having that name.... It would be hilarious though.