RicOlie_2

Rx3iv+P

P-5iv+R

This isn't usually a problem, but sometimes I don't get notifications for threads I'm subscribed to. The only such thread I know for sure is this one:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/How-about-a-game-of-Japanese-Chess-ie-Shogi-darth-ender-vs-RicOlie-2-now-playing-Kyoto-Shogi-a-small-but-challenging-unpredictable-variant/topic/16176/page/24/

Sometimes I get notifications, sometimes I don't. I haven't noticed any definite patterns, but it seems to happen when I am already in the Off Topic forum, so it isn't a real problem. I just thought I should mention it though, in case it is some kind of glitch with that thread.

http://www.historyorb.com/events/january/29

Skip down to 1984. That's where I got confused. At first glance, it looked like the same thing, but I guess that was a test model or something. I should have guessed since there wasn't a mention of the shuttle being destroyed.

TV's Frink said:

That's what this is.

 LOL

DominicCobb said:

Maybe we should have Ric Olie 2 conduct a vote as to which is the real thread?

 I vote that the thread in which I posted should be the real thread... Oh, wait, now I've posted in two threads.

:(

Kx4v

Actually, the reason I respond so quickly is because I homeschool and do most of my schoolwork on or near my laptop. I have desktop notification for my gmail and so I reply whenever I see a box pop up for my email notification for this thread. I also spend a lot of time on my computer in the evenings, which is why I'm so quick to reply then.

S-2iv+B

Wow, nice timing. I've been away from home since 4:30 and I just logged on to my computer about five minutes ago.

Warbler said:

RicOlie_2 said:

^You're a day or two early. The Challenger was launched on the 29th.

 incorrect

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster

 So it was. Maybe I'm thinking of the other one...whatever it was, it also started with a C, but more likely one of our sources is just wrong (I would guess mine).

Oops, double post.

I should also mention also that it is clean comedy, which I appreciate since it seems to be rather uncommon nowadays.

I like "This is That." It's a CBC "news" comedy which is just believable enough that some people fall for it and think it's real, but is hilarious if you are cognizant of its true nature. The voices of people they "interview" are pretty entertaining as well and so are the stories they "cover."

I believe you meant your topic title to read one of the following:

1. I would like a tissue and [an] apology...

2. I have an issue and an apology...

3. I would like to issue an apology...

or possibly

4. I have an issue (and I'm a Lucas apologist)...

Leonardo said:

I usually punch in the number manually, by modifying the address up there.

 Thanks, not sure why I didn't think of that before...

^You're a day or two early. The Challenger was launched on the 29th.

January 29:

A.D. 1595: Probably the first performance of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliette.

A.D. 1845: Edgar Allen Poe publishes his famous poem, "Raven".

A.D. 1978: Sweden bans aeorosol sprays due to their negative effect on the ozone layer.

Except that....they hardly have any effect on the ozone layer, so it was a waste of time.

January 30:

A.D. 1835: Assassination attempt on U.S. President Andrew Jackson.

A.D. 1933: Adolf Hitler becomes German Chancellor.

A.D. 1939: Hitler calls for the extermination of European Jews.

January 31:

A.D. 1849: The Corn Laws are abolished in Britain.

A.D. 1865: General Robert E. Lee is named Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate Armies.

A.D. 1876: All Native Americans are ordered onto reserves by the U.S. government.

darth_ender said:

I am curious, did you alter your first move?  Not that I mind, but I see the post was edited, and I thought you had moved your tokin to 1iv, not 2iv.  If so, I responded to the wrong move.  If not, I'm a dunce, though I can live with the move I made.

I'm back! No, I did not alter my move, just fixed a fragmentary sentence. Also, what move did you make? You didn't confirm that I had guessed what it was correctly. You called G-2i+L, but either you missed an 'i' or you were looking at the first part of the move on Zillions, which is the square you moved it from, not to. I assumed you meant G-2ii+L and moved accordingly.

Yeah, it's a tricky game that requires a lot of planning, but it's really fun.  I am enjoying it much more than in the past, just because you're my playing partner.

Does that mean you enjoy playing a human player, or am I just a great guy? ;)

T-4ii+L

 T-3iii+L

That works some of the time, but what if I don't want to read the whole thread, or if I've already read the pages and want to skip back to reference or quote something. If I'm in a thread that's over a hundred pages long, and I want something I think is around page fifty, it's going to take a while just clicking the back or forward arrow without being able to skip pages.

On a related note, topics on the forum pages display the number of pages like this:

1 2 3 4 5 ... 60

but could it instead look like this:

1 2 3 ... 58 59 60?

I find that I often want to read the last few pages of a long thread to get the context of the current conversation if I join in late. It would also be nice if it looked kind of like this:

1 2 3 5 <5> 6 7 8 60

or something similar, so that a person who wants to, say, retrieve information from a previous page, but doesn't want to click the back arrow fifty-bajillion times can do so? This would be especially helpful for fanedit threads which tend to get pretty long.

^LOL

I wanted my current signature to be my title, but maybe it's better off as it is.

darth_ender said:

Man, I am so tired and I have to get up early.  I need to get to bed.  Take care, and have a great night!

 You too. I should probably follow suit. I really shouldn't be staying up so late, but at least I don't have to get up that early most of the time.

Assuming you missed an "i", I move L-2iii+T.

I like this one quite a bit, actually. It's difficult to play, but a lot of fun. I like how there aren't a lot of pieces, but since they switch back and forth the variety of moves isn't lost. This allows for a lot of possibilities that wouldn't exist in regular Shogi, though it can be limiting in other ways. I find I have to plan ahead a lot more, which is good practice since I'm fairly bad at that most of the time.

I did consider that and I guess I should have gone with it. I say we begin a new game. I'll go first so we don't waste any time.

T-2iv+L

K-5iii

K-4ii

Cool, thanks. I think I might follow along. It's not often that I watch a game from the outside, but it might be a helpful way to pick up new tactics/strategies.