RicOlie_2

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Here's a great resource for clarifying all that stuff that you don't get about Catholics and their religion!

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Ask-the-member-of-the-Latin-Rite-of-the-Roman-Catholic-Church-AKA-Interrogate-the-Catholic/topic/16201/

darth_ender said:

B-8h+

+Sx8c

Man, how to break through that fortress!  In any case, I gotta sign in, though I feel we're nearing the end.  Any picks for our next game?  I'd like to start one of the smaller variants, and I have an idea for some software that can allow you to play a few games not found on the software you currently have.  My thought is that we can start with something like Judkin's shogi, then move to smaller and smaller variants till we get tired of them.  

Since I haven't played any variants, I'll let you choose.

I can't tell you how pleased I am to have a shogi partner who seems to enjoy the game as much as I do.  Thanks for playing with me. :)

And I'm glad you taught me. I hadn't played much Chess in ages because I lost interest in it, but now I have discovered a new interest in Shogi.

Good night, and sorry I can't finish tonight.

 I'll probably be heading off to bed soon enough as well, so "see you" tomorrow.

darth_ender said:

RicOlie_2 said:

darth_ender said:

Perhaps, but you are one tough egg to crack.  I analyzed every possible outcome before having my bishop retreat, and though I could nearly checkmate you, I couldn't quite pull it off, and ultimately would lose material.  I don't mind little sacrifices in chess, but in shogi every loss without a successful gain in position or getting closer to checkmate adds fuel to the furnaces that construct your armies.  You're doing quite well, and I've probably never had so difficult a time breaking through against any player I've gone against.

That's quite a compliment, considering this is only my fourth Shogi game (fifth including the one with Twister).

Good, you should take it as a compliment.  Truthfully, I don't know if anyone has ever played more than two games with me before, so perhaps that might sound deflating, but I mean it when I say I can't believe how quickly you've caught on. :)

Well, I certainly enjoy it (definitely more than Chess), so that's a big factor. Being able to play while not under pressure to hurry up and make the next move has certainly helped develop my skills. I much enjoy playing over a long period of time than playing a quick game because I can spend more time analyzing the board and planning ahead.

P*5f

darth_ender said:

Perhaps, but you are one tough egg to crack.  I analyzed every possible outcome before having my bishop retreat, and though I could nearly checkmate you, I couldn't quite pull it off, and ultimately would lose material.  I don't mind little sacrifices in chess, but in shogi every loss without a successful gain in position or getting closer to checkmate adds fuel to the furnaces that construct your armies.  You're doing quite well, and I've probably never had so difficult a time breaking through against any player I've gone against.

That's quite a compliment, considering this is only my fourth Shogi game (fifth including the one with Twister).

Nx3g+

 Nx3g

oh_riginal said:

How about this exchange...?

Han: "It's gonna cost you something extra..."

Obi Wan: "I can give you 15,000 now... and TWO when we reach Alderaan."

Luke: "10,000??? We can almost buy our own ship for that!"

 No, leave out Luke's answer. How about making it go something like this:

HAN: It's gonna cost you something extra...

OBI-WAN: I can give you fifteen thousand now, and two when we reach Alderaan.

HAN: Ten thousand. All in advance.

darth_ender said:

Bx5e

Not sure why I didn't see that coming...now you have pretty much the whole board covered. :( 

+Sx7d

darth_ender said:

B-4d

 P-4e

Bingowings said:

This Thread was the last thing I read.

 Phhh, we needed another of them.

darth_ender said:

+R-9g

 S*3g

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

by Agatha Christie

Cool, for some reason I thought you were American. If that means English is your second language, you write it far better than a lot of native English speakers, which is probably why I thought you were from an English speaking country.

Leonardo said:

Etna coughs and sputters all of the bloody time, in fact it could be erupting as we speak and we wouldn't notice. Our main concern is the ashes. I've swept black dirt out of my garage lord knows how many times.

 Am I to take that to mean you live in Sicily?

An eruption was caused by the earthquake, though, right?

The Athenian Constitution

by Aristotle

darth_ender said:

Bx2f

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January 11:

A.D. 1693: Mt. Etna, Sicily, erupts.

Important because people died and stuff.

A.D. 1787: Titania and Oberon, moons of Uranus, are discovered by William Herschel.

Not really important, but interesting (for some people).

A.D. 1813: The first pineapple plants are planted in Hawaii.

It's interesting how non-native flora and fauna can so quickly become identifiable with a place.

A.D. 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first American woman to earn a medical degree.

See title for details.

The last thing I was reading was a Discover magazine from April, 2009.

EDIT: This was the beginning of a thread which is now merged with the other, more successful thread of this nature, hence the seeming out-of-place-ness of the first bit of this post (and the title).

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darth_ender said:

Thanks.  I don't know why I thought you had a bishop.  Like I said, I'm tired, as I almost always am, and that's only excuse I can come up with.  I've been working a lot lately.  Anyway...

Yeah, it's my favourite excuse too...except that I have little justification for using it most of the time.

N-2e

 P-2f

"Master, sir, sandstorms are the most beautiful things in the universe."

LOL, I still love the alternate motive for killing the kidlings.

darth_ender said:

Aw, did I misread your moves?!  Curses!  Hold on, let me look over it for a minute.

JEDIT: Ah nuts, I'm tired and was misreading my Japanese characters and forgetting what happened.  Sorry again.  Do you mind if I take back my last move?

 No, go for it.

darth_ender said:

Perhaps you mean to drop a Silver to 8b, in which case it is not immediately promoted but must wait till it moves.  Or else you mean to move your promoted bishop to 8b?

 I announced my Silver General drop in post 305. Then I took your knight with it and moved back the next turn. I don't have a promoted Bishop at the moment (the one that was there was eaten by your knight), and my un-promoted Bishop can't move there.

darth_ender said:

G-4a

 +S-8b