DominicCobb said:
Fish?
*mutters* Lucky guess...
You are likely correct. I haven't really examined the piece moves that closely, particularly their promoted values. If they are better at ranging, I could be in more trouble.
And I'll say that with Tori Shogi, the ability to double up on pawns was a devastating ability I realized, particularly in such close quarters. I could defend a weak piece with another weak piece, but in such cramped conditions I could guard useful squares, making them potent for drops such as my ultimate mating drop. I don't know how much that strategy would work on such a wide board with such short-range pieces, but as you pointed out, they will be able to drop soon.
VW-6a
Well, I'm glad you normally are good at catching my poorly specified moves, as I often neglect to mention which piece I intend to move. So if I understand you correctly, you would move B-a6 after my Pa3xb4, correct? If so, I would move CRxa5.
CRxa8
Hope that's not a mistake, considering my charging rook's poor retreat abilities.
CK-8a
I'm moving into a defensive position, but I kind of doubt it's needed, considering the pieces are so short range. It really makes little difference where your king is located, now that I think about it. Oh well. Maybe it's wiser than I realize.
The following is a true story:
Once upon a time, there was a husband/wife duo who managed apartments in Tucson, AZ just off campus from the University of Arizona. The apartments were almost exclusively rented by students or adjunct faculty. Some students were mature graduates pursuing degrees in hard sciences. Others were frat/sorority wannabes. Two such students lived together in an upstairs apartment, where they kept two massive fish tanks. Though technically against the rules, the managers did not require that the tenants remove their tanks, since they had owned and used them for some time before the managers had taken over the position. And besides, the tanks and exotic fish were pretty cool.
One evening, the managers are wakened by a bizarre phone call at around 1:30 am. The tenants who lived in the apartment just below the fish enthusiasts were complaining of large amounts of water leaking into their apartment. The brave (not to mention handsome) husband manager raced up to the upstairs apartment and pounded on the door to be let in, but with little success. He then produced the master key and unlocked the apartment, finding it empty of any human life, but still filled with panicking fish life as the fish in the larger tank realized their water supply was quickly diminishing. The manager quickly tried to figure out what the problem was, but suddenly the water bagan to empty even faster. The manager then saw that there was a small, overflowing aquarium with two hoses connected to the large tank, but partially submerged in the small one. Apparently water had been pumped into the small tank, but was not successfully being pumped out. The manager quickly pulled the plug on the pump, but far too late for the poor large fish, who could not even swim upright anymore. He then called and left a message for his idiotic tenants letting them know that their jury-rigged filtration system had failed and that they were in big trouble. He apologized to the downstairs tenants, who in a cruel bit of irony or Murphy's Law, had aquarium water drip on their laptop and school textbooks. When the upstairs tenants returned, they received a bit of a tongue lashing. A short time later, they were asked not to renew their lease by the managers.
A couple of weeks later, the managers wondered if the car difficulties that were so troublesome for the mechanics to figure out, but were finally identified as attributable to water in the gas tank and lines, were caused by the former proud owners of thousands of dollars of exotics marine life.
CK-7a. Yes, they are short-range pieces. It might be interesting that way. And there is an interesting lack of symmetry, with only one of each type of piece except the pawn.
Pxb4
Well, I obviously didn't plan that too well.
a3
FC-7b
The others were not uploaded the same way. They are actually merely links to sites that supply those zrfs, and usually better versions than the ones I originally sent you. In fact I think the links I've given might have all the versions I'd ever intended to give. Use the other links and you should be fine.
VS-8b
e5
As for your problem with the games, my files work just fine. I can try sending them unzipped to you. Otherwise I don't know what the problem is. Which ones are you having difficulty with?
No, I'm not worried about too long a game. I'd rather play with drops as well. I just think it might appeal better to you in length with drops, but I don't think it will be ridiculously long. So I'm glad we're in agreement. It should be fun.
SP-4e
My apologies, I meant the one on c1.
F-c2
I'll say whatever I darn well please!
*shakes cane in the air*
CN-d3
Much as I enjoyed Chu, I've always wanted to play a variety of variants, so we can come back to it another time. I'd rather try a different game.
As for the zrf files, they have similar names if I remember correctly. It might be that when you unzipped some of the folders, you overwrote the files for another version of the game. I suggest unzipping them in separate subfolders within the rules folder for Zillions. You might have better luck keeping them better separated.
Back to what game to play, we could also try Wa shogi. It's 11x11. No one knows if historically it was designed with or without drops in mind, but it is playable both ways. Could be fun (and long, which I know appeals to you) if we played with drops. :)
http://www.zillions-of-games.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgi?do=show;id=1473
If you'd rather go larger, we could try Dai Dai. It's up to you.
F*3f mate
Are you interested in going back a move or two? Or would you rather start over? Or do you want to move on to a large variant?
Can I just say that while the Nutty Knights are theoretically equal, I don't like their moves as much. I like a lot of symmetry in chess (not necessarily in shogi), and these pieces seem far more arbitrary in their moves than the Colorbound Clobberrers. I know Betza was trying to follow the theories of piece value he laid out in that link I gave you earlier, but the Knights are just really weird.
F-f2
RicOlie_2 said:
I'm making my way through The Book of Mormon and am on The Second Book of Nephi right now. There are many phrases and ideas from the New Testament in that book, which is interesting, since Nephi supposedly wrote first. I plan to become much more familiar with The Book of Mormon over time, so that I can understand Mormonism better, as well as being better prepared to debate with regards to Mormon theology and scripture. The same goes for most religious texts. I am of the opinion that knowledge (real knowledge, that is, not an incorrect understanding of the text) of another person's scriptures is the best way to understand their religion and allows for better discussion related to religion.
Good idea. But don't stop there. Make sure you read the Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price as well, as they contain many other doctrines.
LQx1d
c3
I am happy to elaborate, and I wish to point out that this thread is for stating my beliefs, not convincing you that I'm right. As long as you know what and why I believe what I believe, you may or may not accept it. Nothing you said has even come close to offending me. It's true, many are skeptical of transubstantiation and other Catholic doctrines. I personally find it hard to believe that is at all what Jesus intended. But if you want to believe it, I'm cool with that. I like a lot about Catholicism, and don't have to agree with its teachings to do so :)
Pxe6. It ain't over yet. Not at all. Hang in there
Welcome back. Sx2d