darth_ender

Fantastic news!  Once it's translated and proofread, I will send an email to the original designer with your translation.  If you want, you can give me your name so you can get credit for translating.  I haven't written him for years, so I don't even know if his address is still good, but I definitely want him to get as much credit as he deserves for designing workable rules.  It seems like it could be a fun and playable game.

I am curious, what did your instructors mean by saying, "Don't translate towards English"?  I don't understand.

I'm afraid so.  I did have him trapped, but you could have held out a little longer.  Lnx11h igui

Ln-12g

^Makes sense.  Thanks for the answer :)

In the slim chance I actually get to make a move or two while at work tomorrow, I will post this picture.  Plus, you can double check our positions.

Me too.  Another long day of work tomorrow.

P10f

I think we should definitely keep Germany, France, and the UK.  Greece and Spain, on the other hand, really should be booted from the EU.  I'm a little uncertain about most of those other Balkans states or Italy.  And perhaps they should integrate Ukraine.

Well, my point was to develop your pieces.  Warbler had pieces stuck in relatively unhelpful positions.  Right now I'm still bringing pieces out.  Look what I have available thus far, and what more I can develop soon.  My position leaves me with opportunities, choices, and I wish to maximize my choices.  I don't know if you'd want to say so here, and I won't change my move anyway, even if you clearly have a superior idea in mind, but what would you have done instead?

I don't blame you.  Of course, now you've got a powerful piece running loose in my territory.

P-8f

I am not doing this to mirror him, and bearing in mind that I am short a pawn, I have to play more cautiously.  Playing black, a player is often forced to dance to the tempo set by white initially.  Even if he had not played his knights where he did, I believe I likely would have brought mine out.  The only difference might have been a pawn move instead.

The opening might be the part of the game where I am weakest.  I should study more opening theory.  But right now I am not trying to gain the upper hand just yet.  Rather I am trying to ensure equal footing.  I will play for upper hand if it comes along, but at the moment I haven't seen a bold move that would grant me significant advantage.

No, I don't think that's fair for you.  Take your move back.  I didn't specify, and even though I read your message at work, I didn't remember which one I'd moved till I got home and looked at my board.  It was unfair to you, so you should go back and try something else.

Nc6

Do my eyes deceive me or is this Carrie Fisher?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snf6SJsLB-E

She looks great, and she could easily play in Ep. VII without any rude people complaining about her weight or wrinkles.  Or maybe it's someone else that just really reminds me of her.

My apologies.  I moved the one on 5e to 7e.  DKx10d.  You may have made a mistake with that move (I'm not sure, since I see a benefit to what you've done), but if it was, you may take it back.

Nf6

d5

Sounds good.  You go first :)

I of course would be happy to help with the English :)

DK-7e

This game is too complex to play at work, and lately it's been too hard to find the time anyway, so my next move will probably be late tonight.

Since Bewy is a professional translator, if he's still willing I'd rather let him have the first go at it.  If he decides it's too much trouble, I'll go the Google route.  In reality, there is nothing like a human translator just yet :)

Yes, something I've had to try to learn to do.  I've had some embarrassing moments on this site, some nasty fights where I said mean things, some really stupid and unpopular threads (I think I might have tried to play a couple of those moments off), but I just feel it's best to keep the original spirit of the thread intact.  And I also don't want you to feel ashamed of your large family, as I think it's pretty dang cool. :)

Oops, posted after the fact.  If you don't mind, I will play the next three moves for us as I anticipate they will be exactly thus, and then I will have to call it a night, as I have to be at work early in the morning.

DHx8k check (I think I just figured out the symbol for check in shogi: #)

Sx8k

Ln-10h

I really enjoy our games.  It's nice to have a passionate shogi partner after all these years, even if you are less than half my age and far away.  Don't give up the fight: you are a good player and have continually rebuffed my lion when I sought to make an incursion.  This fight ain't over, and you may do something brilliant I had not even seen.  Good night.

I should also point out that any other piece you attempted to block with (bishop, free king, or side mover), would immediately be captured by igui.  You'd be one more piece down and your king would still be in check.  The least bloody defense is to take the plunge and sacrifice the lion, hoping you can save as many other pieces, most of which would not be in immediate danger from me.

When I capture your silver with my lion, it is defended.  The only pieces capable of reaching that square are the king (who would then be killed by the dragon horse) and the lion (which cannot capture a defended lion when two squares away).  Therefore, it would be checkmate.

Honestly, in Off Topic, and with folks like Frink and Bingo and a number of other lighter weight goofs around (myself included), it's amazing how many topics actually stay on topic.  Yeah, I suggest keeping it up.  Mormons have big families too (I am one of eight children), so I think it's cool you have a big family.  But I suspect you are right, most people won't volunteer that info much.