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Zerokaiser
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada885 Posts
February 19 2011 23:29 GMT
#1
Religious perception is like chess, but not the way chess is played. Rather, chess from the eye of the pieces whom can only see a square or two away from them. Mr. Rook can talk to a couple of pawns and a knight, but not really anyone else; everything else he hears is just rumour.





At some point it gets back to him that even though he's just chilling with his friends off in a corner of the board there's an "enemy" out there, but he doesn't really have that much confirmation that the enemy exists. Meanwhile, the bishop is confused right from the start because he's heard of some crazy bishop that travels on BLACK squares, and everyone know that bishops only travel on WHITE squares. Such heretical nonsense.



A pawn somewhere cries out about the injustice of life when he is sacrificed while the king and rook run off together, happily sitting on their asses over there doing nothing and feeling no hardships. There's a few pawns in the middle of the field, too far away from everyone else to know what's going on else, staring at their opposite-coloured counterparts and wondering how similar they really are and if they're really enemies in the first place.



...and, of course, no one knows what the win condition REALLY is. They only know what they're told to do by some oblique "player" that knows everything.

*****
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Rabbitmaster
Profile Joined August 2010
1357 Posts
February 19 2011 23:32 GMT
#2
Haha good one :>
God is dead.
E-Coffee
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada519 Posts
February 19 2011 23:35 GMT
#3
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=47629

\(°_°)/
darmousseh
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States3437 Posts
February 19 2011 23:35 GMT
#4
On February 20 2011 08:35 E-Coffee wrote:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=47629

\(°_°)/


I was about to suggest that.
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FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10151 Posts
February 19 2011 23:58 GMT
#5
so funny. and what about the king and rook somehow switching places???
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Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
February 20 2011 00:45 GMT
#6
haha 5/5
Cloud
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Sexico5880 Posts
February 20 2011 00:58 GMT
#7
But chess pieces are moved by something greater than themselves.
BlueLaguna on West, msg for game.
vOdToasT
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Sweden2870 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-20 01:06:36
February 20 2011 01:05 GMT
#8
On February 20 2011 09:58 Cloud wrote:
But chess pieces are moved by something greater than themselves.


LOL

The only thing we need now to make this thread golden is for a religious person to get offended and make a response.
If it's stupid but it works, then it's not stupid* (*Or: You are stupid for losing to it, and gotta git gud)
Rabbitmaster
Profile Joined August 2010
1357 Posts
February 20 2011 01:07 GMT
#9
On February 20 2011 10:05 vOdToasT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 20 2011 09:58 Cloud wrote:
But chess pieces are moved by something greater than themselves.


LOL

The only thing we need now to make this thread golden is for a religious person to get offended and make a response.


Haha indeed! Are there any known creationists on tl?
God is dead.
gogogadgetflow
Profile Joined March 2010
United States2583 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-20 01:16:35
February 20 2011 01:15 GMT
#10
As a chess player, I am greatly offended. This is the kind of incendiary bullshit up with which I will not put. Why can't you be open to forms of entertainment involving a board and wooden pieces. It's not like I'm trying to force my game on you.
bITt.mAN
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Switzerland3693 Posts
February 20 2011 01:21 GMT
#11
On February 20 2011 10:05 vOdToasT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 20 2011 09:58 Cloud wrote:
But chess pieces are moved by something greater than themselves.


LOL

The only thing we need now to make this thread golden is for a religious person to get offended and make a response.


I won't get mad, but all don't run away too soon, my reply'll take a while (I type slow >.< )
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Zerokaiser
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada885 Posts
February 20 2011 05:46 GMT
#12
On February 20 2011 10:21 bITt.mAN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 20 2011 10:05 vOdToasT wrote:
On February 20 2011 09:58 Cloud wrote:
But chess pieces are moved by something greater than themselves.


LOL

The only thing we need now to make this thread golden is for a religious person to get offended and make a response.


I won't get mad, but all don't run away too soon, my reply'll take a while (I type slow >.< )



You weren't kidding! It's been over 4 hours!
Lanaia is love.
Meapak_Ziphh
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States6786 Posts
February 20 2011 06:47 GMT
#13
dude I love it. The knights confuse everyone, I mean dude, they can jump pieces :D
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OmniEulogy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada6592 Posts
February 20 2011 07:31 GMT
#14
On February 20 2011 09:58 Cloud wrote:
But chess pieces are moved by something greater than themselves.


Lmao excellent blog, excellent post. 5/5
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