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(Chess) Defending Aussie Pride

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Salivanth
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia1071 Posts
February 01 2013 12:20 GMT
#1
It started out as yet another day. Blissfully unaware that I would be called upon to fight for the honor of our nation itself, I logged onto my favourite chess site and began playing. I won the first game against a significantly inferior player. Things were going well. And then I was placed against FrenchBastard653 (Real name edited slightly), a French player who was rated similarly to myself.

I have heard many terrible things on the internet. I've been instructed to quit games forever, uninstall games, and kill myself. I was once accosted by someone who, after losing to me in a game of Starcraft, posited that he hoped that the Son of God himself would forcibly enter my eye socket with his penis, and proceed to do unspeakable things. The creature I was about to meet was worse than every single one of them combined. As he moved his queen directly onto the field of battle as his second move of the game, the cheese-eating surrender monkey spoke but three words.

"NZ > Australia "

Oh HELL no.

Quickly, I shielded the eyes of my pet koala Barry. His eyes were not meant to see such things.

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He said WHAT?

I vowed then and there that the foreign invader would stop HERE. The Frenchmen were known for their surrender, and I wasn't about to break that tradition. I would destroy him. And not only that, I would destroy him while playing by the rules of Australian Chess. Shifting my buttocks on my sitting esky, I reached for my drinking esky and pulled out the case of Fosters that all Australians over the age of seven have within reach at all times. For foreign dignitaries who may someday read this tale, the rules of Australian Chess are as follows, copied from the Australian Consitution.

1: It's like regular Chess.
2: Except every time you move, you take a coupla gulps of Fosters.
3: And start sculling the bugger if the other bloke's being a dickhead and taking too long to make his fuckin' move like a fuckin' shithead.

It began. With a flurry of pawn moves, each more retarded than the next, my opponent steadfastly began the style of Chess modeled after standard French military tactics: Hiding everyone important in the back while they wet themselves. Surprisingly, it worked, as I began to be driven back, my opponent taking a great deal of space on the board. Finally, fifteen moves in, distracted by my opponent's boundless capacity to consume the carcasses of frogs, bones and all, I missed a crucial move, and one of my pawns was taken. As is the forfeit in Australian Chess for being a complete monger, I proceeded to smash the next bottle over my own skull. FUCK that was painful! This was entirely that fucking French bastard's fault...and now I was mad.

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BLOOD AND EUCALYPTUS FOR MAKHLEB!

I then proceeded to trade off the queens, and then engage in a "Who's a Bigger Fucking Dumbshit" contest with my opponent, as both of us competed mightily to fail to notice the supremely obvious move that would win my pawn back for free. In my drunken state, I forgot about the subgame being played and took the pawn by mistake. My opponent, determined to not only win the contest, but dominate it, then proceeded to move his only defensive piece away from a second pawn, which I took. At this stage, I proceeded to execute a bewilderingly complicated tactic that- ah, who am I kidding. I got my bishop trapped, and escaped through sheer luck, noticing a move that had completely eluded me when I plunged ass-first into enemy territory.

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Yeah, that's right. What the fuck are you gonna do about it?

That said, when the dust settled, I was up two pawns and on to the second half of the case. Fortunately, at this point, my opponent decided trading half the pieces on the board was a good idea, despite being two pawns behind. He then followed up this brilliant plan by trapping his own rook and losing the exchange as a direct result. Three pawns ahead, which was good, because I was beginning to wonder why we had moved the location of the game to a rapidly spinning merry-go-round or whatever the fuck we call it here in Australia.

Picking up pieces and moving them randomly on the board between bursts of projectile vomiting and drunken slurs, the endgame was not my finest of plays. That said, I was three pawns ahead, so despite trading my rook for a queened pawn that would have been trivial to stop earlier, I still managed to outrace my opponent's bishop and queen myself. With nothing but a king and bishop himself, he engaged in a round of traditional French Chess, and surrendered.

And thus, the battle ended. Surrounded by the debris of battle (comprised mostly of glass shards and various bodily fluids) I stood up, and performed the traditional Australian victory dance, known as the Stagger And Pass Out. Upon waking, I typed this out, so future generations may know. The French are out there. Waiting. Watching. They will try again. And when they do...Barry and I will be ready for them.

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Barry shall slay them by the thousands, and bathe in their blood.

****
<@Wikt> so you are one of those nega-fans <@Wikt> that hates the company that makes a game and everything they stand for <@Wikt> but still plays the game <@Wikt> (like roughly 30% of blizzard's player base, maybe much more...)
Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
February 01 2013 12:29 GMT
#2
I heard that when you get off the plane in Australia, they hand you a koala.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
Salivanth
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia1071 Posts
February 01 2013 12:39 GMT
#3
It's actually part of a tourist kit. It contains a koala, a temporary kangaroo license so you can get around, suction-padded shoes so you can walk upside-down, and seventy-three different antivenoms.
<@Wikt> so you are one of those nega-fans <@Wikt> that hates the company that makes a game and everything they stand for <@Wikt> but still plays the game <@Wikt> (like roughly 30% of blizzard's player base, maybe much more...)
r.Evo
Profile Joined August 2006
Germany14080 Posts
February 01 2013 12:46 GMT
#4
I would kill for that tourist kit. <33333
"We don't make mistakes here, we call it happy little accidents." ~Bob Ross
Surili
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom1141 Posts
February 01 2013 12:54 GMT
#5
As a frenchman, I enjoyed this, as someone who doesn't live in france, i enjoyed this also. As a human being, it was enjoyable.
The world is ending what should we do about it?
ReignSupreme.
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
Australia4123 Posts
February 01 2013 12:56 GMT
#6
That "He said WHAT?" image is so perfect.
You have truly captured the game of Aussie Chess, kudos.
Chezus
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands427 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-01 16:48:44
February 01 2013 16:48 GMT
#7
You are an amazing person. Also, koalas. 5*
Mothra
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States1448 Posts
February 01 2013 17:44 GMT
#8
Chess: the gentleman's game (proven here).
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
February 01 2013 18:00 GMT
#9
First 2 pictures made the blog.
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N.geNuity
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States5112 Posts
February 01 2013 18:19 GMT
#10
first picture is too cute.

5/5
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EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
February 01 2013 20:21 GMT
#11
Awwwwww :3
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
February 01 2013 21:28 GMT
#12
This is hilarious. Though I was pretty sure that the standard french tactic was to attempt to cut off the opposing strategy and then accidentally making the strategy more potent, and then wetting themselves .
User was warned for too many mimes.
ziggurat
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada847 Posts
February 01 2013 23:34 GMT
#13
Will vote 5/5 if you post the score.
Aerisky
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States12129 Posts
February 02 2013 00:04 GMT
#14
Hahahahaha so gewd.

You are awesome. We need more of these kinds of awesome blogs. Congratulations!
Jim while Johnny had had had had had had had; had had had had the better effect on the teacher.
OmniEulogy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada6592 Posts
February 02 2013 00:14 GMT
#15
rofl this is so good 5/5 I'd give you more for the pictures used if I could.
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run.at.me
Profile Joined December 2011
Australia550 Posts
February 02 2013 01:02 GMT
#16
Yeee aussie moite we grew here you flew here smash some lebs in the nulls riots braaa
Salivanth
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia1071 Posts
February 02 2013 01:27 GMT
#17
Wow, thanks everyone for the kind words I thought this was of pretty middling quality: I'm glad to be proven wrong!

On February 02 2013 08:34 ziggurat wrote:
Will vote 5/5 if you post the score.


Sorry, but I'm not actually sure what you mean by score. I won, but I'm assuming the blog made that fairly clear.
<@Wikt> so you are one of those nega-fans <@Wikt> that hates the company that makes a game and everything they stand for <@Wikt> but still plays the game <@Wikt> (like roughly 30% of blizzard's player base, maybe much more...)
FractalsOnFire
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia1756 Posts
February 02 2013 03:03 GMT
#18
haha I love that first koala pic, way too cute.
Typhoon1789
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Australia292 Posts
February 02 2013 03:14 GMT
#19
To good.

But who the fuck drinks fosters mate? Its shit. ^_^

Professional Cunt.
Salivanth
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia1071 Posts
February 02 2013 03:19 GMT
#20
When you play Australian Chess, you have no choice. If you'll re-read the blog post, you'll note that it's in the constitution. It doesn't say "coupla gulps of whatever beer ya like, mate." That's Australian Tennis. Whole different animal.
<@Wikt> so you are one of those nega-fans <@Wikt> that hates the company that makes a game and everything they stand for <@Wikt> but still plays the game <@Wikt> (like roughly 30% of blizzard's player base, maybe much more...)
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