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Wow, I'm gone for a few days and the whole game goes to pieces. Technically, Team Occident forfeited on move 9, but it seems like the consensus was to give them a pass this time and keep playing, so I'll go update the OP now.
Thanks for taking the reins while I was gone, wingpawn!
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On September 08 2013 09:51 qrs wrote:
Wow, I'm gone for a few days and the whole game goes to pieces. Technically, Team Occident forfeited on move 9, but it seems like the consensus was to give them a pass this time and keep playing, so I'll go update the OP now.
Thanks for taking the reins while I was gone, wingpawn!
Ohohohohohohohohohohohohoho
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On September 08 2013 09:51 qrs wrote:
Wow, I'm gone for a few days and the whole game goes to pieces. Technically, Team Occident forfeited on move 9, but it seems like the consensus was to give them a pass this time and keep playing, so I'll go update the OP now.
Thanks for taking the reins while I was gone, wingpawn!
ik. How the heck did nh6 go through....
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Uh oh, 50 minutes to Occident's deadline and still there are no votes despite three people adding posts.
Is it your tactics, dark side of the Force?
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no offense but who in their right mind would even want to continue a correspondence game after knight to h6 lol...
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I've saved worse positions in my life. This one, if you look at it closer, it's actually not that bad.
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On September 07 2013 15:47 wingpawn wrote:
9...0-0 - Malinor
Malinor, it's like the third time you vote after the deadline. Are you sure you've joined the right team?
I see, I didn't read the rules carefully and expected it to be like the last chess match, where the board was updated accordingly as the game went along. Totally my fault, sorry.
In this case I am out. This way of playing is just not for me, I need an up-to-date OP and 12 hours is too short for me.
Have fun :-)
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What is going on?
So, qrs says he's gonna update the OP, but he doesn't, doesn't even leave a vote.
Everyone else seems to be upset with a position that is far from being lost.
Plus Occident people don't care enough to resign or offer a draw...
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On September 08 2013 15:42 wingpawn wrote:
What is going on?
So, qrs says he's gonna update the OP, but he doesn't, doesn't even leave a vote.
Everyone else seems to be upset with a position that is far from being lost.
Plus Occident people don't care enough to resign or offer a draw... Hmm, that's odd. I thought I did update the OP after writing that. I guess I must have hit "preview" and forgotten to hit "update". Sorry about that.
In the meantime...I thought about voting, but I hadn't had the time to look at the position enough to make an informed vote. Anyway, if I'd be the only one voting, it's not much of a team game.
Since Team Occident ended up forfeiting anyway, I guess we may as well make the forfeit official as of the first time it happened (move 9). I'll update the OP accordingly (probably tomorrow).
Sorry it ended up being such a short game: I thought it was a cool idea and an experiment worth trying. Obviously it didn't work out so well. Hopefully the next TL Chess Match will work out better, whenever/whatever it happens to be.
If you guys want, maybe we can shift everyone over to Team Orient and change the time limits and I'll play out the Black side of this myself (though you guys will probably crush me).
On September 08 2013 15:26 Malinor wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2013 15:47 wingpawn wrote:
9...0-0 - Malinor
Malinor, it's like the third time you vote after the deadline. Are you sure you've joined the right team? I see, I didn't read the rules carefully and expected it to be like the last chess match, where the board was updated accordingly as the game went along. Totally my fault, sorry. In this case I am out. This way of playing is just not for me, I need an up-to-date OP and 12 hours is too short for me. Have fun :-) Sorry. I kept the OP up-to-date as much as I could, but 12 hours is too short for me too, if I'm going to do that. There are some days I can't make it onto TL. That's why this game was supposed to be based on the thread, not the OP.
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Well, next match, at least one day per move, I guess.
Thing with the OP is that some people can't / don't want to figure out two, three moves that are not on the board. I think as a general rule, whoever hosts a match should update the board as soon as possible, every move. I don't mind following in my head, but that's obviously not the case for everyone.
Pity, I was having fun...
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On September 08 2013 16:11 qrs wrote:
If you guys want, maybe we can shift everyone over to Team Orient and change the time limits and I'll play out the Black side of this myself (though you guys will probably crush me).
Well, that suits me. Certainly don't want my 5 or 6 hours of extensive analysis to go to waste just like that.
Also, from this perspective, it's unfortunate coincidence that you didn't put the whole "game progress ain't determined by the OP" thing in TL:DR section. At least from Malinor's perspective...
Anyway, if we switch to 'qrs vs The World' format, I'm ready to send PMs to anyone who might be interested in playing on. The game still has plenty of potential, would be a shame to leave it like that.
Perhaps 24 hour interval now?
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On September 08 2013 16:15 Biff The Understudy wrote:
I think as a general rule, whoever hosts a match should update the board as soon as possible, every move. I don't mind following in my head, but that's obviously not the case for everyone.
I waited 8 months for someone to host this. I only did it myself because no one else stepped up. And I tried to make it clear that the game would be based on the thread, not the OP. If someone can't be bothered making a few moves on a board himself, I'm not sure why he'd be playing correspondence chess at all: glancing at a position and voting for the first move you think of isn't exactly a recipe for success.
Anyway, it was worth trying; too bad it didn't work out that well. Sorry I couldn't be a better OP for y'all!
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On September 08 2013 16:20 wingpawn wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2013 16:11 qrs wrote:
If you guys want, maybe we can shift everyone over to Team Orient and change the time limits and I'll play out the Black side of this myself (though you guys will probably crush me). Well, that suits me. Certainly don't want my 5 or 6 hours of extensive analysis to go to waste just like that. Also, from this perspective, it's unfortunate coincidence that you didn't put the whole "game progress ain't determined by the OP" thing in TL:DR section. At least from Malinor's perspective... Agreed. That's one thing I learned from this, anyway.
Anyway, if we switch to 'qrs vs The World' format, I'm ready to send PMs to anyone who might be interested in playing on. The game still has plenty of potential, would be a shame to leave it like that.
Perhaps 24 hour interval now? Sure, I'm willing, if people want. I think it would have to be 24 hours at a minimum; two days would be better for me. Also, I'd need the ability to take extensions, because there are sometimes days when I don't have access at all (like happened in the past few days). Maybe we could go back to the previous game's system: early moves are allowed (need a majority of active voters to move early) and unused time goes towards extensions.
Alternatively, you and I could just play this game out privately from this position.
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Okay, I propose the following:
1) I send mass PMs with info about what happened to all participants.
2) We wait 48 hours for them to confirm that they want to keep playing as Team Orient.
3) I PM you a list of confirmations and you put it into OP as the lineup of brand new Orient team. I also PM everyone who confirmed with the time of game's restart and new voting + deadline rules you estabilish (please, PM me back with those).
4) The game rolls on.
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On September 08 2013 16:26 qrs wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2013 16:15 Biff The Understudy wrote:
I think as a general rule, whoever hosts a match should update the board as soon as possible, every move. I don't mind following in my head, but that's obviously not the case for everyone. I waited 8 months for someone to host this. I only did it myself because no one else stepped up. And I tried to make it clear that the game would be based on the thread, not the OP. If someone can't be bothered making a few moves on a board himself, I'm not sure why he'd be playing correspondence chess at all: glancing at a position and voting for the first move you think of isn't exactly a recipe for success. Anyway, it was worth trying; too bad it didn't work out that well. Sorry I couldn't be a better OP for y'all!
Look, I'm really not criticizing you. Just trying to find out what went wrong and why people just don't play. There seems to be interest, because we had so many people registering in both teams, but most of those people seem not to care at all. I think in the future, updating the board very regularly will help the casual players 
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On September 08 2013 16:41 wingpawn wrote:
Okay, I propose the following:
1) I send mass PMs with info about what happened to all participants.
2) We wait 48 hours for them to confirm that they want to keep playing as Team Orient.
3) I PM you a list of confirmations and you put it into OP as the lineup of brand new Orient team. I also PM everyone who confirmed with the time of game's restart and new voting + deadline rules you estabilish (please, PM me back with those).
4) The game rolls on.
Fine for me.
You mean, team occident, right?
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On September 08 2013 18:46 Biff The Understudy wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2013 16:41 wingpawn wrote:
Okay, I propose the following:
1) I send mass PMs with info about what happened to all participants.
2) We wait 48 hours for them to confirm that they want to keep playing as Team Orient.
3) I PM you a list of confirmations and you put it into OP as the lineup of brand new Orient team. I also PM everyone who confirmed with the time of game's restart and new voting + deadline rules you estabilish (please, PM me back with those).
4) The game rolls on. Fine for me. You mean, team occident, right?
Nono, I mean transfer to Team Orient if they played for Occident or continue going as Orient under new rules.
qrs will take over the Occident side singlehandedly.
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I'd like to carry on playing, sometimes commitments means I can't look at the thread for a day or something though :/
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