quote: Originally posted by Julius Brenzaida on 11-17-2000 06:53 AM Kcbob and Carolus Rex, have also disputed games.

"Disputed?" Let me make the crystal clear. I was not confused by the board. I am concerned about the partisanship displayed by my opponent during the game. He seemed to want to "beat" me. I will be appealing this to the Circuit Court of Appeals in Pea Ridge Arkansas and expect a ruling sometime after the turn of the next millenium. In the meantime, for the good of Apolyton, I will abide by the will of the people and...

*hook comes in from offstage, wraps around kcbobs neck, and Yanks him away*

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Scouse Git[1]

quote: Originally posted by Scouse Gits on 11-17-2000 10:16 AM I play - and some thirty odd years ago did so competitively - then I discovered Bridge - now if we can find a four ...

Incredible! Did someone say bridge???

Bridge is my main game (and has been for 35 years). In an otherwise undistinguished display on Wednesday I did manage a double squeeze (my third, so an average on that one of not quite once a decade ).

Nice when it happens though.

Never managed a criss cross. (Got close twice but the cards didn't lie for it).

Was subjected to a progressive squeeze once - and in a 6 NT contract at that.

Anyway. Yes I play. Less now than I used to but I am teaching my sons. Everyone should play this game. It is a great brain exercise. I love it when, after playing several games, I start to dream moves.

I have never played in a league.

quote: Originally posted by Mercantile on 11-17-2000 01:34 PM i play chess, never in a league, and not very often anymore, but i do play. I am about as good at chess as i am at civ MP Still, against a newbie i can crush them, vets, well they take me out like calvalry on phalanx's. One thing i do not know how to do is follow the moves in the forum of the games that are being played online. Its all gibberish to me

Hey, Merc, wanna play for a housepayment???

Seriously though, i know the all the moves but i could never play with out the board in front of me. Those codes lose me

8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Xa-b-c-d-e-f-g-h

P=pawn
R=rook
N=Knight
B=Bishop
Q=Queen
K=King
O-O=castles kingside
O-O-O=castles queenside
X=a capture

I guess my basic rule is that if it is not random (like say, Chutes and Ladders), I will (and probably have) played it.

I think there should be a master rating system that takes into account most games, so we could see where we stand in all games. Or a club where we all participate in a different game each week...

Other than Civ, favorites in a sort of general order: Hearts, Chess, Risk, any Avalon Hill game, Backgammon, Feudal, Phalanx, Monopoly, Life, Stratego, Cinch (aka Set Back),Bridge, Spades, Cribbage, Awari, etc.

quote: Originally posted by cavebear on 11-17-2000 11:54 PM I guess my basic rule is that if it is not random (like say, Chutes and Ladders), I will (and probably have) played it.

Let's see, my list would include: Break the Ice, Candy Land, Hi Ho Cherry-O, Monopoly for kids, Chinese Checkers, LEGO Creator and when in a particuly adventurous mood Dark Tower and Mastermind! I sometimes try for grownup games by am short of opponents (or is it that my opponents are too short...)! On Mondays I get creative and "invent" games for Cub Scouts. My greatest was using old tires and plastic gallon milk jugs for bowling!

I tried to interest my oldest in chess, but he may have been too young at the time. He's almost 11 now, so I should try again.

Board games. Games that use dice. Games that use cards. Games played with a ball.

I guess that's it.

*slaps forehead*

Oh, yeah, and games that use a computer. Duh!!

And I play Magic the Gathering. Much more fun than Bridge, even though I've played that game with the best as well!

1: The rules would change with every expansion pack.
2: It was way too addicting. I'd find myself being drawn into game stores to buy packs of cards that would never be played because...
3: It was difficult to find relatively 'normal' adults to play with.

One day I'll dig out those cards and teach my boys to play. Then I'll show them the mighty wizard that I know myself to be. Ha HA HA ha.

If you look at the script from Carolus' and KcBob's first game you'll see that I also play. As an old dinasaur I find it very hard to "see" the board using this new notation system. I expect that soon I will have to get in line to take my turn at Smash, new notation or not.

quote: Originally posted by Ken Hinds on 11-26-2000 09:59 AM Julius, If you look at the script from Carolus' and KcBob's first game you'll see that I also play. As an old dinasaur I find it very hard to "see" the board using this new notation system. I expect that soon I will have to get in line to take my turn at Smash, new notation or not. Ken

Damn, so you wish Smash to beat me ? Or do you think his position to be so superior ?
The game is not finished yet !
As for you being the new challenger, it is now in the record. To make it offical you should post it in the other games forum.

I guess that I really stepped into that one. I was reponding more to the general tone of the message rather than attempting to comment on the way the game was being played. I have been away from the board for away and have not been keeping up with the series or much of anything else here at Apolyton.

KcBob,

Sandbaggers, really? You wouldn't be talking about those of us who have established 60 pin handicaps and then bowl 220 games just because we're playing one of the top 3 teams in the league would you? You don't understand how hard it is to play just good enough to win and not much more. 1 - nil is always a more exciting game then a 7 - nil blow out. Remember you should always allow your opponent hope, and then you snatch it away just as the clock runs out.