Whoo! Hooray for funny classic animated game!TheRedMax said:BATTLE CHESS!
(Hey, how can I get this for my computer? Know any sites?)
Ugh, Chess.
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(Hey, how can I get this for my computer? Know any sites?)
OK, I'll bite.
(a bit before I start)
I haven't been playing chess competitively for a while, but when I was 12 I got into an East Australian Invitational tournament, and I grew up playing some of QLD's best young chess players, under one of Australia's greatest female chess players (and now I'm in game design, go figure...)
Anyone who would rather have 1 queen over 8 pawns hasn't grasped how useful those guys can be. Used well, they can form an impenetrable line of defense or a secure path for defense. As good as the other pieces are, it's these 16 little buggers that actually control the board. You can use them to decide what side of the board the gam is going to be played on; your side or your opponent's, or kings/queens (left/right). These guys form the 'terrain', if you will, while they can be picked off, their sheer number and their ability to form rock solid formations means they decide the 'where' of the game.
Not only that, but guaranteed 10/10 they'll net you more 'kills' than any other 'class', and the lead only gets bigger if you use the points system many people are now using.
The other 'classes' each work wonderfully together, and it's beautiful watching a unstoppable plan slowly unravel turn by turn as the pieces move cornering your opponent with the precision of a swiss watch.
Any claims of 'balance issues' are only there because the person who said it hasn't grasped the gameplay enough to realize the truth. As in, who you're up against has way more of an effect than what you're up against on the board.
But the biggest, most important aspect of Chess is the strategy. The possibilities, and the execution are areas humans can still compete with machines in; it's that wonderful. inb4 deep blue's revenge.
I'm yet to find a game that's as 'deep' as Chess. I doubt I ever will.
(a bit before I start)
I haven't been playing chess competitively for a while, but when I was 12 I got into an East Australian Invitational tournament, and I grew up playing some of QLD's best young chess players, under one of Australia's greatest female chess players (and now I'm in game design, go figure...)
Anyone who would rather have 1 queen over 8 pawns hasn't grasped how useful those guys can be. Used well, they can form an impenetrable line of defense or a secure path for defense. As good as the other pieces are, it's these 16 little buggers that actually control the board. You can use them to decide what side of the board the gam is going to be played on; your side or your opponent's, or kings/queens (left/right). These guys form the 'terrain', if you will, while they can be picked off, their sheer number and their ability to form rock solid formations means they decide the 'where' of the game.
Not only that, but guaranteed 10/10 they'll net you more 'kills' than any other 'class', and the lead only gets bigger if you use the points system many people are now using.
The other 'classes' each work wonderfully together, and it's beautiful watching a unstoppable plan slowly unravel turn by turn as the pieces move cornering your opponent with the precision of a swiss watch.
Any claims of 'balance issues' are only there because the person who said it hasn't grasped the gameplay enough to realize the truth. As in, who you're up against has way more of an effect than what you're up against on the board.
But the biggest, most important aspect of Chess is the strategy. The possibilities, and the execution are areas humans can still compete with machines in; it's that wonderful. inb4 deep blue's revenge.
I'm yet to find a game that's as 'deep' as Chess. I doubt I ever will.
Sure it is. I moved it.vivaldiscool said:
On topic: I see what you were doing with the satirical review. And while I love satirical reviews, I felt this one lacking just a bit. It was a bit short, and the writing was a bit too simplistic. Then again, you were probably just having fun and whipped it up really quick.
In any case, I saw what direction you were heading, you just didn't pull me along with you.
EDIT: Also, I love chess.
Chess is EXACTLY like war in the 1800's. Both sides of battle would line up in straight lines before the battle would begin, taking care to have exactly the same number of units. Then church officials woulds start running in diagonal lines, while knights ran in "L"'s, jumping over everyone and the queen herself would go berserk and start sprinting around stabbing the shit out of people. There would be sentient castles wandering around,and a bunch of lackadaisical peasants just shambling forward like zombies.
It was madness but it was how they lived.
It was madness but it was how they lived.
Greatest chess game ever made! certainly kicks Chessmaster's ass...TheRedMax said:BATTLE CHESS!
...I'm gonna go see if I can find it.
on a related note, ever notice how the white team always moves first?
And depending on who reads this,<spoiler=WARNING! *NSFW>www.lovechess.nlravensshade said:
is better
Chess isn't actually intended to simulate warefare, it's meant to be a game of geo-political warefare. The game is, metaphorically, not just armed conflict but political conflict, two noble houses using their influence and armies to duke it out for supremacy. The only unit that represents strictly military assets are the Rooks, which are fortifications.