WAR ROOM LOUNGE V22: Cult 45

[Lead]

That was one of my greatest fears as an undergrad, that I accidentally plagiarized something somehow like citing it in my work but not properly crediting it by accident.

I've done it the opposite way before where a professor told me to use less references, especially when it was tying more than one to the same sentence or paragraph. I think it's a little messed up to be told to research less but I think I understand what they meant at the time.

 

[Islam Imamate]

In chess do you prefer to be black or white?

I like white because I play offensively. I like to get my knights out quick, and my rooks in positions to defend them.

black can be good too because of less pressure of having to move first and being defensive.

I remember one time I was in chess club in middle school because my brother was interested. There was one kid who was better than everyone else and I decided to go against him having little to no knowledge of chess tactics and strategy beyond merely know the rules governing each piece.

So my only strategy was to appeal to my OCD instinct and play symmetrically. If I moved one of my knights to a certain position, I would try to move the other knight similarly. I didn't stick to it 100% as I would exploit opportunities that would arise and so my board didn't really look symmetrical after enough turns but it was a good enough starting strategy to go tit for tat with the kid. We never finished that game because the duration of the club didn't allow for it but it seemed to give him enough problems that he respected my play style. I also think there was a bluff element to it; my turns were a lot faster than his because I was at times just mechanically moving my pieces symmetrically which might've made him think I had some hidden grand strategy.

 

[Sketch]

It's been

I remember one time I was in chess club in middle school because my brother was interested. There was one kid who was better than everyone else and I decided to go against him having little to no knowledge of chess tactics and strategy beyond merely know the rules governing each piece.

So my only strategy was to appeal to my OCD instinct and play symmetrically. If I moved one of my knights to a certain position, I would try to move the other knight similarly. I didn't stick to it 100% as I would exploit opportunities that would arise and so my board didn't really look symmetrical after enough turns but it was a good enough starting strategy to go tit for tat with the kid. We never finished that game because the duration of the club didn't allow for it but it seemed to give him enough problems that he respected my play style. I also think there was a bluff element to it; my turns were a lot faster than his because I was at times just mechanically moving my pieces symmetrically which might've made him think I had some hidden grand strategy.

That's how @Fawlty plays.

It's a common mistake, matching your pieces. You get faster turns and then you have time to call people on a karate forum like Sherdog to tell people they are terrible human beings.

 

[Lead]

I remember one time I was in chess club in middle school because my brother was interested. There was one kid who was better than everyone else and I decided to go against him having little to no knowledge of chess tactics and strategy beyond merely know the rules governing each piece.

So my only strategy was to appeal to my OCD instinct and play symmetrically. If I moved one of my knights to a certain position, I would try to move the other knight similarly. I didn't stick to it 100% as I would exploit opportunities that would arise and so my board didn't really look symmetrical after enough turns but it was a good enough starting strategy to go tit for tat with the kid. We never finished that game because the duration of the club didn't allow for it but it seemed to give him enough problems that he respected my play style. I also think there was a bluff element to it; my turns were a lot faster than his because I was at times just mechanically moving my pieces symmetrically which might've made him think I had some hidden grand strategy.

Can't recall if it was used in chess but I know the machine that beat top go players had a system in place that dealt with symmetry that vastly improved it before it won against the top ranked player. They were finding sometimes it would neglect a side of the board completely and not realize how bad it was making the outcome of winning. Not sure if that also held true with the chess computer.

 

[Sketch]

Can't recall if it was used in chess but I know the machine that beat top go players had a system in place that dealt with symmetry that vastly improved it before it won against the top ranked player. They were finding sometimes it would neglect a side of the board completely and not realize how bad it was making the outcome of winning. Not sure if that also held true with the chess computer.

Do you play Chess?

 

[Lead]

Do you play Chess?

Not for awhile. I use to when I was younger but I wasn't any good at it. Found it interesting though.

 

[Sketch]

Not for awhile. I use to when I was younger but I wasn't any good at it. Found it interesting though.

What side do you prefer, white or black? @Fawlty couldn't even answer this.

 

[Lead]

What side do you prefer, white or black? @Fawlty couldn't even answer this.

I would think going first would help, whether or not you are offensive or defensive like you mentioned above.

 

[senri]

I would think going first would help, whether or not you are offensive or defensive like you mentioned above.

 

[senri]

Not for awhile. I use to when I was younger but I wasn't any good at it. Found it interesting though.

I can mold you to be the best Mr. Lead.... Join The Nexus, and you will see possibilities you have never imagined possible...

 

[Sketch]

I would think going first would help, whether or not you are offensive or defensive like you mentioned above.

Statistically it wins more. In real life, against people, it really depends on their play style and start.

If you don't know like @Fawlty it's best if someone new to the game goes black. Trying to lead and open against someone if you don't know what you are doing can be very difficult.

Black get's to play defensively, and capitalize off whites mistakes. A lot of Grand Masters say that drawing as white is pitiful.

 

[Lead]

Statistically it wins more. In real life, against people, it really depends on their play style and start.

If you don't know like @Fawlty it's best if someone new to the game goes black. Trying to lead and open against someone if you don't know what you are doing can be very difficult.

Black get's to play defensively, and capitalize off whites mistakes. A lot of Grand Masters say that drawing as white is pitiful.

I could believe that. Sometimes it's far easier when being emerged to a new thing to react. Learning offense usually comes after knowing what the other guy is trying to do to you, usually because you learn the offense from them doing it. Very true in BJJ as well.

 

[ChillBroBaggins]

Accelerated dragon is bae.

 

[Fawlty]

Accelerated dragon is bae.

Maybe it's just me, but playing for a draw for the first 40 moves unless white walks into d5 doesn't really live up to such a badass name.

 

[senri]

Statistically it wins more. In real life, against people, it really depends on their play style and start.

If you don't know like @Fawlty it's best if someone new to the game goes black. Trying to lead and open against someone if you don't know what you are doing can be very difficult.

Black get's to play defensively, and capitalize off whites mistakes. A lot of Grand Masters say that drawing as white is pitiful.

Train him, it will stroke his wonderful dendrites. I want to see the germination of his cortex Mr. Sketch...

 

[ChillBroBaggins]

Maybe it's just me, but playing for a draw for the first 40 moves unless white walks into d5 doesn't really live up to such a badass name.

Probably not. Then again I don't play at a level to consistently draw, anyway.

 

[Trotsky]

You know one of my biggest pet peeves in television and film? How horribly unrealistic the color of blood always is. Even for serious films that are supposed to be realistic, when there's a really bloody scene the blood is always bright red and dries/stains bright red, instead of being crimson and drying as a burnt sienna color.

@Cubo de Sangre You like gory shit, right? You notice this?

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

You know one of my biggest pet peeves in television and film? How horribly unrealistic the color of blood always is. Even for serious films that are supposed to be realistic, when there's a really bloody scene the blood is always bright red and dries/stains bright red, instead of being crimson and drying as a burnt sienna color.

@Cubo de Sangre You like gory shit, right? You notice this?

It's all about style and contrast (with the background colors) within the context of the film. Most times you gotta let shit go in cinema. If I were gonna sweat that shit I'd go outta my mind with all the bogus firearms portrayals.

 

[Trotsky]

It's all about style and contrast (with the background colors) within the context of the film. Most times you gotta let shit go in cinema. If I were gonna sweat that shit I'd go outta my mind with all the bogus firearms portrayals.

Haha, I've actually thought about that. Pretty much the only thing I notice re guns is when a character fires like 30 rounds out of a pistol.

 

[Lead]

Haha, I've actually thought about that. Pretty much the only thing I notice re guns is when a character fires like 30 rounds out of a pistol.

I remember JRE making fun of how Hollywood always would portray being knocked out with a gun as just going to sleep for awhile when it usually means serious brain damage and a concussion.