WAR ROOM LOUNGE V22: Cult 45

[Trotsky]

The new movie was awesome and probably will rank highest on my list after second viewing

Oh god.

The new movie was terrible imo. It has the GOAT score by far and it had some great shots cinematographically (if that's a word), but the writing/plot and direction were really bad. It desperately needed another year in the incubator to refine the plot and was clearly hurried to meet the deadline.

 

[BAM]

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.

White. I feel it puts me in a good position to control the center

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Oh god.

The new movie was terrible imo. It has the GOAT score by far and it had some great shots cinematographically (if that's a word), but the writing/plot and direction were really bad. It desperately needed another year in the incubator to refine the plot and was clearly hurried to meet the deadline.

I don't have the energy to say anything but disagree. Myers was true to form and i could feel Laurie's pstd and mindset over the past 40 years. It wasn't a masterpiece but for a continuation with a 40 year gap from the first one, it was well done.

New Loomis and the podcast crew knocked it down a few pegs, but I still rank it high in the series.

 

[dontsnitch]

White. I feel it puts me in a good position to control the center

You ever play London? Been watching Eric Rosen on twitch, dude groks the London, quite cool if you like Queen's Pawn.

 

[Lead]

I didn't realize how common that was.

When this happened to my buddy at JJ class I couldn't stop laughing, because he usually had a great deadpan sense of humor. Like if you could imagine Norm MacDonald doing it, and how funny that would be.

Yea, I could see it being very bad if Norm did it. Would take awhile for someone to know something is wrong.

That guy got it from a soccer ball hitting his head too. Wasn't crazy hard either and it didn't even drop him.

 

[Limbo Pete]

Yea, I could see it being very bad if Norm did it. Would take awhile for someone to know something is wrong.

That guy got it from a soccer ball hitting his head too. Wasn't crazy hard either and it didn't even drop him.

I leaned too far back in a chair once and the legs collapsed, causing me to wang the back of my head on the wall.
I remember being dizzy, puking, and then nothing until waking up 2 days later. I was apparently awake and running around during this time and convinced my boss that I had a ride coming to pick me up. Checked my phone later and saw I had dialed a gibberish number, which i'm assuming I talked to as if there was someone on the line. After a second thought, she sent a co-worker to make sure I was alright and he apparently found me wandering through a parking lot talking to myself.

 

[Trotsky]

I leaned too far back in a chair once and the legs collapsed, causing me to wang the back of my head on the wall.
I remember being dizzy, puking, and then nothing until waking up 2 days later. I was apparently awake and running around during this time and convinced my boss that I had a ride coming to pick me up. Checked my phone later and saw I had dialed a gibberish number, which i'm assuming I talked to as if there was someone on the line. After a second thought, she sent a co-worker to make sure I was alright and he apparently found me wandering through a parking lot talking to myself.

I don't mean to be culturally insensitive, but had you dabbled in any....ceremonial cacti-based substances?

 

[Trotsky]

@JudoThrowFiasco I change my mind. I just got to the part with him eating the damn dog.

 

[Fawlty]

I saw Cliffhanger and recently for the first time in ages and couldn't stop shaking my head at how gassed that roided ogre would be after 3 minutes of actual climbing.

LOL. The difference when Ron Kauk and Wolfgang Gullich are climbing in the wide shots, vs. Stallone in the close-ups is absolutely hilarious. He sold that role so damn well though.

 

[Limbo Pete]

I don't mean to be culturally insensitive, but had you dabbled in any....ceremonial cacti-based substances?

No sir
The wall was one of those rough hewn block type situations, and I caught a lump of it right at the base of my skull.
My boss told me later that she called me the next day and asked how I was doing. She said I sounded alright, said I was ok and would be in for work that night.
Suffice to say, I did not show up lol.

 

[Trotsky]

No sir
The wall was one of those rough hewn block type situations, and I caught a lump of it right at the base of my skull.
My boss told me later that she called me the next day and asked how I was doing. She said I sounded alright, said I was ok and would be in for work that night.
Suffice to say, I did not show up lol.

You need a worker's comp lawyer? Your boss is responsible for injury sustained at work because their chairs were not suitable for your voluptuousness.

 

[Fawlty]

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

Much hespect for anyone who plays defenses that are susceptible to those h pawns storming your King, for real. I'm really bad at dealing with that.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Anyone play GO? Bit of a mind melt when you first try to wrap your mid around strategy

 

[Fawlty]

Anyone play GO? Bit of a mind melt when you first try to wrap your mid around strategy

I never have, but it looks like it's even more promising for future AI development than chess.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

I never have, but it looks like it's even more promising for future AI development than chess.

Yeah, if using AI ability to navigate complicated games is the benchmark to judging its advancement, than GO is about 300 times more complex than chess

 

[BAM]

You ever play London? Been watching Eric Rosen on twitch, dude groks the London, quite cool if you like Queen's Pawn.

Never done London. I was quite serious about chess in middle school, won tournaments. More a casual now.

 

[Lead]

I never have, but it looks like it's even more promising for future AI development than chess.

Yeah, if using AI ability to navigate complicated games is the benchmark to judging its advancement, than GO is about 300 times more complex than chess

Beating the best go player was a way bigger feat than chess. Not sure what they will move on to after but there is a crazy complexity to that game.

 

[dontsnitch]

Never done London. I was quite serious about chess in middle school, won tournaments. More a casual now.

I'm pretty casual, too, though I was a prodigy at a young age, it's the one thing I can boast about, I started at age 6.

These days, with the internet, it's kind of discouraging; To me it's like watching kids do 1080's on their skateboards into a styrofoam pit without any fear, meanwhile, dudes before their time broke their backs learning these tricks. Now, every opening is solved and you have super computers crushing other super computers. I'm on Twtich, there's random 12 year olds that absolutely crush me.

Draughts it the new game.

 

[Prokofievian]

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.

Everyone who knows what they're doing prefers to be white. Black wins during high level matches are considered ''turning points,'' because the player who just won gets to attack with white. It's sort of ''a match hasn't started until the white player loses.''

 

[Prokofievian]

You ever play London? Been watching Eric Rosen on twitch, dude groks the London, quite cool if you like Queen's Pawn.

I dabbled with the london after watching the ginger gm's videos about it. I would always get into really good positions but as an attacker, I'm more of a swashbuckler than a procedural kinda guy. I would always find a way to fuck it up. I had much better results with the Scotch, specifically with Ivanchuk's idea of castling queen side and launching an all out assault on the king side.