Me and Crono are having a game of chess at the moment (he is thinking...) and I came up with a great idea. A snarkpit chess tournament. We would play chess through yahoo games (its free, just make an account). Anyone is free to enter the tournament. Once we have a list of who is in, I'm going to construct a round robbin map (everybody vs's somebody, the person who loses gets eliminated, keeps going until there are two people left, the winner from the game wins the tournament.)

So, who is in?

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Aaron's Stuff

I'd play but i'm rubbish at Chess. Feel free to organise a game for people who like it though, aaron.

C'mon gwil, join in :smile:

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Aaron's Stuff

i'd love to, but i never played chess before...

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Couldn't we play Ultimate Mortal Kombat on the DS instead?

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

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Aaron's Stuff

i stopped enjoying chess when it got to the point that i had to start memorizing set pieces instead of just reading the game as it went.

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i eat paint

After three embarrassing, shameful games, we now have participating:

aaron_da_killa
fishy

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Aaron's Stuff

How about we get a single game going on in this thread. Anyone can make the next move for any team by posting. In the event of simultaneous posts, only the first one counts. Game commentary is also ok in intermediary posts.

I'll make the first move:
<div class="code">Code:<pre>
8|bR|bN|bB|bQ|bK|bB|bN|bR|
7|bP|bP|bP|bP|bP|bP|bP|bP|
6| | | | | | | | |
5| | | | | | | | |
4| | | | | | | | |
3| | | | |wP| | | |
2|wP|wP|wP|wP| |wP|wP|wP|
1|wR|wN|wB|wQ|wK|wB|wN|wR|
0|a |b |c |d |e |f |g |h |
[/pre]

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http://maze5.net

So you're in mazemaster?

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Aaron's Stuff

haha, i just pwned aaron at a game of pool. my fav quote was this: "what? how?" "that is such @@@@!" haha. we were both suprised that i won.

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Give him a break he just learned what pool was yesterday.

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Crono</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Give him a break he just learned what pool was yesterday.</DIV></DIV>

yes, sure, but i was the one getting pwned. then, at the end, i won for some odd reason. heh, poor aaron, first he was pwning me to death, then BLAM! i win. that was really odd, he had way more points then me. mabye it was something he did :\ we were both shocked.

EDIT: hmm, now what did he do again? ah, yes, at the last turn there was a arrow pointing at one of the holes, and he just took a normal shot like he allways did. i'm no expert at pool, but i think he was sopposed to shoot one of the balls into that hole.

EDIT2:

<DIV class=code>Code:<PRE>8|bR|bN|bB|bQ|bK|bB|bN|bR|

7| |bP|bP|bP|bP|bP|bP|bP|

6|bP| | | | | | | |

5| | | | | | | | |

4| | | | | | | | |

3| | | | |wP| | | |

2|wP|wP|wP|wP| |wP|wP|wP|

1|wR|wN|wB|wQ|wK|wB|wN|wR|

0|a |b |c |d |e |f |g |h |
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EDIT3:drat. i'd join your little community (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/goldsource_modders) if i remembered my steam username :\ oh well.</A>

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@aaron - yea i'd be down for a few games.

<div class="code">Code:<pre>
8|bR|bN|bB|bQ|bK|bB|bN|bR|
7| |bP|bP|bP|bP|bP|bP|bP|
6|bP| | | | | | | |
5| | | | | | | | |
4| | | | | | | | |
3| | |wN| |wP| | | |
2|wP|wP|wP|wP| |wP|wP|wP|
1|wR| |wB|wQ|wK|wB|wN|wR|
0|a |b |c |d |e |f |g |h |
[/pre]

<DIV class=code>Code:<PRE>
8|bR|bN|bB|bQ|bK|bB|bN|bR|

7| |bP| |bP|bP|bP|bP|bP|

6|bP| |bP| | | | | |

5| | | | | | | | |

4| | | | | | | | |

3| | |wN| |wP| | | |

2|wP|wP|wP|wP| |wP|wP|wP|

1|wR| |wB|wQ|wK|wB|wN|wR|

0|a |b |c |d |e |f |g |h |
[/pre]EDIT: gah, just started to learn how to play chess. no way i could learn that :x can we play checkers instead?

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Sweet :smile:

We now have:

aaron_da_killa
fishy
mazemaster

C'mon guys, who else is in, its gonna be great fun.

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Aaron's Stuff

<div class="code">Code:<pre>
8|bR|bN|bB|bQ|bK|bB|bN|bR|
7| |bP| |bP|bP|bP|bP|bP|
6|bP| |bP| | | | | |
5| | | | | | | | |
4| | | | | | | | |
3| | |wN| |wP|wN| | |
2|wP|wP|wP|wP| |wP|wP|wP|
1|wR| |wB|wQ|wK|wB| |wR|
0|a |b |c |d |e |f |g |h |
[/pre]

After a while how are you going to be able to tell witch side moved last. if anyone can play that is.

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Reality has become a commodity.

State your move when you post it.

Black knight to F6.
<div class="code">Code:<pre>8|bR|bN|bB|bQ|bK|bB| |bR|
7| |bP| |bP|bP|bP|bP|bP|
6|bP| |bP| | |bN| | |
5| | | | | | | | |
4| | | | | | | | |
3| | |wN| |wP|wN| | |
2|wP|wP|wP|wP| |wP|wP|wP|
1|wR| |wB|wQ|wK|wB| |wR|
0|a |b |c |d |e |f |g |h |
[/pre]

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Maybe it would be easier if you just used images of the same chess board with your respective moves (512x512 and compressed)?

Why bother with a board at all?

The game til now:
1. e3 a6?
2. Nc3 c6
3. Nf3 Nf6

and now I'll move:
4. Bc4

What if someone actually made a HL/HL2 level that's a giant chess board func_pushable pieces? lol

Super Llama said:
What if someone actually made a HL/HL2 level that's a giant chess board func_pushable pieces? lol

hmm, thats not a bad idea. okay, i'll attempt to make a map were you can push around huge chess pieces XD

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<div><div>[quote=thehalflifeman33]

[/quote=Super Llama]What if someone actually made a HL/HL2 level that's a giant chess board func_pushable pieces? lol[/quote]

hmm, thats not a bad idea. okay, i'll attempt to make a map were you can push around huge chess pieces XD
</div></div>

Sorry, you can't, you have to work on your hl2 to hl1 mod :razz: . Or have you given up

There are a few folks who have posted in this thread that seem to know how to play chess, do I need to name names? Are you guys in?

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Aaron's Stuff

Black pawn to D5

<div class="code">Code:<pre>
8|bR|bN|bB|bQ|bK|bB| |bR|
7| |bP| | |bP|bP|bP|bP|
6|bP| |bP| | |bN| | |
5| | | |bP| | | | |
4| | |wB| | | | | |
3| | |wN| |wP|wN| | |
2|wP|wP|wP|wP| |wP|wP|wP|
1|wR| |wB|wQ|wK| | |wR|
0|a |b |c |d |e |f |g |h |
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aaron_da_killa said:
<DIV>Or have you given up

</DIV> <DIV>no, the mods just dead.</DIV>

Aaron: I'm in If ur still holding the tourney!

What if someone actually made a HL/HL2 level that's a giant chess board func_pushable pieces?

It's been done, but by all means make your own as well! = )

Check out the knife chess maps here (the pieces are pushables afaik):
Chess Maps

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Cool, thanks Captain Terror from twhl :wink:

We now have:

aaron_da_killa
fishy
mazemaster
Captain Terror

We now have enough folks to run the competition. If anyone else would like to join, now would be a great time.

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Aaron's Stuff

white bishop (c4) to b3

.... I refuse to mess with that board with these forums

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Signature? What signature!?

Ok, I would like to start this competition soon, I'm going to set a deadline of Wednesday 5 march, now is the time to join in.

We have so far:

aaron_da_killa
fishy
mazemaster
Captain Terror

Just remember, the competition is for anybody of all skill levels. If don't win, you will not loose any "reputation" or be humiliated, its purely for fun. So if you know how to play chess, why not join :smile: .

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Aaron's Stuff

Ok, today is the 5th of March so the competition will start now. I have pulled the names out of a hat to decide who will play who on the first round and here is the result:



If any of the players have a problem with this, please let me know.

I will be getting into contact with the other 3 players to make sure they know whats going on and help them organize a game.

To play chess on yahoo games, you need go here. You need a yahoo account to play chess, if you don't have one, just create one here Players need to be in the same room to play with each other, and during the game, players have the ability to chat with each other. You can also watch a chess game so if you're interested in watching a match, contact me or one of the folks playing in that match to get details about when the match will be playin and what room and so on.

So good luck players and let the competition commence. Game on :smile: !!

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Aaron's Stuff

Yo, what room? BTW, I go by mazemaster0 there, or rather I just created the account...

Don't know yet buddy, let me just finish off a few things and I'll get into contact with you. Use this spare time to have a game or two to get familiar with how it works. Its pretty simple, you'll get it on your first go.

But its really up to the two players to decide what room, sometimes the rooms are full and stuff.

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Aaron's Stuff

kk i'm ready. my username on Yahoo is captain0terror

fishy: jump on yahoo if you see this. I don't use any messaging thingies, so maybe if you're on during a certain time everyday, lemme know and I'll meet u online; i'm on at all different times... = )

i usually play with a 5-minute limit, but I'm game for whatever u want.

i'm in the sea horse grotto atm. i'll hang around there for a while.
slimetoad2000 is my username.

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i eat paint

sweet coming now

edit i saw you on there fishy but you must've left... I played some other guy and hey timer hacked me... I don't ever remember that happening on the old yahoo chess: is it a new thing? (the guys timer runs out, or stops at 0:01, and he keeps playing indefinitely)

I tried to learn chess quite a while back -- it stuck with me for a little while, but I've completely forgotten how to play it since then.

I don't get too much deeper than checkers

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Breaking the laws of mapping since 2003 and doing a damn fine job at it

sorry captain, I started browsing, and forgot all about the game. :/
i'l be back on later, probably after 11.00pm gmt, however that translates to your local time. I'll try to catch you if you're on around then.

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i eat paint

I'm working on a chess map now :smile:

Knights are impossible to make though... and I thought bishops were hard lol

Nice to see you two guys are working it out :smile: . If I can be of any assistance, please don't hesitate to let me know.

Here is a map of the worlds timezones. I live on the east coast of Australia so my time zone is +10. If you don't have access to any instant messaging program, than maybe state your timezone and what time you will/usually be on so you're opponent can translate to his timezone and work it all out.

Basically when you're translating a time zone, if you're moving forward (eg: +6 to +10, -8 to -2 or +11 +12 to -2 -3) time is moving forward. If you're going backwards (eg: +10 to +2, -3 to -11 or -10 -11 to +5 +4) than time goes backwards. Here is an example. Its 10am in Sydney Australia and I want to find out what time it is in Los Angeles, America. I would count backwards from +10, +9, +8.... or forwards from +10, +11, +12, -12... and would keep going. And Find out that it is 4pm In LA when its 10am in Sydney. Also be wary of timezones with daylight savings. I am experiencing daylight savings at the moment, so my time is 1 hour more than usual. Eg: Normal time = 10am, daylight savings=11am. :smile: .

Anyways. Mazemaster, My time zone is +10 and I should always be on between 2pm and 3pm Monday-Friday. If this time zone suits you, then just name one of these days and I'll make sure I'll be on. I'm on other days/times as well but it varies depending on how much school work or if something is on that day.

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Aaron's Stuff

I'm working on a chess map now :smile:
Knights are impossible to make though... and I thought bishops were hard lol

lol, nice idea for a gimmick map. Actually, in HL2DM you just had to build the chess pieces and move them via gravity gun.

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Why snark works.

I'm at the seahorse grotto right now fishy if yer listening = )

I'll be on for about an hour, and then back on tonight, possibly as early as 8pm eastern time (gmt -4 think).

Have any of you other yahoo chessies got the timer hack or others done to you? like i said, i never encountered those type of things on the old yahoo chess...

I guess you could avoid it or avoid caring about it by sticking to unrated games, but still...

/rant

Just an update:

The competition is still on. I haven't gotten a reply from mazemaster yet. And I am having difficulty getting into contact with Captain Terror. He hasn't been online on snarkpit since his lost post in this thread. I will need to contact him through twhl I think.

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Aaron's Stuff

I'm sorry!

I've been tied up with work and compo 25, and other things and I forgot about this!

I'll check in here when i'm available and hang in seahorse grotto (creating a table now if someone wants to play)

name is "captain0terror" in yahoo

Captain Terror said:
I'm sorry!

I've been tied up with work and compo 25, and other things and I forgot about this!

I'll check in here when i'm available and hang in seahorse grotto (creating a table now if someone wants to play)

name is "captain0terror" in yahoo

There you are! Well, I am still waiting to hear back from mazemaster so it looks like you and fishy will have your game done first.

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Aaron's Stuff

creating a table now, seahorse grotto if anybody's lurking.

fishy: come to seahorse grotto if ur still here! = >

Captain Terror, download Chatzilla if you have firefox, or download mIRC. Once you do that, scroll down to the bottom of any page on snarkpit and click "IRC". This is like the snarkpit chat room. I'll be there every time I am online from now on, if I see you AND fishy is on steam, I'll let you to know. Alternatively, you could just download steam (small download) and join the snarkpit steam community group where you can chat directly to fishy. I suggest you download steam but heck, why not get both.

Now, does anybody know how I can contact mazemaster?

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Aaron's Stuff

http://1073741824.org/contact.html ?

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

Ok cool, thanks Crono :biggrin:

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Aaron's Stuff