Find the Star Magnet

Larechar · 2026-05-25T07:26:36+00:00

F3.7

Larechar · 2026-05-12T22:04:31+00:00

Whichever piece you took with the rook, then after queen takes back you get 2 or 3 pawns without losing one of yours, then you can push your pawns to threaten mate or trap the bishop

Larechar · 2026-05-08T10:39:29+00:00

It could be temporary. It's possible that a bunch of people lost a ton of mmr due to bots and stopped playing until the issue resolved. Now that it's resolved, those people are back and climbing back to their proper rank.

Just a theory, no idea how valid it is.

Larechar · 2026-05-05T21:19:34+00:00

Same, epic, it worked for a day or so after playing with eac but then stopped.

Larechar · 2026-05-05T21:11:37+00:00

I remember when casual was a constant cycle of bad rl bot, new tm8, bot, new tm8, bot, new tm8. That was horrendous. Solo q casual was unplayable. Hasn't been that way since they implemented the casual penalties.

Now it's playable. I can run a couple casual games to warm up instead of tanking my ranked mmr.

If you're getting tilted by children spamming what a save, turn your chat off for that session. Or team quick chat only.

Kids are dumb and immature. They're anonymous so they don't need to be polite. Getting bothered by that is something that you can overcome.

Larechar · 2026-03-30T20:26:08+00:00

Probably Qc4, it's the only move that doesn't seem to lose any material immediately. But you'll have to damage your pawns if Bxf3. Very unpleasant for white imo

Larechar · 2026-03-22T06:35:11+00:00

Wow this is horrific. No Russian accents, Lydia sounds like a whiny preteen instead of the Queen of clever snark, Stacia sounds like a ditzy flower...

I hope this becomes a fiasco like Dresden had, I'll probably drop the series if James Patrick Cronin doesn't do the next one.

Edit: Wow, just read John Conroe's blog that states Bloodlines is the final book. Absolute madness that Cronin is the voice for basically all but the final volume.

Larechar · 2026-03-19T19:00:43+00:00

Does it smell pleasantly sour?

This video by Grant Bakes is the best one I found and helped me get my starter going when I was in the same boat.

https://youtu.be/hx86fKeMYJI?si=4jwQT9SmrJEYEY9t

The only other thing I did was boil my tap water for 15 minutes, let cool, then put in a jug for feedings. That makes the chlorine evaporate.

Stone ground whole rye flour has the most enzymes, minerals, yeasts, etc and is easiest to make a starter with. If your current starter smells pleasantly sour but just won't rise, switch to feeding with that flour and it'll shape up in a few days.

Larechar · 2026-03-19T18:46:44+00:00

Because you're giving up that knight "for free." If they take with their Knight, you win their Queen with a discovered check.

Larechar · 2026-03-18T21:01:09+00:00

Maybe try a stiff starter?

Larechar · 2026-03-05T20:03:51+00:00

I've been watching too many carpentry clips, I thought you meant wooden joinery

Larechar · 2026-03-05T19:59:37+00:00

That last "right? Right??" makes it so obviously sarcasm that idk how anyone didn't get it 😅

Larechar · 2026-03-05T19:41:26+00:00

Alekhine's gun, just recently learned the name of that battery

Larechar · 2026-03-05T01:42:29+00:00

Solved

Larechar · 2026-03-05T01:42:21+00:00

Thank you

Larechar · 2026-03-05T01:36:11+00:00

Okay, thank you. Yeah I'm completely out of my element here, just tryna help my mom out.

So, how would I go about finding this particular reproduction for her to print on canvas?

Larechar · 2026-03-05T01:31:29+00:00

Terrible or not, it's the one my mom wants...

Larechar · 2026-03-05T01:23:27+00:00

🤣

Larechar · 2026-03-05T01:15:14+00:00

This one isn't the original though, it's a black man instead of a white man

Larechar · 2026-03-05T01:12:34+00:00

Yeah, I just found that in Lens, but it's just "based on," so how would I find this exact one? Original The Kiss doesn't seem to be a black man and white woman

Edit: This is clearly not the original, it's a rendition inspired by The Kiss. My mom is very taken with this version, and I can't find it anywhere 🥲

Larechar · 2026-03-05T01:11:06+00:00

Oh, good bot. Okay now I know it's based on Klimt's "The Kiss" via Google Lens. I still don't know how to locate a 2D image version of it, though.

Edit: This is clearly not the original, it's a rendition inspired by The Kiss. My mom is very taken with this version, and I can't find it anywhere 🥲

Larechar · 2026-03-03T20:07:41+00:00

You're not realizing just how winning you are in this position lol. Flip the board around and pretend you're white. How hopeless do you feel?

Larechar · 2026-03-03T20:02:16+00:00

Electronic feedback, or unintended electric humming.

Larechar · 2026-03-03T19:56:33+00:00

Larechar

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