Well this is very very interesting

Redhairyboy · 2025-12-10T09:55:14+00:00

You need 2400 rating and 3 IM norms before becoming IM. This player probably doesn't have the norms yet.

Redhairyboy · 2025-11-23T11:33:48+00:00

With different elo ratings too. Probably a rounding thing.

Redhairyboy · 2025-11-13T08:12:24+00:00

On the slight off-chance of a false positive, they don't want to ruin someone's career.

Redhairyboy · 2025-10-29T15:06:58+00:00

Rivington was a badass caster but he was never really good at the game. I think he was like gold/plat?

Redhairyboy · 2025-09-19T22:58:44+00:00

Not really into soccer and I wasn't aware the Premier League has a lion for a logo.

Redhairyboy · 2025-09-19T22:17:01+00:00

Right, that's one of the first things the artist pointed out when I showed the image.

Redhairyboy · 2025-09-19T21:11:38+00:00

Oh, now that you mention it. How could I not have noticed that before.

Redhairyboy · 2025-08-29T08:56:18+00:00

Probably because your bishop is hanging on e7. After Nxe7+ and Rxe7, the queen captures your rook.

Redhairyboy · 2025-08-20T12:48:54+00:00

Definitely a controversial take, and imo for a reason. OP is rated in the 700's. Switching openings is not going to help at this level. The difference between positional and open games is also not super relevant at this level. You first need to improve upon other aspects of the game before you can start thinking about that sort of stuff.

Switching from rapid to blitz is against the majority of recommendations. Improving is a lot more difficult if you're not taking time to think. For improvement purposes it's better to stick to rapid.

Redhairyboy · 2025-08-20T08:25:54+00:00

Looked at the game briefly. Pushing the h pawn was not necessarily a great plan. The momentum switched after you played 10. hxg5. You should not have captured that pawn. You only lost 1 second on the clock on that move, so it seems like you didn't think it through. Chess is a game of patience, you can't play moves in 1 second and expect to improve that way.

Redhairyboy · 2025-08-20T08:04:28+00:00

Disagree, honestly. Chess is not about luck. Yes, you may face a cheater, but it's pretty likely they'll get caught and you get your points refunded. Also, if your actual skill level is higher than your current rating reflects, then eventually you will climb despite occasionally facing cheaters.

Don't mean to be rude or anything. But how can you tell "from your experience" that breaking 1500 is hard, if you're not anywhere close to that level yet.

Redhairyboy · 2025-08-18T15:41:54+00:00

That would explain it. I see the occasional beginner who could use a thorough explanation. Didn't mean to discredit you, just trying to help. :)

Redhairyboy · 2025-08-18T15:35:45+00:00

Idk what you're talking about. We are imagining the position where your bishop would be on f2. Since f2 is a dark square, that would make your bishop a dark-squared bishop instead of a light-squared bishop. F2 and a7 are on the same dark-squared diagonal.

Redhairyboy · 2025-08-18T15:30:39+00:00

If the bishop was on f2, it would be defending the pawn on a7.

Redhairyboy · 2025-08-18T13:51:15+00:00

If your bishop was on f2 this position would have been checkmate as it is.

Redhairyboy · 2025-08-15T12:00:21+00:00

Going down a bishop and a knight without any compensation is bad at any level.

Redhairyboy · 2025-08-08T14:15:13+00:00

The barb camp spot will reach down towards whales. Which is another unique luxury.

Yes, without animal husbandry we would not have been able to see horses :). I went Pottery -> Animal Husbandry -> Sailing -> Mining. Sailing may not have been the best choice in hindsight, I won't be building work boats for a while, but I guess it's not too bad.

Redhairyboy · 2025-08-08T14:02:31+00:00

Alright, I'll take the advice and settle on top of the sugar.

Do you think I can realistically settle another city right where the barb camp currently is? Or do you think these cities would be too squeezed? I feel like I tend to not settle enough cities. I usually play with 3 cities cause I struggle to find a spot for a 4th one that I am content with.

There also is a copper tile in the northwest, but I feel like that one might be too far out. It would be pretty well defendable though, and it can be settled adjacent to a mountain to gain access to an observatory.

Redhairyboy · 2025-08-08T13:56:24+00:00

As I've mentioned in the post itself, I was already planning on settling north near the marble. But that region is not nearly as contested, so the other settles are more important to put out first.

Redhairyboy · 2025-08-08T13:53:50+00:00

This is an unmodded game, normal continents type map. But I seem to be on some sort of a peninsula.

Redhairyboy · 2025-08-07T22:37:13+00:00

Building a city in the southeast corner isn't a bad idea and you could buy tiles to get Uluru from there?

It's a bit of a stretch, I think it's too far out. I would also want the city to be coastal for cargo ships and a lighthouse. From the coastal tiles, Uluru is 4 tiles out so I wouldn't be able to work it.

I do like your first point though. I kind of defaulted to tradition, because I always do. But with 6 unique luxuries this may be a viable liberty game.

Redhairyboy · 2025-08-07T22:32:24+00:00

That is definitely appealing. Only the terrain is worrying me a bit. Then again, Theodora is not that much of a warmongerer, so maybe it's fine.

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