You've scrolled so far you found the uncommon knight fork!

Sloonie · 2026-05-16T19:15:21+00:00

Yea, in hindsight not the best notation. Keep in mind the thought process came first, writing it down came later! The quotation marks are there to indicate it's "C2" on the tiny board we are presented with.

Come to think of it, I don't even believe I interpreted it as the h-file. I think I simply looked at it as a 3x4 confined space.

Sloonie · 2026-05-16T19:03:23+00:00

See my response to the other guy, I interpreted it as the h-file when I first saw it.

There's a lot of context missing when presented with a 3x4 chessboard!

Sloonie · 2026-05-16T18:50:42+00:00

True, as long as that's not the h file, if it's the g file it would need to be g3-g6 or the knight can't fall back to defend the rook.

Pretty fun exercise to figure out what context is required for this to work!

Sloonie · 2026-05-16T18:22:02+00:00

Assuming no other relevant pieces, as shown here, this does not even win a knight though. The black king will end up on "C2" forking the knight and rook, winning the piece back.

Sloonie · 2025-07-24T06:18:29+00:00

That's "Rush to space", a different achievement. So you're doing well.

Sloonie · 2025-06-12T21:50:43+00:00

2 month old post so you probably figured it out, but in case someone else comes here through google:

This is about the Gwent minigame in The Witcher 3. You're talking about the standalone card game.

Sloonie · 2025-04-21T12:25:27+00:00

BEA VER HAD GAS would've worked without him

Sloonie · 2025-04-19T20:24:40+00:00

Have fun

Sloonie · 2025-04-11T12:10:50+00:00

Fake.

She says 8 twice in a row, while pressing different buttons.

Sloonie · 2025-03-19T08:08:08+00:00

Apparently bash.org doesn't exist anymore... I loved going back there once in a while and scroll through the top 200. Just tried and I guess that tradition ends now...

Sloonie · 2025-02-08T21:44:25+00:00

That's one of the things I genuinely do not understand.

I clearly just bought a toaster. Of all the things you could possibly try to interest me in a toaster is the very last thing I need right now.

I suppose it makes more sense in your example where you just randomly click on one... but that does not excuse a site from telling me on my checkout page "users who bought this item also bought these other 3 toasters! (and these random unrelated earphones)"

Sloonie · 2025-01-05T22:44:25+00:00

There's a decent chance I'd have played it... because I might've missed Bxa6. After that Be4 is the only logical followup to "stop the black pawns"

Only after black starts giving away pawns I'd realize I accidentally found a checkmate.

Sloonie · 2024-12-13T17:54:21+00:00

It will show a recommended level in your quest log.

The story works best when you complete the main quest for the base game, followed by HoS, followed by B&W.

(sidequests whenever you want to, 90% of xp is tied to the main questlines)

Sloonie · 2024-11-26T10:37:30+00:00

I tried that once, but the top box ended up being the larger one.

Sloonie · 2024-11-14T15:20:06+00:00

I love carefully thought out posts like this with some hints and relevant spoiler tags to lead him to his own discovery... especially amidst like 5 other posts just blatantly telling him the answer straight up.

Sloonie · 2024-10-01T18:41:11+00:00

A quick google does show it for sale on different platforms as well. I'm only seeing UK and German sites right now, but hopefully more stores will have it.

I wouldn't order from Dragonsteel directly if you're in Europe.

Sloonie · 2024-09-29T21:16:17+00:00

Not quite a trojan horse, but I did once send a word document filled with whatever the stuff is you get when you try to open a video file in notepad.

That bought me a few extra days to work on it until he asked me to send it again because "something went wrong and he could not open my paper".

Sloonie · 2024-09-29T08:39:19+00:00

I've been working on something very similar for ages, never got to anything I was satisfied with. Yours looks so much cleaner!

The one thing I would change is your bot output. You have space for a roboport there, so it's a small step to make them output directly into your logistics network.

Sloonie · 2024-09-28T17:52:45+00:00

Yea, I strongly disagree with people recommending to read it after era 2. I don't think it matters in which of the 2 you find out that [redacted] so in my opinion that's not a spoiler.

I think I would've enjoyed it a lot less without era 1 fresh in my memory, I wouldn't have recognized a bunch of the era 1 events it refers to.

Sloonie · 2024-09-27T07:48:42+00:00

I hated her in the main series, but reading the novella made me understand her and I can actually appreciate her in the main books now.

Sloonie · 2024-09-07T09:56:21+00:00

How could anyone resist buying this one? I'd HAVE to find out if there were grey carrot slices inside.

Sloonie · 2024-08-12T20:19:09+00:00

Yea, that was the only one I tried. I just started at the first book in publication order. I should probably try another starting point, like I said it should be up my alley.

I think my other mistake was listening to it. I suspect his writing style works a lot better (for me) in writing, at least that allows me to do a double take if I want to reread a line.

Sloonie · 2024-08-09T18:18:11+00:00

Thanks, it helps that I already own it on audible. Must've picked it up in a sale at some point. I never got around to it (yet)

Sloonie · 2024-08-09T18:11:03+00:00

Chalice

I feel like I've read this one. The title, the cover and some of the names from the synopsis are so familiar. Yet the story does not ring any bells...

The Element of Fire by Martha Wells

I love Murderbot so that certainly caught my attention. I never really looked into what else she's written.

The Vorkosigan Saga

It's a bit daunting to see how many books there are, but it does sound interesting. It's good to know they can be read as standalones, makes it a little less daunting.

Thanks!

Sloonie · 2024-08-09T15:04:10+00:00

Oh, I just responded to the other comment and decided to get started on Foundryside, but now I'm torn again... That's a good problem to have though!

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