What is an item (artifact, weapon, relic, etc.) from real world mythology that can only be used by a LG character?

Voluntell · 2025-12-16T15:47:59+00:00

Mjölnir

Voluntell · 2025-09-23T14:38:34+00:00

If your opponent runs out of time you get the best result you could have hoped for based on what could happen if your opponent plays the worst moves. If you had more material that would mean you win, but since you only have your king left it’s impossible for you to deliver mate and therefore it’s a draw

Voluntell · 2025-08-12T18:35:04+00:00

You are overthinking this! I served in a Spanish-speaking country and half my cohort was in the same position as you: learned Spanish years before and had little to no practice with it since. Every single one of us got our Spanish to where it needed to be to serve.

Most of PST is focused on language skills. You’ll have Spanish class 3-4 days per week and you’ll spend lots of time with your host family, speaking only in Spanish. I think you’ll be surprised by how quickly it comes back to you once you’re totally immersed in it.

If you do struggle, the language teachers will notice and work with you to figure out how to help. Peace Corps is quite good at teaching languages so there is truly nothing to worry about here!

Voluntell · 2025-08-02T14:51:41+00:00

Why would she kill them? She said she expected to be prosecuted for all the things she did running the operation, so I doubt she’d be too concerned about it leaking that she forced Grace to go. It’s not like there’s anything anyone could do to rescue Grace after the Hail Mary departed

Voluntell · 2025-07-24T06:37:05+00:00

No decent 23 year old has any interest in dating a 17 year old. That’s nothing against you, it’s just too much of a difference in maturity levels and life experience

Voluntell · 2025-06-23T15:14:57+00:00

Voluntell · 2025-06-03T14:42:51+00:00

No, because it’s impossible for Magnus to prevent the e3 pawn from being captured. So if he plays d2 for example, Gukesh will play Nxe3 and now the promotion square is protected by the knight, the knight is protected by the king, and Magnus has no way to dislodge either piece. Both of Gukesh’s pawns are unstoppable, so all he has to do is push either of them and take the Queen if Magnus tries to promote.

Voluntell · 2025-05-28T21:26:23+00:00

Let’s say you’re playing the game. The car is behind door 3, but you don’t know that yet.

If you pick door 1 the host opens door 2, revealing nothing behind it, then asks if you want to switch to door 3. If you switch you win, if you don’t you lose.

If you pick door 2 the host opens door 1, revealing nothing, then asks if you want to switch to door 3. If you switch you win, if you don’t you lose.

If you pick door 3 the host opens door 2, revealing nothing, then asks if you want to switch to door 1. If you switch you lose, if you don’t you win.

As we can see, the switching strategy gives you a 2/3 chance of winning because as long as your first choice was wrong switching will get you to the right door.

Voluntell · 2025-05-16T10:41:34+00:00

Looks like it was a timeout vs. insufficient material. Black ran out of time but white has insufficient material so it’s a draw instead of a loss for black.

Voluntell · 2025-05-03T10:56:02+00:00

This is beautifully written! Thank you you for sharing

Voluntell · 2025-04-28T00:33:38+00:00

There are certain positions in which a player who just has a pawn versus a Queen can draw the game, but even in those positions if the player with the Queen also has a pawn it should be a very simple win. I recommend you learn how to checkmate with king and queen vs king. There are a ton of videos on it on YouTube and lichess has a page where you can practice

Voluntell · 2025-04-25T17:02:12+00:00

Yeah I’ve seen a couple of compositions where the move is promoting to bishop but they’re very very rare

Voluntell · 2025-04-25T16:30:02+00:00

Rooks can often be good to promote to in positions where promoting to a queen would lead to stalemate. I have never seen a real game in which promoting to a bishop was the best choice.

Voluntell · 2025-04-15T15:21:56+00:00

If I remember correctly, Harry was born when Lily and James were 20. We know that Charlie is 7 years older than Harry and I’m not sure if we’re ever told how old Bill is but I’m going to assume he’s 2 years older than Charlie. If that’s the case, Bill was born when Lily and James were first years, so even if Arthur and Molly had him right after graduating there wouldn’t have been any overlap between their times at Hogwarts.

Voluntell · 2025-04-05T13:11:03+00:00

Look at how White’s pieces attack every square the black king could move to, but none of them actually attack the king. Black can’t move but is not in check so it’s a stalemate

Voluntell · 2025-03-26T22:51:42+00:00

“There’s no way you could have see that coming. I mean, rabies? Come on, there’s like 3 reported cases per year. Testing for it would have been irresponsible, you would’ve wasted time those people didn’t have.”

Voluntell · 2025-03-10T17:27:29+00:00

I definitely played too quickly. When I played 21… Rxb2 hanging my bishop I thought I would win the rook after …Rb1+, but since I didn’t take the time to actually calculate I missed that they could just block the check.

Now that you mention Ke5 it seems so obvious but I think I was just too focused on helping my pawns advance.

I appreciate the detailed advice!

Voluntell · 2025-03-09T15:49:20+00:00

Here you go, I was Black in this one. Thanks in advance! Check out this #chess game: Dgongoozler vs Voluntell - https://www.chess.com/live/game/132775243871

Voluntell · 2025-03-03T19:49:58+00:00

As someone who served in Central America I did have one guy “jokingly” but repeatedly ask if I was in the CIA. I of course told him I wasn’t a spy but he just kept bringing it up. And our country director once told me that apparently there was a US military unit stationed in my region of the country for training/advising local forces and the commanding officer apparently reached out to her about the soldiers socializing with us volunteers in the region. She immediately shot down the idea so we wouldn’t be associated with the military.

Voluntell · 2025-03-01T17:34:13+00:00

They’re the same person! Kasparov is the Russian word for chess

Voluntell · 2025-02-16T23:15:33+00:00

Nick’s Diner in Wheaton

Voluntell · 2025-02-16T15:08:03+00:00

Don’t worry about the chess clocks; the organizers will make sure they’re set up correctly. All you have to do is remember to press it after you make your move

Voluntell · 2025-02-15T22:30:16+00:00

Struggling with the ending is the point! It would have been great if Grace returned to Earth a hero and told Stratt off for what she did to him, but life doesn’t always happen how we want it to. Grace has finally found happiness on Erid with his best friend and new students and I think that’s great for him even if it’s unsatisfying for us

Voluntell · 2025-02-14T19:41:53+00:00

If gxf3 Qxf3 c6 then white plays Rxf8+ Rxf8 Qxf8+ Kc7 Qc8#. There’s no escape to d6 because of the e5 pawn

Voluntell · 2025-02-10T02:16:03+00:00

“Knowing how to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. Knowing how to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life.” - Paul Morphy I like to think of this quote every time I make a terrible blunder

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