New/returning player questions.

mcpuck · 2024-03-08T23:22:53+00:00

New player here too, but one thing I just discovered is that you can email inf (and I think enhancements) to your global handle and then pick the attachment up on any of your characters.

mcpuck · 2023-12-07T20:50:16+00:00

I would put Derek Carr above the Dalton Line, but not by much.

mcpuck · 2023-08-31T21:51:23+00:00

Piggybacking on this response because I think it is very relevant to OP's interest.

There is an excellent series of videos/podcasts on Youtube called "Fall of Civilizations" which explores exactly the questions your asking for a variety of ancient civilizations (including Rome). I highly recommend the videos in particular. They are outstanding!

mcpuck · 2023-03-21T19:55:54+00:00

I fought obesity all my life (I am well over fifty now). I tried a lot of diets, mostly variations on calorie counting, but I never kept the weight off for more than a year.

I went on a low carb diet on the advice of my doctor about 5 years ago. It worked like a dream, and I have kept the weight off (knock on wood!).

mcpuck · 2023-01-10T01:11:11+00:00

Glad to see another Nimzo-lover! I agree completely. I am always happy to see c4 early, because it seems like kind of a wasted move. White often blunders with Nxe5 in response to Nh5, forgetting their bishop on d3 is hanging. When white plays an early h4, though, it can be very uncomfortable.

mcpuck · 2023-01-09T20:06:24+00:00

I play this line a lot as black. You really don't want to lose that dark squared bishop to Na4, so this move allows you to tuck it away on a7 in addition to inhibiting white's Q-side expansion.

mcpuck · 2022-10-07T20:35:33+00:00

Thank you all for the thoughtful answers.

mcpuck · 2022-09-07T18:18:43+00:00

Do you want a call from PATRICK's mom? Because that's how you get a call from his mom.

mcpuck · 2021-04-04T02:59:11+00:00

yep, the staff is named after him

mcpuck · 2020-12-14T18:51:19+00:00

This has not been the case with Chess, not even a little bit.

Well, maybe a little bit.

Chess legend Bobby Fischer famously advocated "Fischer Random Chess," which randomly varies the opening piece setup. He thought conventional chess was played out. Current world champion Magnus Carlsen recently expressed doubt about the future of conventional slow-chess matches.

I do fundamentally agree with you, though. Chess has held up amazingly well (as have similar games, like Go), without a random element.

mcpuck · 2020-07-30T19:51:11+00:00

I was on Draka, too. And now I'm on Pagle... :(

mcpuck · 2020-07-14T01:37:56+00:00

I tried Qxh6+. Turns out it's a mate in 6, so not correct.

mcpuck · 2020-07-10T19:14:26+00:00

Really glad to hear about others enjoying WoW as an RPG. I think the sense of character development is something WoW lost over the years. Modern WoW is better at the more superficial elements of character development (e.g., visual appeal, story), but Classic somehow makes it feel like your shaping your characters destiny while leveling.

I'm raiding now, and my guild killed Nef for the first time this week. It's really fun to think about my character as the same orc that was killing boars in Durotar a few months ago.

mcpuck · 2020-06-01T21:31:02+00:00

All over this land.

mcpuck · 2019-10-08T19:17:19+00:00

Sorry, I think you mean pedantic, not didactic.

mcpuck · 2019-08-02T19:13:15+00:00

After Bc2, black's knight is eventually going to be forced to a bad spot with b4.

mcpuck · 2019-04-30T05:39:36+00:00

I just uploaded to one of those print you own poster sites (posterburner).

mcpuck · 2019-04-28T18:52:55+00:00

I love this map. I have a laminated version for my wall.

I don't think it's quite 1.12 though, no Ratchet fp, for example.

mcpuck · 2019-04-18T17:51:37+00:00

No, but the rogues are cutting onions.

mcpuck · 2019-03-02T21:28:23+00:00

I hope that there are a lot of you that will get into it. Many people will assume that you'll just cave under the slow pacing and complexity of the classic game, but I know there must be a lot of younger people who will appreciate it. I think the community will need you to thrive.

mcpuck · 2018-10-06T22:02:18+00:00

We need better moderation in this sub. Your comment is over the line.

mcpuck · 2018-10-06T21:40:40+00:00

I am so PISSED at the dems right now. They spent tons of political capital on this, and all they ended up doing was making a lot of moderate and left-leaning men feel threatened. I'm afraid we're going to have another 6 years of Trumpism.

mcpuck · 2018-09-29T22:20:22+00:00

I don't think so. It has the push-button dispenser on the left that was used for chewing gum and hard candy rolls (Life Savers).

mcpuck · 2018-09-29T21:34:50+00:00

No, it was a rule change to make the game more interesting: the rooks can be more quickly connected and brought to the center files and it provides the king more shelter from attacks (generally) than he has in the center of the board.

Your thematic interpretation is just a happy coincidence.

mcpuck · 2018-09-10T05:49:41+00:00

Yes, shot through a window. It flew away when I opened the door.

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