Monday, June 4, 2007: Chess

[NHJ BV]

It gains webslingers, magnetic powers, leukemia, and the ability to manipulate probability.

I was thinking it might acquire wings. It'll become Pegasus

[Fritz]

Fritz (fekeal) and I are the best chess players on Define Cynical. :3

Bold statement.

This strip reminds me of when my dad and I play chess

[Tum0spoo]

Fritz (fekeal) and I are the best chess players on Define Cynical. :3

Bold statement.

This strip reminds me of when my dad and I play chess

You're still WAY better than me hon.

[Tom Flapwell]

Reminded me of this. It's not quite the same idea, of course: Millie presumably started with the real rules and changed them on a whim, possibly when faced with an otherwise losing battle. But both strips involve canid kids playing classic games in classicly unorthodox ways.

Tres nostalgique. Makes me want to find a kid and play something by his or her rules. Or maybe I can find an open-minded adult. If no one's feeling creative (heaven forbid), we might try my childhood version of Chinese checkers, which involved flicking marbles into differently scoring holes.

[Kyler Thatch]

I have to admit, it really bugs me when people do that. If there's going to be a house rule about sudden mutations and such, I'd like to know about that before the game starts, thank you.

[BladeRaptor]

This strip reminds me of the "Ancient African Move" my friends would jokingly pull on each other after getting checkmated back in my high school days. We'd just move the king out of bounds, lol.

It brings back memories of the last days of the school year, when the teachers had already taught us everything and given us our last tests. There was nothing left to do but goof off and count down the days till summer vacation proper started, with there no longer being any point to trying to stop us from going to the Burger King across the street. In my Junior year of high school, my homeroom teacher was also in charge of the Chess club, so he'd have sets up during those days of counting down to summer.

I was lousy at Chess, but it was still fun. I remember one match during that time against my high school sweetheart (We were never actually dating. I think I got stuck in the "friend zone"). I was down to my king and a few pawns, with her queen having an entire uncomfortably close row to itself. Nothing could get past her without getting captured. It was only a matter of time until I got mated (and not the kind of mated I wanted, either, wink wink). This prompted the classic line, "Hell with this, I'm going to Burger King!" If I hurried, I could still get a breakfast sandwich.

But anyway, I liked this strip.

[Tabris_The_17th]

Nice to see the strips back again (not that I didn't like seeing the sketches). I may have to use this move next time I play chess

[Steve the Pocket]

My last roommate owns a "Super Chess" board. It's bigger than the regular kind, has four colors instead of two, more pawns and a couple extra... bishops I think? ...and two new pieces called "spies," who are allowed to imitate any piece's move type but with a limitation that I forget. I've never actually played it.

[Sage]

My last roommate owns a "Super Chess" board. It's bigger than the regular kind, has four colors instead of two, more pawns and a couple extra... bishops I think? ...and two new pieces called "spies," who are allowed to imitate any piece's move type but with a limitation that I forget. I've never actually played it.

We ahve that in school.

[Doc Sigma]

I think that when they capture a piece, they have to capture it by moving in the same way that that piece would move to make a capture. And they can't capture each other.

[Arloest]

Fritz (fekeal) and I are the best chess players on Define Cynical. :3

I'm not sure. Jason... I mean *I* once totally owned Fritz at chess.

[Bocaj Claw]

Well that would make you and Fritz the best players pending further revelations. Or at least an online chess site/DC tournament.

[Muninn]

I'm not that good at chess and haven't played in ages but I'd still like to play some people on here.

[Doc Sigma]

I'd let you watch, I would invite you, but the queens we use would not excite you.

...been waiting ALL THREAD LONG for a chance to sneak in a quote from "One Night in Bangkok" and the opportunity NEVER AROSE, so have the quote OUT OF CONTEXT. GRR. *pouts*

[Bocaj Claw]

According to the internets, thats when quotes are best used.