^ That is true, but when you hold the bar too high, and people cant find the time to hop online and make a move 12 times a day, then it kinda fucks up the pace that everyone else is moving. If we set a slower pace, and people that want to move quciker do so, then noone will be disappointed, and if need be, we can speed up the matches if we start running out of time.
But whatever, anything is fine with me.
It honestly does not take 3 days to finish a match. If you can post on OKP, you can get a chess game in.
Remember we have to go at Mike’s pace. Let him tell us how often he wants to make a move.
the games move at whatever pace you want them to. if you and your opponent want to set a time and finish a game in a single sitting… thats fine. you just have to move at least once in three days or the program makes you forfeit.
people have jobs, school, families… and live in different time zones/countries. this way everyone who wants to be involved can be.
plus timed matches are often decided by mistakes… paced matches are decided by strategy. with seven weeks to finish there’s no need rush things.
who is this “Mike” character I keep hearing about?
I’ve heard he rolls his trouser legs up.
just a thought, but maybe in a few weeks a goderator or high level official should leave a message with Mike explaining more of the logistics, possibly zoot since he’s pretty much organized this whole thing, and very well. kudos to zoot!
I’m willing to bet someone close to Mike (Mike?) is checking this site out…
I hope atleast… Or else this is going to be difficult… Trying to leave messages on his voice and all.
after the nine weeks we may have to barrage his voicemail with messages giving him a contact person. all mike will really need to do is sign up for an account and wait for a challenge from astral’s account… but i’m sure it won’t be the first thing on his mind after he gets done recording.
btw, great to see that tournament list growing… folks have until wednesday. don’t get left out in the cold. no cleet, rasta, golden, greg, neck? sheeeet.
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Can’t wait for this game to start…it’s going to be sweet!
I think he’s a musician, or something.
zoot, do you know if it’s worth it to download the toolbar? is it helpful?
might be worth checking out… i use the firefox browser so i’ve never checked it out but let me know if you try it.
zoot, can we sign up for gameknot account and watch?
definitely… if you make an account you can view all public games. if you use the ‘analyze the game’ option at the bottom of the screen you can replay the match move by move to its current postion.
i can also post screen shots of certain games when the battles start heating up. if you see a particularly good showdown let me know.
I have a problem. I will be gone for spring break Feb 24- March 4 with my buds to Nebraska for a week or so and wont be able to make my moves. Can i postpone or what? I’m 3-0 in my group right now…
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give him a bye. the guy is a god when it comes to chess- no joke.
the round ends feb. 26 so it shouldn’t be a problem as long as you move right before you leave on your trip. if you’ve finished three games already you’ll probably be done with the round at that point anyway. let me know as we get closer if it looks like a problem.
has anyone heard from Antellama (aka TLD) lately?
he’s in my chess group but hasn’t responded to my challenge yet (or posted on OKP since thursday). Have you started playing him yet pdon?
maybe he’s snowed under? I’ll try emailing him…
just to let you all know: i got in to the hotline again today and lefta message, first thankin him for givin my shoutout to u guys, and then said that he should not be looking on OKP because eventually we will be posting strategies and possible moves etc on here, and i told him that from what i know, hopefully we would communicate through the hotline. does anyone else have anything to say to him about the setting up of the game. i call a lot so i tend to get in to the hotline quite a bit, if anyone has any specific messages you can post it here or PM me and next time i get to leave a message i will say what u guys want about the game…