Well…here come the PT’ers…hold on to your valuables.
Loads up shotgun to protect OKP
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starts digging a trench to fortify position at encampment
Weird, I don’t see the chess announcement.
I think my computer is playing tricks with me. Only just today am I able to see the Oysterhead and Page@Nectars update. Anyone else have this problem?
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it’s hidden…look above the Brad Sands interview one. And below the Ramble Dove one.
There’s no date with it.
Ahh OK, thanks. But still, anyone else have that problem with “new news” but the days are almost a week old?
^i haven’t seen any of that stuff since just now and it’s all dated in the past few weeks.
and i check phish.net like every day.
Okay my registered name is Heather76 Sorry it took so long
[color=purple]hey chess nerds,
so i’ve gone through and update the challenge chart to give everyone fair warning. i also corrected a few mistakes on my part (slightly delirious when making that first chart… was down with disease, as they say. thanks to jamphandan for pointing those errors out.) anyway, here’s the updated chart:
if the chart is a bit confusing here’s the breakdown on who you need to challenge…
[color=purple](your okp screen name - who you need to challenge)
[color=green]onebadsoulbrother - booz, famous, zoot
booztravlr - famous, zoot
famousmockingbird - challenges complete
zoot - challenges complete
iccullus - phishead76*
astral - phishead76*
phishead76 - iccullus, astral
*phishead76 now has a gameknot account… screen name “heather76”
ghost - cemetery, samphish
bigdude - challenges complete
cemeteryroses - samphish
samphish - bigdude, cemetery
jamphandan - pdon
antellama - jamphan, pdon
pdon - antellama
funkyb - golden, willb, jawbone
goldenroad - challenges complete
willbreathes - challenges complete
jawbone - funkyb, golden, willb
[size=150][color=red]if you do not challenge the people next to your name by friday (2/17) at midnight you will forfeit those matches
if you have challenged an opponent and have received no response - send me a pm so you can get credit for your challenge[/size]
i 'm going to try to mass mail this post to all the players to minimize the number of forfeit matches. i hope everyone is having fun with this… its been great from my end. any problems/questions/concerns let me know. [color=red]zoot
yes i defenitly get taht, dont know whats up w/ it either
Sweet ass.
I don’t get it. Do I need to both pose and accept a challenge to the players in my group? Does that mean I play two matches with each?
Yes.
yup… by having everyone challange all the members of their group, everyone will play eachother twice - once as white, once as black. white begins with an advantage so this evens things out.
at this point, soul brotha, you’ve been playing games as black… with white you be able to control the direction/pace of the game. its time to bring teh heat! 
just to recap:
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- All participants will be divided into groups of 3 or 4 players. Everyone will play two games (one as black and one as white) with everyone in their group.
- Each player is responsible for challanging the opponents in their group to one match.
- The challanger plays as white.
- Any player that fails to challange their opponents will forfeit their match as white (their opponents will be awarded a win)
- You get 1 point for every win,
Thanks. Challenged made.
good luck guys, we need some training to beat ole’ cactus… and yes I think we should prepare ourselves for some newbies…
THe chess message for some reason is lower down. Try like the fourth or fifth one.
Oh my bad. Didn’t see the second page…
i challenged GR already and am still playing the first game with Will.
i didn’t know funkyb was in our group.
[size=150][color=green]update:[/size]
[color=green][b]a big thanks to everyone who got caught up with their games over the past couple days. i was sweating having to come in an dole out a bunch of forfeits today, but was pleasantly surprised to see most of the games in progress.
i drew up the scorecard that will help shape up the rest of the round and here’s what she looks like so far:[/b]
[matches are recorded in the order “white\black” in each player’s row; – = game in progress; 1 = win; .5 = draw; 0 = loss; F = forfeit]
[color=green]some great matches all around. will and golden split their matches, jawbone pulled off a draw in an otherwise grim looking scenario, and bigdude… well shit… the dude abides.
[color=red]
note: i am shooting for groups of equal size for round 2. to achieve this i may take the names of players in second place and draw a name at random to fill a gap. (i will not be eligible for the drawing.) keep this in mind as these games progress.
ok guys… less than a week left. games will end sunday at noon. time to bring down the hammer.