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General Do you enjoy playing Chess?
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Sure, it's a great game. I just prefer other games these days.
Onderzeeboot
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It's been decades since I played, but I used to enjoy playing chess against my father when I was young.
Yes! But I often find, in the mid-game, that I don't really know what to do. I see a bunch of meh moves, I don't have a particular strategy, and I can't decide anything because it all seems arbitrary. I don't like that, but it's a situation I could learn to deal with.
I played chess a couple times with a guy at work who is really into it. That was fun, because any time I didn't know what I should be trying to do, I could ask him, "what should I be thinking about now?" But then we all went home and I didn't see him for like a year.
We played on a chess board, and he was so used to playing online that he had to stand up and look straight down in order to see what was going on.
I played chess a couple times with a guy at work who is really into it. That was fun, because any time I didn't know what I should be trying to do, I could ask him, "what should I be thinking about now?" But then we all went home and I didn't see him for like a year.
We played on a chess board, and he was so used to playing online that he had to stand up and look straight down in order to see what was going on.
I like chess when I'm evenly matched with my opponent. If there's any imbalance, it quickly becomes anti-fun, regardless of the direction of imbalance. If the outcome is deterministic, it's a slot machine, not a game.
James' situation with his chess fanatic friend sounds fun to me, though, but I think that I'd enjoy the learning/teaching aspect of it in spite of the game, not because of the game--that is, the learning/teaching experience would be fun regardless of the subject matter so long as it interests both people.
James' situation with his chess fanatic friend sounds fun to me, though, but I think that I'd enjoy the learning/teaching aspect of it in spite of the game, not because of the game--that is, the learning/teaching experience would be fun regardless of the subject matter so long as it interests both people.
I was in the Chess Club in middle school, so yeah, but I've never played against someone who really knows what they're doing.
Now let me ask you a question - Do you like poker?
Now let me ask you a question - Do you like poker?
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Not really. I like more "gamey" card games like Canasta and Hearts though.
I do, but it's like League of Legends to me -- not worth really attempting much unless you put in the work to understand the patterns of play and the metagame. I don't need to be successful to enjoy a game, but I want to be playing the same game as other serious players! Both games are relatively simple on their front end but really do ask you to dedicate ~500 to "start", which is great imo, but I only have so much room in my life for games and I don't find chess (and certainly not LoL) compelling or satisfying enough minute-to-minute to invest in.
I like Chess. I'm not that great at it, but it's fun to play.
Chess is great when you don’t play to win (so, when you and your opponent both aren’t that good). When it becomes too strategic it becomes less fun, also because it’s a perfect information game with a predetermined set of rules, so by Zermelo’s theorem (1913) there exists an optimal strategy (but nobody knows what that strategy is). So yeah I prefer games with hidden information, like Magic or other card games…
Yeah these are the best. I don’t know Canasta and Hearts specifically, but in my country there are a lot of those games, the most popular are: Briscola, Burraco, Machiavelli and Trisac. Here everybody knows the rules, they are one of the favourite hobbies of elderly people, so it’s very easy to find someone to play with. My grandma has a weekly playgroup for these games
Yeah these are the best. I don’t know Canasta and Hearts specifically, but in my country there are a lot of those games, the most popular are: Briscola, Burraco, Machiavelli and Trisac. Here everybody knows the rules, they are one of the favourite hobbies of elderly people, so it’s very easy to find someone to play with. My grandma has a weekly playgroup for these games
Italy?Yeah these are the best. I don’t know Canasta and Hearts specifically, but in my country there are a lot of those games, the most popular are: Briscola, Burraco, Machiavelli and Trisac. Here everybody knows the rules, they are one of the favourite hobbies of elderly people, so it’s very easy to find someone to play with. My grandma has a weekly playgroup for these games
I played Buraco with my grandparents as a kid in Brazil. Had no idea where else it was played, and I'm surprised the name is the same. It means "hole" in portuguese, which is the discard pile.
I played chess very few times, though I watch videos sometimes because I find them interesting from a game design perspective. It's such a "loser's game" - not in the sense the people who play it are losers! - but in the sense that there are lots of terrible plays you can make and I feel like I'm navigating around a minefield when I play. Maybe Magic is the same, but my experience with it clouds my comparison.
I adore chess. I watch it frequently and understand it quite well.
I do not like to play chess. Top level chess is about memorizing super computer lines as far as you can and then beginning to play the game once it's gone outside your preparation. Which is impressive as hell, but it's not the kind of thing I'm interested in doing.
I do not like to play chess. Top level chess is about memorizing super computer lines as far as you can and then beginning to play the game once it's gone outside your preparation. Which is impressive as hell, but it's not the kind of thing I'm interested in doing.
Yeah, Italy!
I think the origin of Burraco is south American, but I don't know exactly the history of the game
I have a similar thought, in my opinion in Magic it's easier to see the "best" lines, or at least to avoid very bad plays. But maybe it's just because I played a lot more Magic than Chess in my life
I've enjoyed playing chess at times. I also really liked Queen's Gambit.
Oops yeah my bad, too many good games
even though instead of Scopa I usually play Scopone Scientifico that's a regional variant with 9 cards instead of 3
landofMordor
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I like this idea of a slot machine. It reminds me of Maro's "What is a game?" episode of Drive to Work.
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I do enjoy playing chess, but i'm not good on an absolute scale, and I also don't like training my brain to replicate supercomputing, so I don't have much desire to improve. My #2 game after Magic will always be Spades, and then *insert other board games here* which includes Chess.
The classic boardgame Go is what I wanted Chess to be, and I definitely enjoy playing Go.
