Comments by CBagleyJones

go moro

rooks are not in the corner.
i think it always makes sense for no castling, makes exciting chess.

i have had an idea for a while, tell me what you think.
i thought it could be fun if the game inventors put out a 'xmas pack', 
anyone who wants to contribute a game (zrf) can, and we put it all 
together, and release at cv site xmas eve. This is NOT a competition.
i have thought of a couple of good ideas for games, i think, anyway see 
what you think. (idea numbers 3 and 4 main ideas)

1. people who have an already existing game could release a variant of 
that game, or release with different graphics.

2. old histroic variants of shogi and shatranj etc could be done with 
different graphics, anything not already done would be ok .. example 
would be ancient shogi variant done with alfaerie graphics etc.

3. Now an interesting idea i think would be people could contribute a 
'funny/joke/silly' game, because people do not normally release these 
types of games, not being serious enough etc. With all the weird and 
wonderful game inventors around, i'm sure people could make, or already 
have, some cool games. It would be fun to see.

4. not sure about this, but maybe another idea for a game could be 
'bizzare' ... of course 'bizzare' games can be completely serious,
still, 
it could be an idea.

5. people could just do a game for the 'xmaspack', with a 'xmas'
related
theme, graphics, etc etc, or, you could just do a game, it doesn't even
have to chess (yes?).  

if the name 'xmaspack' is unsuitable, then 'newyearpack' or whatever.
anyway, it just sounds like it could be a fun idea, what do you think?

then you prosume wrong, he he, it is a leaper +
i made the comment 2 down, forgot to enter name, i was just saying that i
thought the mammoth has to be stronger than the rook, it is alfil +
dabbaba + wazir + fers, that is a heavy piece, i know just the alfil +
king moves is a strong piece, the mammoth is a killer at short range, all
over the pieces like oprah on pork chop nite :))

Jeremy let me just point out the games don't have to be xmas related, that
was just one idea along with joke/funny/silly games, bizzare games etc.
i do like your giraffe story game lol, if the xmas pack becomes a reality
that game should be included with your story of it he he :)

ahhhhh yes i remember looking at that, i'll have to check that piece out
again, i can't remember exactly how it works.

thanks to the great Joe Joyce, here is a link to play sky on game courier
/play/pbm/play.php?game%3DSky%26settings%3DSky

Christine is indeed blind. But in a peculiar way -- she cannot see into the future. There is now a link to this collection on our site... --Editors

hey this looks good, i like the idea of these pieces dropping pieces the
further up the board they go, should make for interesting chess, well
done.
(zrf?)

i know this might sound weird, but i think there are people out there, who
download and play chess variants, but have no interest in reading or
posting in these forums, but sometimes, they may rate a game. i think this
could explain the non-member rating with no comment. i mean, if you don't
become a member, you must have no interest in posting in the forums.
if they rate it 'excellent', then i don't think it is entirely fair to
say that it is worthless, just because of no comment. 
to rate it excellent, one should assume they thought the game was really
good :)
you know if someone rated 'grand chess' excellent, then you would
probably think they liked the 'knight-bishop' piece, the 'rook-knight'
piece, these pieces playing with normal chess pieces, the 10x10 board, the
game-play, etc etc
if an obviously good game is rated 'poor' it could be just a matter of
taste, i mean, there is no game out there, which someone does not like lol
:)
i think because of our love for fairy pieces and chess variants, someone
rating without comment may ... be upsetting :) ... but you know, i think
it is a little tough to say you must comment, as someone said, there would
be people who don't know how to say why they like, not knowing the words
to describe, like 'game-play' and 'piece density' or whatever. If you
get them to 'have' to say, they may not vote, or just post something
that is no help anyway really (i thought it was really great)

still, i am not so sure non-members should be able to rate, it does leave
the door open to shifty ratings, and seeing most 'rated/no comment'
comes from non-members, you could wipe out the problem if seen as a
problem.
non-members could still 'write' there rating without it being offical
:)
anyway, just thought i would throw some ideas out.

australia pfft what are they doing there :)
well there does seem to be some things done with a soccer theme, here .. 
http://www.chessvariants.org/crossover.dir/soccer.html
and at zillions site ..
http://www.zillions-of-games.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgi/16554?do=show;id=803
who won last world cup? .. are brazil favs? .. i'll be going for whoever
looks like they could beat brazil :)

edit:
(above zillions link is cut .. game is 'soccer' by karl scherer)

just a couple of questions, are there any games with a similar board set up
as this game, and are there any games with this 'dragon' piece that
anyone knows of?

oh by board set up in mean the shape of the board