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Sloppy Slippers. An army consisting of slip-pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝HaruN Y wrote on Mon, Oct 2, 2023 02:23 AM UTC:
Ray t b pbihd

Aurelian Florea wrote on Mon, Oct 2, 2023 11:27 AM UTC in reply to HaruN Y from 02:23 AM:

Interesting idea!


Ben Reiniger wrote on Sun, Jan 21 06:57 PM UTC:

This is an interesting theme.

Have you done any testing for balance?


Bob Greenwade wrote on Sun, Jan 21 07:15 PM UTC in reply to Ben Reiniger from 06:57 PM:

I think making an Interactive Diagram would be helpful here in multiple ways:

  1. Giving an illustration of the setup.
  2. Creating clear (non-ASCII) illustrations of the moves.
  3. Testing for balance and practicality.

A game full of slip pieces is intriguing, though.


Bob Greenwade wrote on Sun, Jan 21 07:37 PM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from 07:15 PM:
It probably needs a bit of editing (and the Knight piece needs a better name), but I gave this a shot:

files=8 ranks=8 promoZone=1 promoChoice=NZWC graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png symmetry=none pawn:P:ifmnDfmWfceF:pawn:a2,b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,h2,,a7,b7,c7,d7,e7,f7,g7,h7 knight hunter:N:fhNbqBbD:cardinal:b1,g1,,b8,g8 amazon:Z:qQasasW:amazon:d1,,d8 war bear:W:qBnD:bishopwarmachine:c1,f1,,c8,f8 crowned panda:C:qRF:promotedrook:a1,h1,,a8,h8 king:K:KisO2:king:e1,,e8

💡📝HaruN Y wrote on Mon, Jan 22 10:55 AM UTC in reply to Ben Reiniger from Sun Jan 21 06:57 PM:

I only have tested it against the Fabulous FIDEs using Play-Test Applet. Though that was back in 2022, I forgor the results.


💡📝HaruN Y wrote on Sun, Feb 18 08:51 AM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from Sun Jan 21 07:37 PM:Good ★★★★

Would "Forfniqbibade" be a better name for the Sloppy Knight?


A. M. DeWitt wrote on Wed, Apr 3 08:25 PM UTC in reply to HaruN Y from Sun Feb 18 08:51 AM:

Generally, the best practice for assigning names to pieces is to make them easy to pronounce (or fun to say, as in bifferbubberz).

So Sloppy Knight would work better.


Bob Greenwade wrote on Wed, Apr 3 11:47 PM UTC in reply to A. M. DeWitt from 08:25 PM:

Generally, the best practice for assigning names to pieces is to make them easy to pronounce (or fun to say, as in bifferbubberz).

So Sloppy Knight would work better.

I concur. (Actually, I'd give a higher priority to giving names that evoke some sort of visual imagery, but that still makes Sloppy Knight work better.)


💡📝HaruN Y wrote on Sun, Jun 30 02:26 AM UTC:

Would replacing Sloppy Amazon with Oracle be a good idea?


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Lev Grigoriev wrote on Tue, Aug 20 10:36 AM UTC in reply to HaruN Y from Sun Jun 30 02:26 AM:Good ★★★★

Cool, thanks;) noting that Queen and Oracle are pretty equal.


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