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Subject: And one sent to me privately.. I cannot take the credit for this creation :)
Do think upon that night before,
After which shone then, something more,
Now and again, a difference in time,
Oscillates to and fro, from side to side,
Same as before, but different, too,
Comes now north by northeast,
Having a different hue.
Each time around, the cold orb shines,
Killing the cycles, and dreams of mine,
I look up, closed eyes upon it,
Staring at the sky, dark and backlit,
Asking questions, still and deep,
But promises are ending
Unspoken, not for keeps.
Today again gone,
Tomorrow, too soon,
How chilling the reality,
Each night and noon,
Another notch down,
Down sinks the moon.
lol, the percentage says nothing, I am pretty poor in this game and couldnt stand a chance against Mr.Trice. Anyway to avoid all computer help I chose backgammon lately :P When I am in a mood to play chess or some similar well-analyzed games with lots of possible engines to help I usually choose some really fast games (1-5 minutes per side) on some online servers or some otb competition.
I think there are some worthy opponents for E.T. (not the famous movie ;) ) like Caissus, ChessCarpenter here and its only a question of time to see his first loss here, of course in case he will continue to play here further despite his promises...
I realize that Dano....but this crap gets old,and the main reason I dont play at IYT.This is the "gothic chess board" not the lets smear people with the past board.
If lonely people want to claim their something their not,in an attempt to draw potential playmates....they should do it somewhere else.
Well, what makes this board so interesting is the cast of characters :)
As an outside observer I can try to classify them.
Ed Trice - smart person but sometimes with childish way of thinking, "I am the best, you will never beat me, you are nothing compared to me, get out of my eyes; or play using my rules and be always polite" now acting as a chameleon, his fear of losses in all areas is very visible, strange and unusual
Caissus - pragmatic, smart, always acting friendly, the type of person we all are looking after
Danoschek - rarely seen, hard to decipher, seems smart but lately bound to repeat always the same type phrases, trying to irritate observers and to get them to his side, but may be its just some kind of hatred what leads his steps, may be he would like to be the best, but someone is in his way, there are some similarities with Trice person model possibly
Stevie - "let me have some fun, I like to provoke some nerds :P"
ScarletRose - long lost love? :P jk
Good there are still few notices about the game itself here and there on this board :D
Pity after developing engines like vortex will offline games turn into "my program against your program", "my computer against your computer like in chess", so some fans will seek for online competition in faster games instead.
Ugh, little feature request, this message editor is waaaay too small...
a ludicrous ex who obviously can't get over it ? eh bleh - btw it takes
mastership of social skills to stand ballistic board-lives like you for so long
while your whole pity board-life will be not long enough to grasp I'm comfy ... ~*~
PS: belated fiddling in of the word 'gothic' doesn't make your fixative humbug noteworthy
I think the leaving the site was a "chucking the dummy" scenario, didnt get what he wanted when he wanted it.
I think the game would do better if he was still here, but he threatened to leave before, but came back anyways.
As Dano says , its a pubity rights thing "I got bigger and better than you so do as I say" sort of thing
Why would you leave the site? There is a lot to learn about Gothic from you. If you want to popularize the game, surely this is an ideal forum of labile minds. Don't let minor personality conflicts dissuade you.
(hide) If you want to find out more about some games you can check the links section and see if you find any interesting links there. (pauloaguia) (show all tips)