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Writer, former curator of weird for @rockpapershot. Interested in feelings, history, fiction, hip hop, gender. Nocturnal. Powered by self-doubt.

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    1. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 12

      Arthur Chu Retweeted safeforspam  ❕

      Okay so first off all, "elegance" and "simplicity" being a good thing and "arbitrary" rules being a bad thing is really a personal aesthetic preference, nothing more But chess is EXTREMELY arbitrary and not at all elegant Go fans talk shit about chess for this constantlyhttps://twitter.com/safeforspamnow/status/1360094897630543872 …

      Arthur Chu added,

      safeforspam  ❕ @safeforspamnow
      Replying to @Tamarock5 @AptDumpsterBaby @twoscooters
      Chess is the perfect game as is, no two games will ever be the same. Changing it is stupid but a unique thought exercise that will always lead to a worst version of the game.
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    2. TrueMetis‏ @TrueMetis Feb 12
      Replying to @arthur_affect

      Don't most chess players have favoured strategies? Wouldn't that mean that games will be the same all the time? In fact doesn't the ability to predict your opponents moves rely on that fact? Beyond that strategies like fool's mate exist, which requires the same four moves.

      1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
    3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 12
      Replying to @TrueMetis

      The primary reason for pro chess players like Bobby Fischer to propose serious new chess variants is indeed the fact that every serious player playing for money is expected to have memorized an "opening book" of optimal starting moves

      3 replies 3 retweets 28 likes
    4. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 12
      Replying to @arthur_affect @TrueMetis

      So among high-level players the move-by-move strategy in the early game is nonexistent, it's understood that a player chooses one of the standard openings and their opponent chooses a standard response

      3 replies 1 retweet 20 likes
    5. TrueMetis‏ @TrueMetis Feb 12
      Replying to @arthur_affect

      Huh, not to different from competitive RTS's in that sense. Probably explains why I'm not terribly good at them either. I've never been willing to put the time into memorizing and perfecting the early game, even though that will get you like 90% of the way.

      1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    6. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 12
      Replying to @TrueMetis

      Every game with predetermined starting conditions is going to end up like this if you have serious tournament play for real stakes (in MtG terms, playing for real money forces everyone to become Spike)

      2 replies 1 retweet 13 likes
      Sin Vega‏ @withoutaplain Feb 12
      Replying to @arthur_affect @TrueMetis

      I've wondered for years why there are no notable online shooters/whatever with procedurally generated levels (or curated batches of same). And have never come up with a more plausible reason than "nerds like memorising maps and optimal paths more than actual innovation"

      1:23 PM - 12 Feb 2021
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        1. TrueMetis‏ @TrueMetis Feb 12
          Replying to @withoutaplain @arthur_affect

          In today's episode of "things I didn't realize I wanted but now desperately do". That sounds awesome.

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        1. Zan‏ @Zanzanar Feb 12
          Replying to @withoutaplain @arthur_affect @TrueMetis

          The biggest online competitive game with randomly generated maps I can think of is probably Age of Empires II. There are a lot of single-player and non-competitive games with it so I think it’s more of an issue with balance.

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