my star...

murrow

penguinpuffin

General

14 Oct 05

murrow

penguinpuffin

finsbury

Joined: 25 Aug 04
Moves: 48501

14 Oct 05

... is now a slightly darker shade of orange.

hopscotch

Joined: 09 Jun 04
Moves: 39731

14 Oct 05

Originally posted by murrow
... is now a slightly darker shade of orange.

adjust your monitor settings.

Nordlys

The sky

Joined: 05 Apr 05
Moves: 10385

14 Oct 05

Originally posted by murrow
... is now a slightly darker shade of orange.

In other words, your star is shining less brightly. 😉

murrow

penguinpuffin

finsbury

Joined: 25 Aug 04
Moves: 48501

14 Oct 05

25,000 moves, it makes you stop and think.

i must say i'm enjoying my chess more and more at the moment.
i've just finished the endgame classes in chessmaster academy - just fascinating.
nordlys you recommended the academy in general but haven't done the endgame part as i recall -- may i counter-recommend it?

Chess Moose

Bone

Buried

Joined: 29 May 05
Moves: 104292

14 Oct 05

Originally posted by Nordlys
In other words, your star is shining less brightly. 😉

somewhat like your avatar!

Nordlys

The sky

Joined: 05 Apr 05
Moves: 10385

14 Oct 05

Originally posted by Chess Moose
somewhat like your avatar!

Or hopscotch's avatar star (mh, that has a nice ring to it... avatar star avatar star avatar star). Nox facta est.

rbmorris

Vampyroteuthis

Infernalis

Joined: 13 Apr 04
Moves: 100353

14 Oct 05

Originally posted by murrow
... is now a slightly darker shade of orange.

It's probably due to a vitamin deficiency.

RHankinsJr

N.E. Texas, USA

Joined: 05 Oct 05
Moves: 9474

14 Oct 05

... is now a slightly darker shade of orange.

I noticed people had different color stars earlier as well.

There is yellow, orange, red, and spinning red.

I wonder what they mean? I couldn't find anything about their meanings here. I couldn't make a correlation to the members rating.

dags

An' it harms none...

Joined: 15 Sep 04
Moves: 12328

14 Oct 05

Originally posted by rbmorris
It's probably due to a vitamin deficiency.

More likely due to a liver dysfunction from sitting to close to the monitor and straining over chess moves 🙂

Nordlys

The sky

Joined: 05 Apr 05
Moves: 10385

14 Oct 05

Originally posted by RHankinsJr
I noticed people had different color stars earlier as well.

There is yellow, orange, red, and spinning red.

I wonder what they mean? I couldn't find anything about their meanings here. I couldn't make a correlation to the members rating.

It has to do with the number of moves. Look it up in the Help section.

GalaxyShield

Mr. Shield

Joined: 02 Sep 04
Moves: 174290

14 Oct 05

Originally posted by murrow
25,000 moves, it makes you stop and think.

i must say i'm enjoying my chess more and more at the moment.
i've just finished the endgame classes in chessmaster academy - just fascinating.
nordlys you recommended the academy in general but haven't done the endgame part as i recall -- may i counter-recommend it?

In a another 25k moves you'll be ready for a mid-chess crisis 😛. Can't wait for mine! I don't know whether I'll turn to alcohol, drugs, sleep, depression, or maybe even all of those!

Sicilian Smaug

Joined: 15 Aug 05
Moves: 96595

14 Oct 05

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Aiko

Joined: 23 Mar 04
Moves: 254893

14 Oct 05

What will come after the dark red rotating one? I think there should be a new star after 200.000 moves!

murrow

penguinpuffin

finsbury

Joined: 25 Aug 04
Moves: 48501

14 Oct 05

i saw an early prototype of a blurry star which was really cool.
i can't remember who mocked it up... was it cheshire cat, perhaps?

when i get to my mid-chess crisis i'm going to start doing reckless sacrifices in all my games, and getting my queen out too early.

Nordlys

The sky

Joined: 05 Apr 05
Moves: 10385

14 Oct 05

Originally posted by murrow
25,000 moves, it makes you stop and think.

i must say i'm enjoying my chess more and more at the moment.
i've just finished the endgame classes in chessmaster academy - just fascinating.
nordlys you recommended the academy in general but haven't done the endgame part as i recall -- may i counter-recommend it?

I still haven't done the entire endgame part (haven't done any chess studies lately 🙁 ), but I know it's good because I have done parts of it. It helped me win my first endgame with different-coloured bishops, even though I was a pawn down when we went into the endgame (of course that wouldn't have worked if my opponent hadn't messed it up).