Site Ideas
16 Sep 09
16 Sep 09
Originally posted by ErekoseI wont play them so dont need them.
It is indeed hard to imagine why anyone should vote against variants.
Not having them on the site makes the site more easy to understand.
If there are variants the Admins will have to put time in it. Which means the quallity of the rest of the site suffers from the presence of variations.
16 Sep 09
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I used to think variants were stoopid.
I was at a different site, and they only play tourneys. I saw "Big Chess Tournament," so I thought it was a tourney with more than the usual(6 or 7 I think) entrants in it, so I entered.
Big Chess is the name of that site admin's pet project, a variant on a 16x16 board, each player having 32 pcs, some of which looked to be randomly placed.
I looked at my game board page, shrugged my shoulders and said, chess is chess so let's do it. I tied for first, had a blast playing the 2nd seed and mauling him badly.
In short I was surprised how fun it was, and I was relaxed knowing that my competition was a human. (No engines play Big Chess)
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16 Sep 09
Originally posted by greenpawn34I am quite interested, because I spoke with someone recently who stated that variants get very little play on their service, even 960, which surprised me.
Agree that a vote is not really needed.
Having the option on the site will be another attraction.
If the option to play these forms of chess is available and you do
not want to play them. Then don't.
Now, I have had a side project through the summer writing code to support any number of 2 player variants, and integrating it with RHP would be rather tricky. Just adding 960 would be far simpler.
So, I just want to get a feel for the what people think they want.
And of course, there is plenty of stuff that should take priority over this, but at least I can plan for the future.
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17 Sep 09
Originally posted by CrowleyNot voting against, but saying that I would not play often. You can have it if you like, but of little benefit to me.
Why anyone would vote against options is beyond me.
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Bring on the options, Russ!
As stated by others, I'd go for separate ratings or unrated.
I have not tried, but is it already possible to set up a start position as anything you like? I note that fischer-random is already available under the "new game" menu. So I guess the only difficulty is checking that the castling and other rules are followed, and maybe giving a clearer indication that an invite is for variant-XY.