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Undo rule
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Nov 25, 2009, 5:36 PM
This is a topic that needs to be discussed. To be denied in a rated game...there should be an agreement before the game starts. To have the rule or not. Then each player knows ahead of time what to expect. Of course during speed games it is hard to anticipate.
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Re: Undo rule
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Nov 25, 2009, 5:53 PM
It is common courtesy to indicate your preference on undos. Although I don't think it is a requirement for the game to be played. Every one has an opinion on them. I have always allowed undos, but rarely ask for them. I never know what to expect in this game so I pretty much look at it like this: I can ask and they can deny. I can ask and they can allow. It is up to the opponent. I have always allowed undos because I don't want to win by a player making a mistake. I go so far as to wait for them to ask for it if the move is obviously bad for them. I count to ten usually and then make my move. I have also gone so far as to tell them to undo and why. If I have an open four they overlook I ask them to undo because it is an obvious oversight.
Then again, I don't play this game for ratings, I play it to learn and to teach, and sometimes just to socialize.
Differing philosophies are what makes this game so awesome, in my opinion! I can see both sides of the "coin" on this.
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Re: Undo rule
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Nov 27, 2009, 7:53 PM
"Bake a Pie?" "Read a Romance Novel?" I do believe I'm about to check off the "Sexist A$$hole" category for my Black Friday Scavenger Hunt (its not even noon yet!! This is gonna be IN THE BAG)......way to be Dan. As for observing undo policies of advanced players, I personally have been given undos galore by the top 5 players on the planet here while I was learning the game.......anymore I don't usually ask for undos but I never deny an opponent who asks (every now and then I do have one of those days where I shouldn't be behind the wheel tho lol.....when does THAT stop I wonder!?)....but I sure as hell would stop a long mile before condescending and insulting a fairer opponent from behind my "Oh So Advanced Established Rating Of (everyone cinch your bloomers down, this is gonna be a DOOZY!!!!) 1630!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
You go girlfriend.
Next category "Peeps tryin' to compensate for something......"
I have always allowed undos in both rated and unrated games. I think those people who are all hung up on this and have become pathological undo-deniers, need to remember that this is just a game, not life and death.
In my time here I have never once encountered someone wishing to establish an undo agreement for the ensuing game. I have noticed also that it is those who have been denied undo's that make most of the comments about it. I have also noticed that all attempts to establish a communal protocol on anything at pente.org have failed. So, given these points, I think the state of affairs will persist indefinitely until a technical solution is implemented. So here is what I propose:
That a checkbox be added to the table that either player can check. Checking this box would indicate that no undos will be asked for or given by that player, and it would also disable the undo button for the duration of the game. If one player checks this box it cannot be unchecked by the other player until the end of that game.
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Re: Undo rule
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Nov 28, 2009, 2:02 AM
i propose a undo feature that requires a $1 donation to pente.org every time there is a undo. and that unlimited undos are forcibly allowed against the opponent's wishes as long as the funds are available via paypal.
Scire hostis animum - Intelligere ludum - Nosce te ipsum - Prima moventur conciliat - Nolite errare
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Or we could just put your head in an oven.......
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Nov 28, 2009, 9:49 AM
Nahhh we don't need more features IMO....if a player pulls that kinda behavior for imaginary points in cyberspace playing a game that is supposed to 1st and formeost be fun (the new f-word) then they've no doubt got at least a few too many spider monkeys manning their space station and word travels fast here in the jungle......they run out of people willing to play them rather quickly.
Also those pesky anvils landing on their heads all the time......
ADOREABLE lil' critter in your photo btw Z!!!! Boy that brings back memories I had a VERY similar looking model in a '96 but he's over 6 ft tall now.....
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Re: Or we could just put your head in an oven.......
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Nov 28, 2009, 1:44 PM
The main problem with the argument for undos is that "half-***" is a believer in undos.
Sorry UNDO and EDIT that. Richard III was wrong about you. You're a rash young person with, at best, limited communication skills, verbal diarrhea, (revealed in your earlier incarnation as baddsixx9 and who knows how many other IDs you abandoned in trying to escape your low rankings) Half-***, you're definitely a full idiot.
The ladies were doing fine with their argument until you took it to your true level: the gutter.
You see, Full-***, (with due apologies to all other donkeys) many people are just not comfortable being on the same side of any argument as you. The very minute intelligent people realize that they share the same view as you do on anything, they begin to wonder where they went wrong.
The undo button is not the only feature Dweebo should consider getting rid of. The forum feature is falling into disrepute because it allows low life trash like you to present a negative picture of the people who already play pente here. Who knows how many prospective members of quality have been turned off by the low level many rational discussions get taken to by your input.
You can rant and rave and call me any name you like in reply to this post, "Full-***". My back is broad. I can take it.
PS. The "fast" part of your current ID needs to be changed too. Your low level posts reveal you to be very slow mentally.
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Ummm how do ya get a dumbwaiter out of an oven?
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Nov 28, 2009, 3:34 PM
Awwwww and here my mission all along was to garner the respect and friendship of highbrow civilized folks of the utmost moral fiber like yourself classy. Damn....my therapist AND Dale Carnegie are gonna be P-I-S-S-E-D with me this week. Ahhhh well one so baseless and devoid of goodness can only dream of maybe brushing up against one of you guys living that high standard in this lifetime, right classy? Tell ya what.....I imagine based on my past record of unimaginitive and intelligentless diatribe that you were expecting me to respond to ya with gloves off and guns a' blazin', right? Well guess what!?!?! NOT TODAY!!! Nosirree I'm a new man classy!! I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT!!!! Praise my gardner, go blow a trumpet and take the day off to polish every knob you can get your hands on in the name of whats holy and wears a funny hat assratlaxy!! (A lil' dyslexia there, sorry.....I'll just call ya 'assrat' from now on to keep it simple, ok?) And to prove it I'm gonna start right here and now demonstratin' my new-found rebirthedness by sharing the enemies handbook with ya brother! (I hope its not too soon to call you 'brother' is it?) Since your last post started with how the antithesis of my position is how you, The Friendly Neighborhood Bastion of Uprightedness calibrate and calculate what is true and good, I figure that you can simply take my template for existence, turn it on its ear and BAM!....you'll be Movin' on up in no time! (Fish don't fry in the kitchen....**** there goes the A.D.D. again lol)....So here goes with the Squirrl Manifesto............
1) Women are AWESOME!!! BESIDES all the obvious glaring attributes that we could dish about for weeks on end like their ability to see farther into the heart of a matter than guys generally can, finding the profound and beauty in the mundane, nurturing, patient temperaments and so forth they have these....well ummmm, ya see they have these 'parts' on 'em that just, well they're just AMAZING assrat!!!!! Its just INCREDIBLE how completely fascinating they are to me. I'm so taken by them....I mean I THINK about them like ALL the freakin' time assrat!! I LOVE them in fact!!! They are pretty much along with my friends and family one of my top reasons for every dumb or smart thing I've ever done. Wow. All I hafta do is think about them and their unending beauty and I light up brighter than Super Wal-Mart's Nativity display I tell ya. Did ya see that? I did it to myself right THERE. I'm doing it again right NOW. So that being the top of my list I guess you and George Michael will be doin' a North American Port-O-Let Tour in 2010? Gosh I can't wait to see what the jerseys you guys sell look like. Maybe something with handcuffs, leather n' yogurt?
2) Darn it.....I gotta get to church. Starts at 8 and I sure don't want The Rev. on my *** along with the therapist and Carnegie this week......OSHA said there'd be hell to pay if I didn't get safety rails installed on my butt before the next time I had 500+ Lbs of what is the right way to be ridin' me like Lil' Annie Oakley on her Howdy Doodie doll. Sooooo I gotta bounce for the moment....BUT I PROMISE assrat, I'll come back and share the rest of my Necronomicon with ya shortly, OK? You be good now, alright?
*VERY clever and insightful use of the pun on my name btw....the half vs. full thing combined with the *ahem* 'buttocks' reference had me and the ladies at the tea party crowd in STITCHES I tell ya....keep those comin' man!! Shine that light proud and damn the bushel all to heck brother!! Yow!!
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Re: Ummm how do ya get a dumbwaiter out of an oven?
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Nov 28, 2009, 4:53 PM
Hahaha!! Turns out that today's Saturday soooooo you get to plumb the depths today assrat. Figuratively. There'll be none of your "guilty feet have got no rythym" in nothing but roller skates and a biker jacket shenanigans here today assrat. This is a family joint. Man I need to talk to my bartender about last night. Sunday's TOMORROW? Yikes. Well no rest for the wicked as they say.
Ok so i have the short list to start with on "stuffs Squirrls do so therefore its bad, hmmmmk?" List so here we go........
1)I sit ON the toilet when using said feat of plumbing engineering. So you'll wanna be packin' your snorkel and wetsuit from now on when you go do your diddy cuz otherwise you might as well be writing my paycheck, hmmmk?
2)When using live ammunition I point the weapon AWAY from myself. I've got a diagram I can share with you if it will help.
3)I ALWAYS.....and I do mean ALWAYS wear my underwear on the INSIDE of my pants assrat. So you and mr. Michael'll prolly hafta start getting those slingshot marble-holder g-string thingys at the Big n' Tall store from now on to accomodate the extra layers, but I bet they'll hook you up on some sorta bulk rate if you go for quantity and lord knows you two are gonna be goin' through those things like trailer trash through the take-a-penny dish at the Country Buffet what with your Tour next year and all.
Ugh. Sorry I hafta go help my Dad move some furniture this morning assrat. This is saturday right? Yup. Him and his buddy are hangin' out together while they recover from unrelated injuries so I got elected to go shuffle 500 lb playing cards while they sit on their asses and complain about the bluebirds not tying the right knot on the bows in their hair. Man if I wasn't me I'd tell 'em to lift with their sarcasm. You sure are gonna have a good life once I have the definitive list compiled here assrat. Toodles.
I can see both sides of the "coin" on this.
