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n00less cluebie · Post by **n00less cluebie** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:38 pm

AquaRegia wrote:I'm in the hospital with him right now - they have wireless.

He's 7 years old and severely bipolar. He's been on meds for years, but they tend to work on and off, and need to be changed frequently. He's started to just wander out of the house when no one is looking and be gone for hours - kind of scary behavior for a 7-year-old. He's in a psych ward for evaluation and to try and get his meds more stable, but he seems fine at the moment.

Unfortunately his mom - my sister-in-law - needs meds too, but won't admit it.

UC, the problem with mani's last diagram was that it was upside-down; black was on the bottom. g6 is a pawn move. Of course, it's gone now, so I guess it matters not.

As long as you don't object, I will add your Nephew to my prayer for healing, whether that comes in the form of physical health, mental/emotional health, or just the strength to struggle with the continuing challenges of sicknesses of all sorts

*Manimal · Post by *Manimal » Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:15 pm

hmm.. Aqua just hung a knight - and the game. I mean sure I'll have to sack mine back soon enough, but I'll promote pawns after that.

AquaRegia · Post by **AquaRegia** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:49 pm

hmm... not sure about that, but we'll see.

*Manimal · Post by *Manimal » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:57 pm

*Manimal licks his chops

nimrod7 · Post by **nimrod7** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:46 pm

my wife hates me · Post by **my wife hates me** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 1:46 am

So, is Aqua a TRUE blond?

*Manimal · Post by *Manimal » Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:47 pm

I pre-apologize, will be gone until monday, please do not claim flags, especially you aqua

AquaRegia · Post by **AquaRegia** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:21 am

Damn it! Is it really fair that he's squandered all his timebank posting puzzles in the forums instead of moving... and now asks to not be called on it when his flag falls? I really think 3 days per move PLUS seven days extra should have been more than enough to finish this.

I will abide by the will of the group on this.

The Wontrob · Post by **The Wontrob** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:09 am

I set a rule on timebank. If he goes over the time bank, feel free to time him out. Frankly I am tired of it myself.

universalcat · Post by **universalcat** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:22 pm

There are time limits for a reason. In any tournament, no matter how amateur, a player would get laughed at if they made Manimals request.

Aqua, if it was my game, I'd evaluate position. If I was confident of my lead, I'd save myself the toruble and time him out. If I wasn't sure who's gam it was, just for my own vanity's sake, I'd probably want to play it out so I could beat him on the board.

But theres no debate, you are certainly within your rights to claim the win once his flag has fallen.

AquaRegia · Post by **AquaRegia** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:33 pm

The position is pretty clear at this point - I'm going to lose unless mani blunders badly.

Luckily for him, his flag will fall at about 9 a.m. Monday morning, while I'm at work. Despite the name, chess@work is NOT accessible to me at work, so he'll have about 8 extra hours to move... I expect the point will be moot.

my wife hates me · Post by **my wife hates me** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:01 am

I half agree, I can't remember, (and unfortunately Wontrob has edited the original post) but did we have the game time set in the rules? If we did, then I'm all for timing him out.

MANI!!! - Sorry, but you keep posting all over the forums which leads us to believe you have time to kill. Kind of upsetting when you knew this was going to be a long tourney anyway.

The Wontrob · Post by **The Wontrob** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:32 am

Yes, I did post a 3 day per turn, 7 day timebank, (which is proving to be much more time than I anticipated). Mani is a few hours away from that limit with our game.

The Wontrob · Post by **The Wontrob** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:58 pm

Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:53 pm

*Manimal wrote:I was out this weekend, couldn't make the chase...
Sorry to see that there were tensions, as usual...

http://sillysoft.net/forums/viewtopic.p ... ht=#156594

Has yet to move in his game. Granted, that post was 5 minutes ago, but nonetheless.

AquaRegia · Post by **AquaRegia** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:43 pm

As that was well over four hours ago, I guess I'll just end it.

If it makes you feel any better, manimal, you surely had me beat, and I doubt one loss will matter much in the standings anyway.

grrrrr

I just can't do it. Never mind.

The Wontrob · Post by **The Wontrob** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:20 pm

Has *Mani finished his game with MWHM yet? I notice that matchup hasnt been mentioned at all...

my wife hates me · Post by **my wife hates me** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:28 am

The Wontrob wrote:Has *Mani finished his game with MWHM yet? I notice that matchup hasnt been mentioned at all...

No. He's a couple moves from an advantage but without a stupid error, we're at least 5-10 moves from complete.

The Wontrob · Post by **The Wontrob** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:07 am

Thanks Kevin.

my wife hates me · Post by **my wife hates me** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:11 am

The Wontrob wrote:Thanks Kevin.

No problamo there you 8 oz of poppin fresh hot out of the oven with melted butter yummyness!!!

n00less cluebie · Post by **n00less cluebie** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:11 am

my wife hates me wrote:
The Wontrob wrote:Thanks Kevin.
No problamo there you 8 oz of poppin fresh hot out of the oven with melted butter yummyness!!!

Hmmm.... during the 8 days of Passover, we're not allowed to eat any leavened bread/dough and only eat unleavened bread (Matza)

∞ n00less Cluebie menacingly approaches the Wontrob with the Rolling Pin of Death™

AquaRegia · Post by **AquaRegia** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:21 am

*mani 1 , Aqua 0

gg dude

The Wontrob · Post by **The Wontrob** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:10 pm

From the looks of it, it will be Manimal and Aqua going to the last 4 with UC and Deuce.

universalcat · Post by **universalcat** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:19 pm

Let's clearly announce right now the time limits of the games for the final rounds.

Time limits as in, if you can't move before they arrive, whether from laziness or being stumped, or because you forgot, or because you're in Bermuda or whatever, then you l o s e.

Making it clear before the games start will prevent any... confusion.
I'm not in the mood for any month-long games, myself.

The Wontrob · Post by **The Wontrob** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:34 am

I agree. I like the idea of a 1 day per move with 7 days timebank, so as long as you get to a computer once a day you will be fine, but the timebank leaves for a day here or there where you cant reach one. I think 3 days per move with a 3 day timebank would work as well.

universalcat · Post by **universalcat** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:04 am

Either one is fine with me.
I prefer 3/3.

AquaRegia · Post by **AquaRegia** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:57 pm

I'd go with 1/3, but I'm easy.

The Wontrob · Post by **The Wontrob** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:59 pm

1/3, I think, would be too little. Would you prefer 3/3 or 1/7?

AquaRegia · Post by **AquaRegia** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:11 pm

Either one is fine.

The Wontrob · Post by **The Wontrob** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:32 pm

I just resigned to Manimal: so the last game in our group does not matter.

Final 4:

Damanimal
Aquaregia
Deucelux
Trefalcon

Same format as the last rounds... everyone plays 3 games, one against each of the other three.

GAMES WILL BE 3 DAYS / TURN ::: 3 DAYS TIMEBANK

TIEBREAKER WILL BE HEAD TO HEAD RESULT.

If you guys manage to have a 2-1, 2-1, 2-1, 0-3 result I will kill you all.

universalcat · Post by **universalcat** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:47 pm

OK , here we go!

Deucelux I invited you to a game.

Aqua and Mani I need to finish a couple of my other games before I have free slots. Shouldnt be too long, Ill start the game as soon as I can.

Courage

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