Calling out to DreadedHermie for a game of "stoner chess"

[Weezard]

K - Q5?

Kinda new territory for me, here...

Me as well.
It's a very empty board.

Someone has usually resigned by now.

The white pawn/bishop unit is stable and safe.
There's no way to lure, or chase them apart.
Same could be said for the black bishop/pawn, if not for the queen promotion threat.
White merely takes out the bishop,

P - R6 steady as she goes.

Then out-maneuvers the black king to take the black pawn.


But, If you find a way to prevail, then I learn something big about thinking.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

This is where all the computer games lose their edge.
(Less detail to keep track of, fewer rules to apply.)

Machines do not actually "think"

When it comes down to common reasoning, they fail miserably.
As fo' hoomins.
Jus' 'cause I see no hope could mean I'm just not looking at it right, yah?


Subtle use of the Queen's power is what made this game.

Direct attack, berserker style is easy to anticipate and defend.
But queen schemes with sub-plots will blindside a guy most times.

If this is getting tedious for you now.
I'll offer a draw and you get first move.


Red stems!
Ho re chao!:stoned:

Weeze

[DreadedHermie]

No time to start a fresh game ATM, I shouldn't even be enjoying myself piddling around online. (Checking in on the board definitely got to be a habit when I swore off the local print media due to their incompetence. I have Cdot with my coffee instead now. The local broadcast "journalists" are still good for comic relief, though. Hilarious. ) Anyway, I should be terribly busy even now, but I'm a slacker and a procrastinator. (And for good reason. :thumbsup

I don't think you'll need to accept a draw. Coupla more moves should do it.

B - QN1

then: K - QN6?

[Weezard]

No time to start a fresh game ATM, I shouldn't even be enjoying myself piddling around online. (Checking in on the board definitely got to be a habit when I swore off the local print media due to their incompetence. I have Cdot with my coffee instead now. The local broadcast "journalists" are still good for comic relief, though. Hilarious. ) Anyway, I should be terribly busy even now, but I'm a slacker and a procrastinator. (And for good reason. :thumbsup

I don't think you'll need to accept a draw. Coupla more moves should do it.

B - QN1

then: K - QN6?

That's right.
Then...

[DreadedHermie]

Me: K - K5
You: K - QN7 ?

[Weezard]

Me: K - K5

No can!
That square is occupied by the white pawn.
You: K - QN7 ?

Prolly.
Wooden shoe?

W.

[DreadedHermie]

Oops. Meant QB5...


Gettin' hectic over heah. Fun, though. :thumbsup:

[Weezard]

K - Kn7 then.
Scat!
You naughty bishop.
Promotion will occur shortly.

[Weezard]

A mysterious stranger came by my crib and gifted me 4 cuttings.
Of Jack Herrer!:thumbsup:
Already an aggresive grower in soil, I plan to coco it through veg, then give it a beeg bucket for bloomin'.
Got a 'speriment going to see if it is worthwhile to transplant while in flower.
Convention says they stop growing roots when budding.
I'm watching my bloomer girls root there li'l butts off while they bud.
And when the roots hit the water, shazam!
No more ratty looking fan leaves. Fatter, denser buds
The next side by side will then cut back on nutes with one and push 'em onna odder one.
Then compare taste quality through curing.
My last harvest of da sunburn, I kept it at about 1,100 ppm. right to the wire and the taste is outstanding.
It is curing now at 73 degrees F. and 63% RH.
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Those li'l in-da-jar meters are tits!
I'll be able to keep both samples at the same R.H. through the cure.
I'm thinking that all that "Flush for taste" advice is just more Hand-me-down horse hockey.
Again, we shall see what we observe.

Aloha.
Weezard

[DreadedHermie]

Nice surprise, JH x 4. Pretty sure I've never seen it. You will, of course, need a tasting panel including some discriminating palates!

I've wound up transplanting from 3gal to 5gal pots 2-4 weeks into flower, but mostly cause the plants got so dang big they needed a bigger watering trough.

In soil, I got some small root exploration into the new medium, but generally, I could peel the new medium right off the old rootball at harvest. As one might expect, coco worked significantly better. Interested to see yer results with a full hydro experience. No drag on those roots whatsoever.

That reminds me: I was reading a label at the grow shop - mighta been a Canna product - said that seedlings' roots "catch" (their term) better if the medium's not saturated wet/slick. Tried it with some tomato seedlings and I believe it worked. The babies don't drink fast enough to dry it out quick-like, so it was safe enough...

I've heard folks complain that an incompletely burned, black crunchy ash indicates the product hasn't been flushed properly (as opposed to a fluffy white ash). There's gotta be a zillion variables, though. Another interesting experiment. Again, you're gonna need some tasters...

Chess: Black might as well resign at this point, as I see how the promotion's gonna happen, and black can't stop it now. I'll shoot ya an e when I get a sec, swamped was part of this month's plan. Maybe you can get somebody to be grist for your mill in the interim. Then I can troll in and comment, and not haveta think. I had to borrow brain cells (mostly ones responsible for memory, and a few for charm, of course) to pull off my latest adventure, and it's not even off da ground yet.

All goes well, though. Hey, how's the little vape holding up? I could use one to preserve my pipes in case James Earl Jones needs a vacation. :wtf: And the chia seeds- how'd that pan out?

Busy, busy. Your friend, Hermie :hippy:

[DreadedHermie]

I thought this last game was the most exciting one I've seen. I wouldn't mind picking it back up sometime, from some earlier point, and seeing how it plays out another way. Congratulations on this win, though. Nicely done, and fun. :thumbsup: