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fearofmediocrity Newbie  
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posted April 01, 2002 15:20
  
This is horrible because I was an active member of the chess team. I would sit there and contemplate the beginning moves and then do some cute thing which would lead to an intimate conversation. The game would be abandoned and I'd have a lovely conversation with someone more geeky than I. I've never really completed a game. I've never loss or won... although have come close to it by sheer luck. I guess that makes me a wannabe. But-- I do know how to make my own computer, design a PCR experiment and analyze forensic data. So... am I stlll a geek even though I don't know how to play chess? ------------------ IP: Logged |
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iMat Geek Apprentice 
Posts: 41 |
posted April 01, 2002 16:29
Gasp! You don't know how to play chess!! The chess club I go to is now gone (not enough members) and now I just do other things. One grandmasrter said that many people don't play chess, they just move the pieces. Well, I'm more of those "move the pieces" people. Good luck at chess though! --iMat IP: Logged |
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Evilbunny Highlie 
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posted April 01, 2002 17:26
Dude! I don't know how to play chess either! Wow! Maybe we should start up a group or something! IP: Logged |
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fearofmediocrity Newbie
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posted April 01, 2002 18:45
Oh! This makes me so very happy!!!!! I know how to play checkers. Why is there never a checkers club? IP: Logged |
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iballoondesign Alpha Geek  Posts: 331 |
posted April 01, 2002 20:22
I never knew how to play chess until I was 7 yrs old when my big brother introduce that chess game. Now, I know how to play. Thank to my good ol' brother! ------------------ IP: Logged |
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fearofmediocrity Newbie
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posted April 01, 2002 20:26
I don't have a big brother. Can I borrow yours?  ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Jidabug Super Geek 
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posted April 02, 2002 08:06
I'm so happy to find that I'm not the only one in the world who can't play chess. I mean, I know how the pieces move and the general rules and all that, but I just can't get into the nuances of the game. *shrug* I much prefer Risk or Trivial Pursuit or Cribbage. IP: Logged |
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FatGnome Super Geek
Posts: 114 |
posted April 02, 2002 08:55
I know how to move the pieces around the board and I do a little stratagising but it is never more than 2 moves ahead. You are right I can play checkers and if I play checkers they should start a checkers club at school. IP: Logged |
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Xanthine Highlie
Posts: 543 |
posted April 02, 2002 19:26
quote: PCR? Then you can tell me why my negative control worked in spite of the fact I was very careful to keep template out of the reaction. I'm a "move the pieces" type as well. Sure, I know the rules, but actually playing the game as it was meant to be played is beyond me. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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TheAnnoyedCockroach Super Geek
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posted April 02, 2002 19:36
quote: Amen to that. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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macadddikt18 SuperBlabberMouth!     
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posted April 03, 2002 11:37
risk is a fun game. I love playing it. the computer game is not as much fun because the computer just kicks your butt all over the place. But playing online can be fun once in awhile. I still like the old board game though. You really can't beat that. Nayt ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Evilbunny Highlie
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posted April 03, 2002 18:13
I like monopoly. IP: Logged |
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iMat Geek Apprentice
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posted April 03, 2002 18:32
ARRRGGHH!! Okay, just to clear things from the "tidbits" thing next to the poll, I do know how to play chess, just not well. IP: Logged |
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TheAnnoyedCockroach Super Geek
Posts: 244 |
posted April 03, 2002 20:04
Whenever we play Risk, it's always more "Who give in to the pressure first" than the concept of actually finishing the game. Sooner or later, one of us cracks, and the board becomes a seething mass of troops instead of the orderly game that it usually is. That's when we claim victory. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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fearofmediocrity Newbie
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posted April 04, 2002 10:18
I've only played Risk once. It was with my cousins in New Jersey who are proclaimed geniuses by my aunts and uncles. I won. It's amazing what you can do when you're annoyed. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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StrayDog Mini-Geek
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posted April 04, 2002 23:40
Well, if it's any consolation, my neighbour's cat can beat me in 10 moves or so. IP: Logged |
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iballoondesign Alpha Geek Posts: 331 |
posted April 05, 2002 01:36
quote: Don't be silly! Ask your parents to adopt new brother. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Rednivek Super Geek
Posts: 111 |
posted April 05, 2002 07:54
I played chess in Michigan and always won the timed games because I play it more like checkers, but never won the untimed games because I get bored. IP: Logged |
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EddieKatz Geek Apprentice
Posts: 43 |
posted April 05, 2002 08:52
the last time i played chess i got whiped by the seven year old i was babysitting for. he also beat my ass at checkers. but then i got my revenge. no one beats me at spit! mwahahahahaha! sad that i get such satisfaction out of beating grade schoolers in a game that no one my age should still remember how to play. IP: Logged |
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Cutie-pie Neat Newbie
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posted April 06, 2002 17:24
I'm sorry you can't play. I'm pretty good, but I used to suck horriblly. I feel your pain ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Erbo Super Geek
Posts: 131 |
posted April 07, 2002 23:49
quote: And CP claims not to be a geek elsewhere in this same forum...see, CP? You can exhibit geekly qualities, if you try! (Unless you're a ringer, and are really an Ubergeek in drag, as it were...you never know 'bout these things. This post right here that says "Erbo" on it could be one of my cats posting, for all anyone here would know IP: Logged |
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Erbo Super Geek
Posts: 131 |
posted April 07, 2002 23:52
oops...hit Reply instead of Edit by mistake. The "tooltips" don't work under Mozilla if they just use the ALT text on the graphic. Hey, Snaggy, think you could edit the templates in UBB to use the TITLE= attribute on those images? IP: Logged |
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