Nova Daily - 9 April 2025

Hi!

No long intro text from me this time because I have some other stuff to do. A couple of weeks ago I mentioned a test that I failed, and I have to take that test again tomorrow. Most of my day has gone up to learning for the test, and hopefully I'll pass it this time.

I do have a few small things to share. First of all that I'm still sad and disappointed over losing my friend. Thanks to all the people who shot me a response! And thanks for leaving out all the well-meant but unwelcome advices. I know that it can help, but there's a time and place for it. When you break, you have to break well. At these times you have to feel. Actively experience the feeling. Go through hell. No hedonistic substances to hide away from it. It's the short-term easiest thing to drink away all the problems, but I don't trust that approach anymore because it'll be stored and come back later. So thank you for understanding; I'll try to deal with it outside of my blog from this point forth.

The second thing I want to share is a bit of a flex. In my daily puzzle battle I was paired with an NM with 700 puzzle rating points more than me. This is the result:

Cobysters was a fair bit quicker than me in the beginning, but failed on the 38th puzzle before I got there. I could've claimed victory when I arrived at that puzzle, but I don't like to do that. Even though I keep track of my rating in Puzzle Battle, I do view it as falling under the category of arbitrary success criteria. I'm doing these quick runs for solving puzzles, so I'd always prioritise going on over rating. Still, I'm very pleased with the result.

The game

Today's game was a really fun one.

My thoughts:

Quite a one-sided game, to be honest. I got a good position right out of the opening and managed to carry the advantage home.