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Chess and Death
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Sep 21, 2019
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Potato50012 wrote:
I like where your head is at. Many people have come Back from the dead, after strokes and stopped hearts etc, also some have dodged death. Death seems to be the sort of player to instantly call for a rematch after a loss as none of us are free from its challenges.
I love it.
The top of the text box, on the left, next to the chess board icon.
If I knew how to on this device, I would.
Alexander-Joseph wrote:
Potato50012 wrote:
I like where your head is at. Many people have come Back from the dead, after strokes and stopped hearts etc, also some have dodged death. Death seems to be the sort of player to instantly call for a rematch after a loss as none of us are free from its challenges.
I love it.
You have forgotten to make the distinction between all dead and mostly dead.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/characters/nm0000345
Death playing twister, this made my day!
ivandh wrote:
It occurred to me that death must be a pretty good chess player.
It's a common trope that dying souls may challenge Death to a game for their life. In stories, this is often limited to brave young heroes who are after fame and royal booty but let's assume Death takes all comers. After all, being the harbinger of mortality must be kind of a downer and there's nothing like a good game to lift the spirits, as it were.
Now I know what you're thinking, that I am about to say "Death beat Morphy, Fischer, Capablanca, every great chess player who ever lived and subsequently died." And you will say, ah, but Death took all these fine chaps well out of their chess-playing prime. My point is not to say that Death is the greatest player to ever live, as it were.
No, Death is not the greatest, but a dashing good one. Considering the mortality rate across the globe, and supposing that most people would gamble for a second crack at life if they could get it, Death must be playing a simul against tens of thousands of people at a given time. Not only playing chess, but other such diverse games as dungeons & dragons or twister. And yet there are very few people who have demonstrably come back to life, meaning Death has one hell of a winning streak, as it were.
This is a way better thread than 'eric we are frustrated', that is getting old to look at every day
woollensock wrote:
Deaths gonna have a job calling on me , I’ve got nine lives, happy.png 😺
Just like the Felids in Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup! However, they cannot wear armor. That's a big drawback.
Life is a privilege, but many people prefer Death, which is why they drink.
ivandh wrote:
It occurred to me that death must be a pretty good chess player.
It's a common trope that dying souls may challenge Death to a game for their life. In stories, this is often limited to brave young heroes who are after fame and royal booty but let's assume Death takes all comers. After all, being the harbinger of mortality must be kind of a downer and there's nothing like a good game to lift the spirits, as it were.
Now I know what you're thinking, that I am about to say "Death beat Morphy, Fischer, Capablanca, every great chess player who ever lived and subsequently died." And you will say, ah, but Death took all these fine chaps well out of their chess-playing prime. My point is not to say that Death is the greatest player to ever live, as it were.
No, Death is not the greatest, but a dashing good one. Considering the mortality rate across the globe, and supposing that most people would gamble for a second crack at life if they could get it, Death must be playing a simul against tens of thousands of people at a given time. Not only playing chess, but other such diverse games as dungeons & dragons or twister. And yet there are very few people who have demonstrably come back to life, meaning Death has one hell of a winning streak, as it were.
Well said
It occurred to me that death must be a pretty good chess player.
It's a common trope that dying souls may challenge Death to a game for their life. In stories, this is often limited to brave young heroes who are after fame and royal booty but let's assume Death takes all comers. After all, being the harbinger of mortality must be kind of a downer and there's nothing like a good game to lift the spirits, as it were.
Now I know what you're thinking, that I am about to say "Death beat Morphy, Fischer, Capablanca, every great chess player who ever lived and subsequently died." And you will say, ah, but Death took all these fine chaps well out of their chess-playing prime. My point is not to say that Death is the greatest player to ever live, as it were.
No, Death is not the greatest, but a dashing good one. Considering the mortality rate across the globe, and supposing that most people would gamble for a second crack at life if they could get it, Death must be playing a simul against tens of thousands of people at a given time. Not only playing chess, but other such diverse games as dungeons & dragons or twister. And yet there are very few people who have demonstrably come back to life, meaning Death has one hell of a winning streak, as it were.