Jianying Ji wrote: 'Also a lion would not be bad, for
whatever kind of lion it would be.' Lions and Unicorns and Elephants are always useful. They could be marketed as decorations, with a handful purchased by chess variant players.
I am going to pour some cold water on these proposals. We do not have twenty people here able/willing to spend $100. We do not have twenty people here able/willing to spend a full year playing in a tournament. We have not had twenty votes for Recognized Chess Variant of the Month in a long time, 10 to 15 votes was normal, as I recall. At one time I was going to propose a rule that we ignore the result of any RCV poll with less than 12 voters.
Jianying Ji wrote: 'Also a lion would not be bad, for whatever kind of lion it would be.' Lions and Unicorns and Elephants are always useful. They could be marketed as decorations, with a handful purchased by chess variant players.
I am going to pour some cold water on these proposals. We do not have twenty people here able/willing to spend $100. We do not have twenty people here able/willing to spend a full year playing in a tournament. We have not had twenty votes for Recognized Chess Variant of the Month in a long time, 10 to 15 votes was normal, as I recall. At one time I was going to propose a rule that we ignore the result of any RCV poll with less than 12 voters.