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Sloppy Slippers. (Updated!) An army consisting of slip-pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🔔Notification on Thu, Apr 18 11:58 AM UTC:

The author, HaruN Y, has updated this page.


Bob Greenwade wrote on Wed, Apr 3 11:47 PM UTC in reply to A. M. DeWitt from 08:25 PM:

Generally, the best practice for assigning names to pieces is to make them easy to pronounce (or fun to say, as in bifferbubberz).

So Sloppy Knight would work better.

I concur. (Actually, I'd give a higher priority to giving names that evoke some sort of visual imagery, but that still makes Sloppy Knight work better.)


A. M. DeWitt wrote on Wed, Apr 3 08:25 PM UTC in reply to HaruN Y from Sun Feb 18 08:51 AM:

Generally, the best practice for assigning names to pieces is to make them easy to pronounce (or fun to say, as in bifferbubberz).

So Sloppy Knight would work better.


💡📝HaruN Y wrote on Sun, Feb 18 08:51 AM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from Sun Jan 21 07:37 PM:

Would "Forfniqbibade" be a better name for the Sloppy Knight?


💡📝HaruN Y wrote on Mon, Jan 22 10:55 AM UTC in reply to Ben Reiniger from Sun Jan 21 06:57 PM:

I only have tested it against the Fabulous FIDEs using Play-Test Applet. Though that was back in 2022, I forgor the results.


Bob Greenwade wrote on Sun, Jan 21 07:37 PM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from 07:15 PM:
It probably needs a bit of editing (and the Knight piece needs a better name), but I gave this a shot:

files=8 ranks=8 promoZone=1 promoChoice=NZWC graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png symmetry=none pawn:P:ifmnDfmWfceF:pawn:a2,b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,h2,,a7,b7,c7,d7,e7,f7,g7,h7 knight hunter:N:fhNbqBbD:cardinal:b1,g1,,b8,g8 amazon:Z:qQasasW:amazon:d1,,d8 war bear:W:qBnD:bishopwarmachine:c1,f1,,c8,f8 crowned panda:C:qRF:promotedrook:a1,h1,,a8,h8 king:K:KisO2:king:e1,,e8

Bob Greenwade wrote on Sun, Jan 21 07:15 PM UTC in reply to Ben Reiniger from 06:57 PM:

I think making an Interactive Diagram would be helpful here in multiple ways:

  1. Giving an illustration of the setup.
  2. Creating clear (non-ASCII) illustrations of the moves.
  3. Testing for balance and practicality.

A game full of slip pieces is intriguing, though.


Ben Reiniger wrote on Sun, Jan 21 06:57 PM UTC:

This is an interesting theme.

Have you done any testing for balance?


Aurelian Florea wrote on Mon, Oct 2, 2023 11:27 AM UTC in reply to HaruN Y from 02:23 AM:

Interesting idea!


💡📝HaruN Y wrote on Mon, Oct 2, 2023 02:23 AM UTC:
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