2009 Entertainment Lemme

I spend my time dealing with lots of philosophical issues that go into reworking the patterns of thought. I have learned to sense when i have tred too deep and back off by instinct rather than thoughtful process. I tend to use game theory to evaluate the 'fairness' quotient - some games are rigged and not fair, but that doesn't mean that we get to choose not to play. In fact - being able to evaluate on a relative sense tells you whether you are better than other players in the same situation. The game is fair by having the same challenges for each player.

So i tend to play the same games over and over to assess the likelihood that a movement of skill provides an increase in value or rating. Chess has it's own unique system of ratings - when you sit down to play an over the board, tournament game, you know what you are getting into. The net has allowed a chess player to play in the dark with respect to an opponents position - you only get to see squares that your pieces can see. This provides an aspect of real life - you might not see the force coming - you have to sense it.

Games are great models for real life. So, I would like to present the 2009 entertainment lemme to Austin Lockwood and the Scheming Mind Game Community. I have spent hours playing non-chess games that stress my ability to imagine. From two board Alice Chess to the changing of color in Benedicts Chess to the subtlety of Lao Tzu Chess, there is a model game for every situation. Plus a true international community of players, with tournaments and pyramids. A true sanity stoker.

The conversations during the game are often as good as the games themselves, plus there are forums to sound-off on. With all the fanfare of modern social networks, this is a sort of secret place where you can hang with the geeks as we parlay our time into gainful attacks and parried defenses. Plus - the new blood needs more new blood to learn from (with).