Geez, I think that's my most embarassing typo/misspelling of all time!

What I think is: If you play turn-based (with breaks of sometimes several days) you must live with the fact that the players use all helps they can have! The chances are equal again for all!
Btw,tedbarber,do you really think that Edtrice doesn`t use the "Vortex" at analyzing his own games?

I dont know about Ted,Cassius...but I cant while on webtv.
But I have noticed the number of 2000 plus rated gothic players climbing with the increased sales of vortex.

And I ask me,why people like tedbarber play "turn-based" and not "live",without breaks.
At "livechess" like USCL or Playchess.com,for instance,the using of computers is forbidden and will be punished by immediate automatic disqualification.

vortex is also making it easier to cheat.

In answer to what difficulties I have with Bird Chess,as opposed to Gothic Chess;I do not play any other Chess Variation except an occassional game of either Chinese Chess or Janus Chess. Why on earth would I want to play an extremely unbalanced game where White has such an unfair advantage in The Opening that he can take away all reasonable responses but one to Black;as well as making it very difficult for Black to have a decent chance to win. This is too too big an advantage for White. So,I'll stick to almost exclusively playing Gothic Chess. By the way,I also hate traditional Chess because Computers not only made it too easy to cheat;but greatly contributed to over analyzing it. I dispise Chess Computers and people who use them to cheat their opponants by getting their moves from them. In a chess game,or any other game for that matter,it is cheating to use an outside source other than ones own brain to get your moves while the game is in progress;and no honest person would do so. Unfortunately,many persons do cheat their opponants by using computers or other players help to defeat an opponant. I would never do this since it is not only dishonest;but flat out cheating. There is absolutely no satisfaction in winning a game I do not win by my skill alone;so Win,Lose,or Draw when someone faces me they are absolutely assured I will never stoop soooo low as to use an outside source to cheat them. My result depends entirely on my skill alone and nothing else. Honor means more than winning to me.

I think,it is a very playable move.Look at my long game against slate, (Game id 286338).
1.f4 is comparable with the "open games" in regular chess (with 1.e4), a good alternative to 1.d4

Is 1. f4 ; a bad idea in Gothic? I usually win when my opponant plays this.

Freudian slip

ROFL! You 'asked this question pubically'? What were you talking to? :D

I guess there is one mod who is 'head moderator'. I don't really know, but you'll notice that when there is more than one mod on a DB, the first one is always listed in larger text. Walter mentioned that, after being mod along with bwildman & me for several weeks, that he could boot mods. I never had that ability, so I can only conclude that there is a little difference from the powers of the mod listed first and the rest.

I still don't know WHY I was booted. I never did anything wrong as moderator (unlike him). I have asked this question before both publicaly and privately with no response. I guess Walter has chosen not to speak to me any longer.

Chessmaster,Walter is moderator and Thad was only submoderator.The moderator can add or remove submoderators of his own choice.

One thing that i didn't understand: How Walter removed you (Thad) from being a moderator?
When you've been a moderator you could do the same?
I ask because i think it's funny if a moderator has the ability to remove another moderator....

No, the government makes us all pay taxes. If you VOTE, then you have the right to complain!! ;-)

Speaking of complaining, I have set up a new fellowship called Rants & Raves - Anything Goes. Anyone who wants to complain about anything that has happened here at the Gothic Chess DB can PM me for an invite. Well, almost anyone.

I wasn't refering to you Redsales and I'm sorry if it offended you. I'm sure many people don't like what I posted but thats what I believe!
I know that you've been trying to talk real Gothic Chess here in your lasts few posts but until this DB gets its act together I'm not posting anything much more. If you want me to help you with your game I will do it by PM or at Gothic Chess SteamRollers. Also, I don't agree with you that people who don't play Gothic should post anything they want here because...most of those people are the ones that go from DB to DB stirring up the pot with their nonsense! You play, you have a voice...like...if you pay taxes you have a right to complain.

well, i've been trying to talk about it, but no one, including you, Chesscarpenter, ever replies. Isn't that a bit hypocritical? Also, about Walter, first you said he talked too much, now not enough? I guess nothing can make your faction happy.
Lastly, people who don't play Goth have every right to say whatever they want about it. I've never been to war, but what I have to say about it is meaningful. Likewise with Goth.

Goth is still popular on this site, but I know of at least 5 people who refuse to play another game of it in protest of what they interpret as Ed's heavyhandedness. That's their choice, but surely you can see playing and analysis is more important than splintering the "community"? The gauntlet is thrown, does anyone have anything to say about that game below or am I going to have to form my own fellowship to talk about it?

Just kidding. Psyche.

Ed made Gothic Chess Steamrollers so people like myself who love to play Gothic Chess can do so without all of the "BS" that happens at this DB!
We need a space like this where we can talk about what matters without a moderator who antogonizes then disappears and also the people who never play and think that what they say means something!
It's a shame that this DB will suffer because of inactivity or lack of topic but at least we have our Fellowships.
Walter wanted to know why I hardly post here and I told him that I never had a problem posting in Fellowship DB's. If anyone wants to join the Gothic Chess SteamRollers and are someone who is serious about there play, ask Ed for an invite.
I will see you there!!

As usual only promises.

LOL
figures

No, he won a prize tournament. (2 tournaments actually I think)

but he paid for another rook membership?

Why start a new Fellowship Trice - I thought you were leaving the site yet again?

I will give you my thoughts at night........[European night:-)]