I have to disagree.
There is a huge difference.
Tactics would include 2-3-4-5 or so move combinations to lure your opponent into a situationally unsound position (for them), leaving you with an immediate advantage of some kind...be it territory, or dominating a certain square, pinning or trapping one of his pieces.
Strategy would involve decisions that occur through the whole of the game, from the opening, to the middle and then to the end-game. These decisions often lead to a particular style of end-game, where the dominating strategist will hold the advantage in terms of how the game is brought to a close.
Case in point - there is a HUGE difference in arranging a combination to use your knight and fork your opponent's king and queen (tactic!) and determining whether or not it would be wiser to trade down into bishop-of-opposite-color endgame (Strategy!) or maybe to create isolated, weak pawns on the enemy's kingside so you can build an advantage (passed pawn) and begin targeting that lone weakness.
Yeah. The tactic can take a few moves. The strategy can take THE. WHOLE. GAME....and there's no difference there? Please. Go play real Chess. Go get lost in a series of combinations for an hour or two (yes, an hour or two... looking at the same position and trying to find the one, best, winning move) every day for the next 6-7 years and then come tell me there's no difference.
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"The chess part is speed chess, which can be quite difficult and heavily favors those who are well practiced in strategy and able to make decisions faster."
Mistake. Huge mistake. Those who are able toplay blitz/bullet/speed/whatever-u-want-to-call-it Chess are excellent TACTICIANS. Strategy, the long-term plan in Chess, is almost always sacrificed in favor of shorter-term, more easily calculated variations designed to trap/x-ray/skewer/check/checkmate your opponent. There simply isn't time to formulate anything strategically. In speed Chess, it's tactics. On the other side of the coin, if you play a few rounds of speed Chess and then try your hand at a non-speed game, you'll find yourself being a lot more impulsive and blundering due to lack of foresight and proper calcuations to thwart your enemy's plans.
I think you just referred to yourself in the 4th person and gave me dysentery at the same time. Great. Thanks. Not only am I now scared of intermagicalactic war of a crappy recording artist, but I've shite me drawers and lost sense of all grammar knowing-stuff.
Thanks, dick.
I think you meant "She says I'm beating off because I love my pocket hockey."
Or, maybe I misheard...
Either way, I'm going back to sleep. Screw this conciousness shit.
No, no. I meant the robots. Screw the human cylons.:: waits for jokes pertaining to the act of coitus with either number 6 or 8. The cylon models. Not the numbers themselves... though... that'd be quite.. umm. interesting...::
You all suck. I'm from Delaware and I'm the coolest guy you know.
I:
-have Real Genius AND Aliens memorized word for word -speak 23 languages, 3 of which are actually used on this planet -actually have a job -changed my underwear recently -am voting for the Cylons this upcoming election and -fought Chuck Norris....and am alive to type about it.
Now, we just need a gorgeous blonde, her cocky younger brother, a ruff-n-tuff pilot and a pissy corporate type who has secret plans for world domination. Oh, and his space station to observe this radiation from. It's shields will protect us.
Man, what a GREAT movie concept this would be!!!
Ok, ok.. I'll go back to playing Farcry now.
I understand that these SNS are growing to a point where people are interested in analyzing the psychology behind them, but I still need to ask...
What ever happened to meeting people in real life? What ever happened to "ring...ring... Hey, it's (name), let's grab a beer after work?"
While I'm not qualified to go any deeper than casual, day-to-day observations, it's just astounding to me that so many people are placing that much emphasis on a certain arrangement of 1's and 0's that are interpreted a certain way through computers and networks.
I have friends in real life. Granted, I even have a few that I talk to online, mostly because they live overseas. However, I still make damn sure to keep weekly, if not daily contact with my nearest and dearest here in the red, white and blue. This whole "I have more friends than you" bullshit is... well, exactly that, bullshit.
GO OUT AND MAKE REAL FRIENDS. BEING SOCIAL AND FRIENDLY MAKES YOU MORE REAL FRIENDS. (and quite possibly gets you laid.;)
Just my 2 cents. I would like change back. heh.
...oh shit. Well, I guess as long as you're not in a jungle... with a team of commandos led by Arnold Schwarzenegger.... with a creature from another planet running around......wait. It's getting very hot this year...
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I have to disagree. There is a huge difference. Tactics would include 2-3-4-5 or so move combinations to lure your opponent into a situationally unsound position (for them), leaving you with an immediate advantage of some kind...be it territory, or dominating a certain square, pinning or trapping one of his pieces. Strategy would involve decisions that occur through the whole of the game, from the opening, to the middle and then to the end-game. These decisions often lead to a particular style of end-game, where the dominating strategist will hold the advantage in terms of how the game is brought to a close. Case in point - there is a HUGE difference in arranging a combination to use your knight and fork your opponent's king and queen (tactic!) and determining whether or not it would be wiser to trade down into bishop-of-opposite-color endgame (Strategy!) or maybe to create isolated, weak pawns on the enemy's kingside so you can build an advantage (passed pawn) and begin targeting that lone weakness. Yeah. The tactic can take a few moves. The strategy can take THE. WHOLE. GAME. ...and there's no difference there? Please. Go play real Chess. Go get lost in a series of combinations for an hour or two (yes, an hour or two... looking at the same position and trying to find the one, best, winning move) every day for the next 6-7 years and then come tell me there's no difference.
This public service announcement has been brought to you by the letter "j".
"The chess part is speed chess, which can be quite difficult and heavily favors those who are well practiced in strategy and able to make decisions faster." Mistake. Huge mistake. Those who are able toplay blitz/bullet/speed/whatever-u-want-to-call-it Chess are excellent TACTICIANS. Strategy, the long-term plan in Chess, is almost always sacrificed in favor of shorter-term, more easily calculated variations designed to trap/x-ray/skewer/check/checkmate your opponent. There simply isn't time to formulate anything strategically. In speed Chess, it's tactics. On the other side of the coin, if you play a few rounds of speed Chess and then try your hand at a non-speed game, you'll find yourself being a lot more impulsive and blundering due to lack of foresight and proper calcuations to thwart your enemy's plans.
I think you just referred to yourself in the 4th person and gave me dysentery at the same time. Great. Thanks. Not only am I now scared of intermagicalactic war of a crappy recording artist, but I've shite me drawers and lost sense of all grammar knowing-stuff. Thanks, dick.
I think you meant "She says I'm beating off because I love my pocket hockey." Or, maybe I misheard... Either way, I'm going back to sleep. Screw this conciousness shit.
No, no. I meant the robots. Screw the human cylons. :: waits for jokes pertaining to the act of coitus with either number 6 or 8. The cylon models. Not the numbers themselves... though... that'd be quite.. umm. interesting... ::
You you.. h.h.haa...haad had a ggg g girlfriend?? w..w.w.w.wwwiiwiw with... BOOBS??
You all suck. I'm from Delaware and I'm the coolest guy you know.
I:
-have Real Genius AND Aliens memorized word for word ....and am alive to type about it.
-speak 23 languages, 3 of which are actually used on this planet
-actually have a job
-changed my underwear recently
-am voting for the Cylons this upcoming election
and
-fought Chuck Norris
Beat that.
Now, we just need a gorgeous blonde, her cocky younger brother, a ruff-n-tuff pilot and a pissy corporate type who has secret plans for world domination. Oh, and his space station to observe this radiation from. It's shields will protect us. Man, what a GREAT movie concept this would be!!! Ok, ok.. I'll go back to playing Farcry now.
I still want 5 megawatts by mid-May.
You're at UD? Nice.. See you at Brew HaHa sometime. ;)
I understand that these SNS are growing to a point where people are interested in analyzing the psychology behind them, but I still need to ask... What ever happened to meeting people in real life? What ever happened to "ring...ring... Hey, it's (name), let's grab a beer after work?" While I'm not qualified to go any deeper than casual, day-to-day observations, it's just astounding to me that so many people are placing that much emphasis on a certain arrangement of 1's and 0's that are interpreted a certain way through computers and networks. I have friends in real life. Granted, I even have a few that I talk to online, mostly because they live overseas. However, I still make damn sure to keep weekly, if not daily contact with my nearest and dearest here in the red, white and blue. This whole "I have more friends than you" bullshit is... well, exactly that, bullshit. GO OUT AND MAKE REAL FRIENDS. BEING SOCIAL AND FRIENDLY MAKES YOU MORE REAL FRIENDS. (and quite possibly gets you laid. ;)
Just my 2 cents. I would like change back. heh.
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...oh shit. Well, I guess as long as you're not in a jungle... with a team of commandos led by Arnold Schwarzenegger.... with a creature from another planet running around... ...wait. It's getting very hot this year...
You misspelled Nucular. ;)