It's a shame you don't live here. I'd happily teach you. If only to have someone to play. People here refuse to play with me and I'm not even that good.
Best advice I can give you is to learn with another person as opposed to a computer. I like playing against the computer but it doesn't have any creativity and I'd have lost out if I learned that way.
Yeah, I tried to learn by reading up on it and by trying to play on the computer but it just doesn't sink in, I really need someone to teach me 1 on 1.
I think I'd be good at it because I love strategy. You might laugh at me for using this as an example, but I'm awesome at checkers and I can do the craziest things on a checkerboard, it just comes so easy to me. I can almost 100% of the time either beat someone so badly it's embarrassing or lock up the board so no one can move. It's like the moves play out in my head like a choreographed dance. I can see 10 moves ahead for both myself and my opponent. It's fun! Fun for me anyway, but I can't really get anyone to play checkers with me anymore!
I wouldn't laugh at you for that. I think you'd probably be a better chess player than I am. Chess is all about strategy and looking ahead. It's about assessing your position, assessing your possible position and working out how you can conceal your intent. Like checkers but with more options. I think you'd get a lot out of it.
If I was a better player, I'd suggest playing you on Yahoo! Chess or something, where you can play people from anywhere in the world and have a discussion at the same time. It's a good teaching medium. But I honestly think I'd be doing you a disservice because I have to think hard. It's not instinctive for me. And I think you'd be an instinctive player who would beat me every time if you were taught to obey your instincts. I hope you do pursue it, though. It's a game where, the better you get at it, the more you get from it. The proverbial gift that keeps on giving.
Do you play Luck Games?
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It's a shame you don't live here. I'd happily teach you. If only to have someone to play. People here refuse to play with me and I'm not even that good.
Best advice I can give you is to learn with another person as opposed to a computer. I like playing against the computer but it doesn't have any creativity and I'd have lost out if I learned that way.
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Yeah, I tried to learn by reading up on it and by trying to play on the computer but it just doesn't sink in, I really need someone to teach me 1 on 1.
I think I'd be good at it because I love strategy. You might laugh at me for using this as an example, but I'm awesome at checkers and I can do the craziest things on a checkerboard, it just comes so easy to me. I can almost 100% of the time either beat someone so badly it's embarrassing or lock up the board so no one can move. It's like the moves play out in my head like a choreographed dance. I can see 10 moves ahead for both myself and my opponent. It's fun! Fun for me anyway, but I can't really get anyone to play checkers with me anymore!
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I wouldn't laugh at you for that. I think you'd probably be a better chess player than I am. Chess is all about strategy and looking ahead. It's about assessing your position, assessing your possible position and working out how you can conceal your intent. Like checkers but with more options. I think you'd get a lot out of it.
If I was a better player, I'd suggest playing you on Yahoo! Chess or something, where you can play people from anywhere in the world and have a discussion at the same time. It's a good teaching medium. But I honestly think I'd be doing you a disservice because I have to think hard. It's not instinctive for me. And I think you'd be an instinctive player who would beat me every time if you were taught to obey your instincts. I hope you do pursue it, though. It's a game where, the better you get at it, the more you get from it. The proverbial gift that keeps on giving.