While talking with Josh Waitzkin about the chess software he would like to donate, I realized that it would be very helpful if there were a way to share games on XOs not just with players, but with observers, including kibitzers who want to comment on a game in progress, or have a discussion with the other observers. This function is provided on most game servers, with the players unable to tap into the discussion channel. Chess TV in Russia especially, and weiqi/go/baduk TV and xiangqi/janggi/shogi TV in China/Korea/Japan also have expert commentators discussing games in progress, and there is a market in DVDs of commented games.
What would we have to do to the XO collaboration model to make that happen? If we can do that, what would it take to extend it to games with multiple players or even teams online? Chaturanga, the earliest form of chess, was a four-way battle. Many combat card games permit fairly large matches, although I haven't seen any larger than eight players. World of Warcraft has team voice communications that the other team doesn't get to hear. -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
