Let's just play Wizard chess!
It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you with no place to go. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Vlasak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 5:14 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Thoughts about chess > Hi Charles, > If there was ever a game that is old and dusty, it is chess! > We could make it modern by changing the way the pieces move! > Have you ever seen a horse that moves straight and then turns 90 degrees? > How about having him jump two spaces, then jump two more and for the hell > of it jump another two in a straight line! > And how about the castles they should not be able to move at all, except > if > they fall over and crush what is next to them thus killing themselves. > And who ever saw a king that was so old and feeble he could only move one > square? > How about if the king could jump eight squares in any direction! > Wow that will knock the dust off this old game! > smiles, > Phil > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 6:21 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts about Montezuma's Revenge. > > >> You're missing the point entirely, though. Here are some of your >> thoughts, >> with a response that will, hopefully, explain why it should be left as it >> originally was. These are my thoughts on yours: >> >> This is the 21st century and everyone wants something that was popular in >> the 70-80's to be kept the same. >> >> How about moving up and upgrading to the current and future? If people >> want >> games that are from the 70-80's, why not just buy a game from that era >> and >> play it? >> My response is that we, as blind people, who have not been able to play >> the >> original games, will now have a chance to do so. Because we have never >> played the game, it is, obviously, new to us. I emphasize new to us, >> because that is the key. >> >> How ridiculous is it to want a game that is old and dusty? Why not have a >> game that has a lot of replay value and one that can offer so much more >> fun >> and challenges and current with today's programming capabilities? why not >> make a game that is attractive to all old and young a like? >> My response: What makes you think that Montezuma's Revenge has no replay >> value? The game's age?? Have you played it all the way through? No, >> because it does not exist in a format that blind people can access. Here >> again, just because a game is old does not mean that it does not have >> replay >> value. Chess is over 2,000 years old, and it is still played all over >> the >> world by tons of people. The age of a game has no bearing on whether it >> has, or does not have, replay value. If a game is good, it will remain >> so. >> Time does tell the quality of a game. The good ones last forever. >> > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
