Agreed, in his later years he completely lost his mind for whatever reason.

However, he wrote the book I referenced in 1966. During that time his chess mind was at it's peak and he was only in his 20's.

Because that has nothing at all to do with his ability to play chess at a higher level than anyone else on the planet. Probably ever

To follow-up on the 3rd person view or free camera view. Lets say a caster is using the free floating camera view, can the caster still see the names of the players as they run around or do you just see health bars and colors?

I understand where you are coming from but it really goes back to having no good choices in this election. Since I refuse to vote for Hillary, that either means I don't vote at all or vote Trump by default. I want better options! Going to have to settle on waiting 4 more years and hoping.

Same, the trailers and everything I have seen so far have me hyped for the movie. Can only hope it is not a flop.

I think we misunderstood. I am referring to when a spy spawns and has not even reached the other team yet. If a cloaked spy is running inbetween opponents that means he is basically in position or working his way. That should 100% be the focus of the camera and casters.

Is it too early to put spoilers in the thread right now?

So I kinda hijacked this question from here because the thread itself got pretty weird and I am not sure if the casters were even reading it anymore after they asked for opinions/suggestions for improvement.

First off, I and many others really appreciate the time and effort you all put into casting matches. Thank you.

1-- I notice that quite often the caster will be doing play-by-play but the camera-man is not watching the same player so the information and action being casted is a little unorganized because it is not on the screen. I am sure it is a major challenge to get coordination down between camera and caster but it would likely improve the overall experience, especailly when critical things happen.

2-- When a player off-classes to Spy or Sniper, it has become commonplace to focus the camera and casting on that player because some "big play" could happen. I don't disagree with that style but until the Spy/Sniper are in position to actually make a play, we should not be watching a spy run around to get into position. The 2nd caster should be shadowing the spy/sniper and let the main caster continue to talk about the action until the the time is right to switch the focus.

Again this requires good communication between casters and camerman so I understand it is a lot easier said than done. This exact thing happened during some of the i-series casting with Lange and Admirable and again at i55. It was pretty awesome awesome the way they switched on the fly.

3-- TF2 casts have historically missed a lot of important action on the flanks, especially back-caps that end rounds abruptly. Most times, those plays are talked about in the past tense and have already happened off-camera. Obviously the main attention is on the combo the majority of the time and that is just fine. However, I believe it would help the cast if the "main caster" focuses strictly on the action at hand and UBER. The "support caster" can then concentrate on any wild cards like off-classes and view the larger picture with free float camera. Then he can interrupt the main caster and cameraman when a major play could possibly happen away from the combo on the flank.

Several times during the i52 and i55 casts there were back-caps on process, badlands and gullywash that were completely and utterly missed until it was too late. One time in particular was when EPSI scout Kiler4fun was literally hiding behind the last cap point on Process against FROYO during Grand Finals. He was there for like 2 full minutes and the casters did not see him at all and never even knew he capped the final point until it was over. The cameraman spotted him but the casters were oblivious.

Hope some of that helped bring out ideas and such, you all do a fantastic job.

Getting started is difficult for a lot of people and I think it has to do with the slow pace of real chess. It can seem boring and uninteresting compared to computer games and such. I enjoy the mental challenge and I get really engaged when playing. There is blitz chess and other types of speed based chess but I don't think they stress the fundamentals for new players.

There is another chess book I own called Chess Fundamentals by Jose Raul Capablanca. He is considered one of the best of all time and I wish he could have played Bobby Fischer head to head but they lived in different time periods.

His book, as the title says, focuses on the basic fundamentals of chess and I learned a lot about protection from his book. Hopefully I can round out my play and be more agressive and attacking by reading and learning from Bobby Fischer.

The current world chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen is only 26 years old but plays an agressive/pressure based style that most players just can't deal with. He is most known for his high pressure "end-game" moves that put people on the defensive. Watching him on youtube is a real treat.

Reading and trying my very best to understand genius
Always looking for ways to improve my chess game

BOOK: Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess

I play heavy strictly for the voice acting when firing the primary gun non-stop.
Vzzzzzt! Rahrahrahrah! Vrrrrr! Wahahahaaaaaa!

Electing a president in this day and age is way more about public image than policies. It would be great if the election was strictly about policies but the sad truth is that image is more important now. I honestly wish there was a candidate this year worthy of a vote.

That said, I am not a Trump supporter but I believe many people like me are voting for him because there is no other choice. I 100% refuse to vote for Hillary Clinton because I believe her to be a liar. I watched her whole testimony on CSPAN when that was live and it was obvious to me that she was passing the blame and couldn't accept that fact that she fucked up. Essentially, she lost any chance of my vote at that moment.

Sure Trump may say a lot of crazy shit and he may even lie himself but the big difference to me is that Clinton was elected into office to speak for us all and she still lied. Trump wasn't elected into any office yet so nobody can judge him on what he may or may not do once elected.

Strip Poker, 2v2 if its boys vs girls works best.

Players like Tery who are committed to team building and loyalty are rare in TF2. You will likely not run across a better teammate than Tery in your TF2 seasons.

I spent several season with Tery and I feel he is more than capable to play in IM. He is never toxic and always willing to help focus on whatever the team needs. Mechanically sound medic skills and I always felt his strong suit was tracking uber advantages and positioning. Has ability to main call but would benefit more leaving that to capable teammate and just focus on medic duties.

Supreme Commander

The first Sup Comp is far supreior to the 2nd. Not sure how they fucked it up so bad the 2nd time around.