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charter
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 Posted: Sun Nov
21, 2004 8:54 pm Post
subject: Challenge 5 |
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I am working on expanding
the 2x2
Collection on the site from the current 17 to
several hundreds positions.
For those who think of 2x2 as
easy or un-important try to win this position:
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charter
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| Posted: Sat Nov
27, 2004 7:27 pm Post
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| This challenge went
unanswered - can't believe there was no one qualified to solve
the ending with only two checkers on each side - perhaps
people just can't figure out what the "Post Reply" button is
for, or they are not interested in challenges. | |
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filippov
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| Posted: Sun Nov
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Hello my friend Mr Charter:
It is not that no one is qualified to solve this problem with
only two men on each side, but it is the offensive language
you choose to use. We believe you are an educated and
intelligent man Mr Charter, the evidence shows that. However
Mr Charter your language is insulting (to treat or speak to
with scorn, insolence, or great disrespect).
We, many
of us are interested in the challenges and we appreciate the
wonderful job you have done in the creation of this beautiful
and educational site (CHECKERS USA). We commend you highly for
this great work. The evidence also shows that some of us do
know what the reply button is for. But sometimes when one feel
offended, he/she may choose not to reply. No one is perfect
and this reply is not intended to make you feel offended or
painful in any way. It is just a few words to say please try
to show a little more tact.
Your language sounds like
that of a hurt and angry man, I hope none of us have done
anything to anger or hurt you in anyway. It would be a great
lost to lose such a great masterpiece as CHECKERS USA. We need
your contribution. Please keep up the good work.
Black
has pieces on squares 17 and 24.
White has pieces on
squares 26 and 23.
Solution:
17-21 26-22
24-28 23-18
28-32 18-15
32-14 15-11 (22-18 does
not change anything because of 32 back to 14 and white loises
because of the jump)
14-03 22-18
21-25 18-14
03x17
11-08
17-03 08-04
25-29 XXxx
Second Solution:
17-21 23-18
24-27 18-14
27-31 26-23
31-17
14-09
17-14 09x18
21-25 18-14 (or 15 it doesn't
matter)
25-30 23-18
30-25 18-15
25x11 14-10
11-02 xxxx | |
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charter
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| Posted: Sun Nov
28, 2004 11:36 am
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| Filippov
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| It is not that no one is qualified to
solve this problem with only two men on each side, but
it is the offensive language you choose to use.
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| Charter
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I am working on expanding the 2x2
Collection on the site from the current 17 to several
hundreds positions.
For those who think of 2x2 as
easy or un-important try to win this position:
| How was this
offensive?
| Filippov
wrote: |
| However Mr Charter your language is
insulting (to treat or speak to with scorn, insolence,
or great disrespect). | There seems to be a confusion of couse and
effect.
Each post on the site, each lesson, each picture -
the whole site - is an invitation to communicate. The
communication is not happening - besides the three club
members no one (with the exception of you Mr. Filippov) has
EVER answer a single topic or post a new one.
For almost a
year there were these un-answered attempts - after that there
was some frustration expressed on my part. You turn it upside
down - you claim that it was my frustration that causes a
non-response, which is clearly not the case.
| Filippov
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| Your language sounds like that of a hurt
and angry man, I hope none of us have done anything to
anger or hurt you in anyway. | In my book it was us who were offended over and
over - by the silence. Add to it hundreds of personal emails
that I sent to players - I can not say that none of them went
unreplied - a few replies that I had, were of the "I will send
you the full reply this evening" nature - those were even more
insulting as each person made and broke his word. So if I
sometimes sounded hurt and angry it was because I felt hurt. I
too have feelings and those non-replies would be considered
offensive in any culture. In my culture one responds with
humor and a bit of sarcasm to hurt, and I am no exception.
| Filippov
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| But sometimes when one feel offended,
he/she may choose not to reply. No one is perfect and
this reply is not intended to make you feel offended or
painful in any way. It is just a few words to say please
try to show a little more tact.
| There seems to
be various gradations of silence. At first players were silent
because the site was new and they could not make sense of it.
Then when they found some information useful they used the
"stealth" technique. Now that they (hopefully) understand that
one can not steal which is given openly free, they think if
they reply that fellow would win - but can he succeed without
their help?
Perhaps you will say "what a stupid idea!"
and you might be right. But silence is such a thing one can
interpret it any way he choses. I am not a master of reading
silence. I prefer a few well chosen words as you did Mr.
Filippov. Otherwise it is the person's imagination that adds
words and motives to the not-so-golden silence.
I hear
over and over that I have to understand that our players are
not ready for the site, that they live in the 19th Century,
etcetera, and that they instictively reject any new ideas. I
am acting accordingly, keeping the site extremely simple to
navigate, with detail Help on many subjects. Unfortunately,
without a reaction from readers, I do not know where to
procede with the site. Many of the ideas went dead without a
response, such ideas as Regional Tournaments, Rules, History,
etc.
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| It would be a great lost to lose such a
great masterpiece as CHECKERS USA.
| Are you saying
people will reject the site? Sounds like a threat. On the
other hand I thought many times of closing down the site as it
clearly does no reach its audience. But I still keep trying to
reach it.
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| We need your
contribution. | And I need yours. The site is not a musium - it
is a place of communication. The sooner the players stop being
in judgment of the site and start participating the sooner the
site will realise its purpose. | |
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filippov
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| Posted: Sun Nov
28, 2004 10:30 pm
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I am Mrs.Filippov and I
enjoy reading both Mr. fillippov and Mr. Charter's
statements and replys. I find each of them very
interesting. I agree
with Mr. Charter insomuch as it is
discouraging to publish writing and
articles, and other
works, and get absolutely no reply.
I have been
lacking in making replys. It is not that I dont enjoy reading
articles and publications on the site. It is just that
sometimes I dont
know what to say. Mr. Filippov tells me I
should make a reply, but
up until now; I did not no
excatly what to say or how to say it, maybe
other people
who visit your site feel the same way, or maybe we are
afraid of making a mistake of some kind.
Please
keep up the good work and continue to pulish articles, checker
problems, replys, and other communications | |
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