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23rd August 2007, 07:38am
#1
by norseman
Tampa, FL United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 200

Which do you prefer? Which provides better overall visibility?

Real pieces are alwasy best, I believe, but sometimes they can get "lost", even when looking from over head....it would be great sometimes to have the best of both worlds - playing the board, but able to view the more uncluttered view of a computer screen....

23rd August 2007, 07:46am
#2
by dylan
Elk Grove, IL United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 268
I think it's what you are used to.  I t was a tough transition for me.  I would completly overlook mistakes I would see imediatly on a "real" board. At least that's what I would tell myself.
23rd August 2007, 07:49am
#3
by lostapiece
mercia England
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 5791
im too used to computer view,god knows what real view would be like although ive found a chess club i might visit... we shall see
23rd August 2007, 07:55am
#4
by vinodagnihotri
MP India
Member Since: Jun 2007
Member Points: 171
I am very used to computer view now. I imagine now it will be hard to identify patterns quickly OTB.
23rd August 2007, 09:00am
#5
by anaxagoras
Lafayette, IN United States
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 286
I lose either way.
23rd August 2007, 09:46am
#6
by chubakadin
bersheva Israel
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 1
I believe that one of the treats, blessed or cursed, of beiing human is that we get used to anything over time.
23rd August 2007, 10:05am
#7
by Nilesh
Philadelphia, PA United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 490
anaxagoras wrote: I lose either way.

In my opinion, he's just being modest. I think that either way is fine, it matters what you are personally used to

23rd August 2007, 10:51am
#8
by Trickster
Mississauga, ON Canada
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 232
im used to the computer too
23rd August 2007, 10:58am
#9
by StacyBearden
New Caprica United States
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 900
I prefer real pieces. Part of the game is not letting the board get cluttered where you "lose" the pieces.
23rd August 2007, 12:33pm
#10
by jkrzok
Buffalo, NY United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 33
I can go either way but what I really can't abide are computer pieces in a 3-d "realistic" view. I find it much harder to see the board with this kind of set up.
14th August 2008, 01:28pm
#11
by Vibovit
London United Kingdom
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 43

This "computer view" has been known long before chess computers were invented (diagrams), so I would rather call it simply 2D view ;) personally I prefer 2D.

I agree as for computer 3D views being useless ("fancy" sets even more so)

 
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