All Variants Accepted 2024

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Here’s a list of every variant accepted this year, as well as some additional data that I found interesting.


WoFs


https://variants.world/posts/59 | Circle Challenge - @chye3mc (February 9, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/38 | Cloister - @wolyn (February 9, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/55 | Treehouse Battle - @chye3mc (February 17, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/155 | Rowchess - @chye3mc (March 18, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/192 | 1.21 - @chye3mc (April 28, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/351 | 8888 - @chye3mc (July 14, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/343 | Atomic Armageddon - @DocZomboss (July 29, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/355 | Tidal Wave - @chye3mc (July 29, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/242 | Resources Chess - @Storming2Knight (July 30, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/635 | Uneasy Alliance - @2bHNST (October 5, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/757 | The Watcher - @2bHNST (October 12, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/753 | Tunnel of Despair - @chye3mc (October 20, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/112 | Jungleland of Horror - @1FastestMan2Chess3 (October 21, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/802 | Stereo Madness - @chye3mc (December 1, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/826 | Barricade - @imchesspro0930 (December 14, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/827 | Beehive - @imchesspro0930 (December 14, 2024)


NCVs


https://variants.world/posts/9 | Pit Racer - @Red_Kangaroos (February 17, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/137 | Warui-shogi - @Dan-kyu_System (April 1, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/69 | Simplicity - @2bHNST (June 2, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/119 | Enchanted Woodland - @2bHNST (April 15, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/185 | Ambush - FM | @coolthing (June 9, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/140 | Every End - @chye3mc (July 27, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/365 | Sparks of Hope - @2bHNST (July 29, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/383 | The Lake - @2bHNST (August 7, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/376 | Explosive Magic - @BN1208 (September 29, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/430 | Saturn’s Rings - @asthebird (October 12, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/790 | Sergeant’s Checkers II - @chye3mc (November 25, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/798 | Acheron - @brasterze and @imchesspro0930 (December 14, 2024)

https://variants.world/posts/800 | Phantom Rooks - @CooolChicken (December 25, 2024)


Random Facts


-In total, there have been 16 WoFs and 13 NCVs accepted this year.

-Top 3 creators with the most variants:

1. @chye3mc, with 8 WoFs and 2 NCVs

2. @2bHNST, with 2 WoFs and 4 NCVs

3. @imchesspro0930, with 2 WoFs and 1 NCV

-Month with the most variants: July, with 4 WoFs and 2 NCVs

-Month after February with the least variants: May, with 0 variants

-Acheron is the only collaboratively designed variant

-Number of creators that had at least 1 variant accepted: 14

-Number of variants that received a PR: 7

-imchesspro0930 holds the record for most accepted variants by one person in a day

-Jungleland of Horror was “autoaccepted” since the creator did not respond to a PR for over 8 months

-Exactly 2 NCVs were made by current members of the testing team

-Half of all the WoFs are made by @chye3mc

-FM | @coolthing is the only creator with an officially recognized master title


Congrats to everyone who got a variant accepted this year, and hopefully we can see many more next year!

Also, I might add other stuff here if I think of it.

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I would consider 2bhnst to be more prolific than chye3mc, but ok.

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imchesspro0930 wrote:

I would consider 2bhnst to be more prolific than chye3mc, but ok.

It’s solely based on number of variants accepted

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oh

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Edited that to avoid ambiguity.

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Man I really wanted to be on that list. Maybe CGAs will give me a christmas gift in the form of an acception?

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Added to the historical section of the directory

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What does that mean

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VishTheFish771 wrote:

What does that mean

https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/custom-variants-club-directory

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oh mb lol

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No there's another one aswell but I forgot

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@BN1208 you have ommitted 4 variants

February 9 - NCV | Pit Racer, WoF | Circle Challenge, WoF | Cloister

February 17 - WoF | Treehouse Battle

See Custom Variants notes, pages 96+

CGAs could also add them to the verdict feed

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VishTheFish771 wrote:

No there's another one aswell but I forgot

S i m p l i c i t y

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Oh yea

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wolyn wrote:

@BN1208 you have ommitted 4 variants

February 9 - NCV | Pit Racer, WoF | Circle Challenge, WoF | Cloister

February 17 - WoF | Treehouse Battle

See Custom Variants notes, pages 96+

CGAs could also add them to the verdict feed

Thank you

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BN1208 wrote:
imchesspro0930 wrote:

I would consider 2bhnst to be more prolific than chye3mc, but ok.

It’s solely based on number of variants accepted

If NCVs are 2x better then they are equal.

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Any suggestions for more random facts?

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Cloister is the first accepted variant submitted on VW

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BN1208 wrote:

Any suggestions for more random facts?

Both simplicity and every end took at least 5 months to get accepted.

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Jungleland of Horror was accepted after period of 8 months and 9 days