Vote for November's Golden Variants!

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Post from October:

https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/vote-for-octobers-golden-variants

Not sure on what some of the terms in this post mean? Have any other questions? See any typos? Feel free to ask and comment below!


(Scroll down to the bold text if you want to know how to vote without reading my entire message )


Hello Custom Variants community!

A few things I want to cover quickly:

As we near the end of 2024, we're still working on ironing some logistics out, but Golden Variant arenas are still popular as ever! Thanks to all who have been playing the arenas and helping to popularize the featured variants afterwards as well. 

Since the last GV post, we've grown almost another 1000 members! Hopefully that number continues to go up as variants gains more traction as a whole

We currently have 20 variants under review, which is a bit more than what we want at a single time! Rest assured, we're working on it, and we want to make sure we carefully test the submissions. 

Lastly, as a reminder, the last Platinum Variant of the year will be voted on for the next GV cycle; the 5 Golden Variants that had the most activity in their arenas from September to November will be included on the list of choices!


Want to see what variants were featured in previous Golden Variant arenas?

See the schedule here:

https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/2024-golden-variant-schedule


This month's format:

  • Five arenas, starting in November at 5 PM PST on Fridays (12 AM UTC on Saturdays)
  • Normal arenas will be 72 hours long, and special arenas for newly accepted variants will be 168 hours (1 week) long

What you're voting for:

  • Week 3 (November 15) will be a 72-hour arena of 3rd Place in the StrawPoll
  • Week 4 (November 22) will be a 72-hour arena of 2nd Place in the StrawPoll
  • Week 5 (November 29) will be a 72-hour arena of 1st in the StrawPoll
  • (Week 1 and 2 of November have already been predetermined; Explosive Magic and Saturn's Rings are the most recently accepted NCVs and have not yet been featured in Golden Variant)

The voting process:

  • One StrawPoll, with 6 options
  • Ranked-choice vote
  • The 3 variants with the highest point value (calculated using StrawPoll's ranked-choice vote system) will be selected and scheduled as described above
  • The poll will close on October 30 at 5 PM PT (October 31 at 12 AM UTC)

Poll Link:

https://strawpoll.com/NPgxe3z7MZ2

Happy voting!

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VOTE COUNTERTURN FOR 5 POINTS!

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THOGHETHER AND STONE GRAVITATION FOR THE WIN

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jackityjackjack wrote:

One question. What in the world is good about counterturn?

the fact that i think black is has a bigger advantage

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uh racing kings the best

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Giveaway is the GOAT

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counterturn seems pretty good

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the fact that if you are black and place down 2 queens and 3 extra points, just play properly and youre guaranteed to win

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Congrats to Stone Gravitation (by @RALRAL3333), Warp Speed (by @race100000) and Counterturn (by @bsrti)!

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