A bullet to the knee is not lethal. Id pick alien-magnus.
What would you do?
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Aug 4, 2023
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Sporkled написал:
200 Elo isn't lethal either 🤔
chess is important for me.
Aug 4, 2023
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I think I'd go with Alien-Hikaru. I'm underrated in bullet but I'd choke as soon as I blundered something or went down an exchange and wouldn't be able to stop thinking about my kneecaps... So I don't think I'd be capable of winning in the Magnus deal.
I also don't want to get eaten by Finegold under any circumstances. 200 Elo would be a pretty bad fate but I think I'd rather learn my way up than just gain the skills without any work anyway, and if I lost I could probably move on.
Aug 4, 2023
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The access code to the airlock is an expert rated chess puzzle. If you don't solve it in under 30 seconds, the whole game of chess is wiped from history and everybody's memories. The aliens can't remember why they abducted you in the first place anymore, so they let you live. Do you choose to access the airlock?
Aug 4, 2023
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Sporkled написал:
I think I'd go with Alien-Hikaru. I'm underrated in bullet but I'd choke as soon as I blundered something or went down an exchange and wouldn't be able to stop thinking about my kneecaps... So I don't think I'd be capable of winning in the Magnus deal.
I also don't want to get eaten by Finegold under any circumstances. 200 Elo would be a pretty bad fate but I think I'd rather learn my way up than just gain the skills without any work anyway, and if I lost I could probably move on.
Chess is a house of cards, You need backbones to hold your house.
Last night, you were abducted by aliens. They've shapeshifted into various chess GMs so you won't be frightened by their true forms, and tell you that they need you to choose your fate, or they'll have you thrown out the airlock.
Alien-Magnus makes you an offer. If you win your next bullet game, you gain all the chess skills, knowledge and experience of real-Magnus, immediately with no effort. But if you lose, it's a bullet to the knee. You'll never walk again.
Alien-Hikaru offers an alternative. If you win your next blitz game, real Hikaru will personally coach you for as long and as often as you like until you're as good as he is. But if you lose, all your skills will vanish and your Elo will be 200 permanently, with no hope ever to improve.
Alien-Finegold has a third suggestion. If you win your next rapid game, you get 20 million dollars, or equivalent in your currency. But if you lose, Ben will analyse your game, conclude that your play was "just terrible", and then eat you live on stream and make that NOM sound while he does it.
Which do you choose?