Originally published at: Elon Musk says chess is too simple and needs space lasers - Boing Boing
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Let me guess, he is a fan of Risk?
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“You can’t cheat your way out of trouble. This game sucks!”
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I might suggest another use of the bishop rook knight, just for him - no space lasers required!
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So now he has finally realised that the “4d chess” meme is laughing at him rather than with him, and he’s trying to flood the search space with bullshit?
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Chess is indeed a very poor simulation of reality. I wonder if anyone ever thought otherwise, given that players take turns and units move in discrete steps.
On the other hand, a game where you vaporize a king with a space laser is also not exactly a realistic recreation of any event I’ve ever heard about. Does Musk think assassins using space lasers are real?
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Maybe Musk can be persuaded to take up chess boxing with Zuckerberg.
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This is sufficient, thank you.
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Second time this has hit the news, he previously has shit on chess while comparing it to his favorite game, the pinnacle of complexity, strategy and deep thinking… checks notes…Polytopia.
Look. I like Polytopia. It is a fine mobile game, and I’ve had it off and on my phone. But it is essentially “babbys first 4x”, a stripped down, less interesting member of the genre pioneered by Sid Meier’s Civilization.
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Tell me you don’t understand chess or math without saying you don’t understand chess or math:
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Only the Jewish ones.
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Speaking of Games in need of a remaster…
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Is this a new statement? Because he’s said as much before, and I’m surprised he’d repeat himself given the mockery he got for it.
Probably more like “Starcraft.”
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Sounds like Leon is stoned again. Besides, isn’t it true that no one actually “wins” a chess game? The king surrenders before his is captured or “taken off the board”.
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“I’m tired of games having, like, rules and shit. I should be able to do whatever I want.”
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It’s OK, Leon, I don’t know how to play chess either.
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Showing my age, I guess.
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