Capital vs. Lowercase: Collaboration Game

Joaz Banbeck · **#21**

@BLACK:
A question about timing: Should we try to have a certain time that we discuss this? As the game gets more complicated, we may require a dozen or more messages between us. If such messages are randomly posted throughout the day, we might take a week or more to reach an agreement. And that seems unkind to our opponents and boring for the spectators.

However, if we all are expecting a certain time, we could have the entire dozen messages posted in an hour, or at worst, within a day.

I notice that you both played in the past hour or two. Is this a good time, or are you on an unusual schedule because it is a national holiday? ( And, TegalS, are you really in the Siberian steppe? )

@White:
I recommend that you have a similar discussion among yourselves. The ideal result of such parallel discusions would be one team agreeing to talk during one time period, and the other during a different period, so that the net result is that each team makes at least one move every day.

BTW:I'm assuming that regular play is a goal for all of us. Experience has shown that the bane of multi-player malkovich games is players leaving after a the game stretches further than they expected.

TegaiS · **#22**

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@Black

Kirby · **#23**

Joaz Banbeck wrote:

@BLACK:
A question about timing: Should we try to have a certain time that we discuss this? As the game gets more complicated, we may require a dozen or more messages between us.

Right now is about 10:30am Pacific time, and TegaiS just made a move. So maybe we can assume that around this time is a good time for making moves. I propose to allowing discussion throughout the day, but let's try to make a move at least every day at 10:30am Pacific time (around right now).

So if you feel strongly about a discussion, it would be good to be active in discussing the hour before that time. If there are easy moves, or moves that we come to a consensus on at different times in the day, let's just make the moves when we want to. But let's try to stick to at least making a move around 10:30am Pacific time.

That being said, if we haven't come to a consensus by this time, let's try to at least have discussion by 10:30am Pacific time, so that we can keep progressing toward finding a good move.

Kirby · **#24**

Let's try to keep this schedule Monday through Friday. On Saturday and Sunday, I don't know when I'll respond.

skydyr · **#25**

@white

andreyl · **#26**

@White

TegaiS · **#27**

@Black
To speed up a little we can discuss the possible moves even when it is the opponents turn. For example

@Joaz
The game is in the Malkovich subforum therefore we can assume that possible observers are probably more interested in the comments than in the actual moves. And I indeed live in Siberia so my morning is probably your evening and vice versa.

Joaz Banbeck · **#28**

Kirby wrote:

Joaz Banbeck wrote:

@BLACK:
A question about timing: Should we try to have a certain time that we discuss this? As the game gets more complicated, we may require a dozen or more messages between us.

Right now is about 10:30am Pacific time, and TegaiS just made a move. So maybe we can assume that around this time is a good time for making moves. I propose to allowing discussion throughout the day, but let's try to make a move at least every day at 10:30am Pacific time (around right now).

So if you feel strongly about a discussion, it would be good to be active in discussing the hour before that time. If there are easy moves, or moves that we come to a consensus on at different times in the day, let's just make the moves when we want to. But let's try to stick to at least making a move around 10:30am Pacific time.

That being said, if we haven't come to a consensus by this time, let's try to at least have discussion by 10:30am Pacific time, so that we can keep progressing toward finding a good move.

I'm usually up between 6:00AM and 8:00 AM PST every weekday,and online within an hour after that. Usually by 10:30, I'm hip-deep in the day's work, or out running errands, so your suggestion generally looks OK for me. I could happily go for a hour earlier, too.

@TegaiS? Any thoughts on this? Can you play late every evening?

@Kirby: Our 10:30AM is TegaiS's 2:30 AM. That could be a problem.

Joaz Banbeck · **#29**

@Kirby: Are you still in Michigan? Or did you end up on the west coast?

BTW, I suggest that we start using GMT before we confuse ourselves.

IOW, I usually get up between 2:00 PM GMT and 4:00 PM GMT every weekday,and online within an hour after that. Usually by 6:30 PM GMT, I'm hip-deep in the day's work, or out running errands, so your suggestion generally looks OK for me. I could happily go for a hour earlier, too.

Joaz Banbeck wrote:

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@TegaiS? Any thoughts on this? Can you play late every evening?...

Oh, I see that you posted around 3:00AM your time. I guess you can.

Joaz Banbeck · **#30**

@Black:

Kirby · **#31**

Joaz Banbeck wrote:

@Kirby: Are you still in Michigan? Or did you end up on the west coast?

I live around Seattle, so I'm in the same time zone as you.

Joaz Banbeck wrote:

@Black:

skydyr · **#32**

andreyl wrote:

@White

emeraldemon · **#33**

@lowercaseteam

sybob · **#34**

Interesting, such a 3x3 malkovitch rengo setup.
I am anxious to see how the game develops.
Have fun.

skydyr · **#35**

emeraldemon wrote:

@lowercaseteam

andreyl · **#36**

@White team

I don't really mind facing chinese opening,white got some options - for example:

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skydyr · **#37**

@whiteteam

Joaz Banbeck · **#38**

@Kirby:

Kirby · **#39**

Joaz Banbeck wrote:

@Kirby:

@Black/Cap team:

That works for me. I like this board position as black, if we can get it:

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Online, my opponents block it more often by not, either with pincer:

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or they try to stop early with one of these:

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which is fine, I guess. Let's play it by ear if white goes off track.

emeraldemon · **#40**

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Capital vs. Lowercase: Collaboration Game

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