cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/133518

> 1st place wintermute > > 2nd; liwott > > 3rd; straight peach > > 4th; sexy peach > > 5th; michael > > 6th; me > > (Sorry about delay, been busy) > > Until proven otherwise, wintermute is the strongest chess player on the fediverse :p > > I learnt a lot of stuff about running an e-tournament. Biggest factor is needing a lot of substitutes for when people drop out. Which would make the results weird, because say wintermute drops out and I sub in for him, then i'd lose the finals. > > combah text, by david revoy the pepper and carrot author

1st place wintermute

2nd; liwott

3rd; straight peach

4th; sexy peach

5th; michael

6th; me

(Sorry about delay, been busy)

Until proven otherwise, wintermute is the strongest chess player on the fediverse :p

I learnt a lot of stuff about running an e-tournament. Biggest factor is needing a lot of substitutes for when people drop out. Which would make the results weird, because say wintermute drops out and I sub in for him, then i'd lose the finals.

combah text, by david revoy the pepper and carrot author

I'm endlesscomfort, no budget to change the name to me

me and winter are waiting for matches to finish

the closer a contestant is to the trophy the more games they've won

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/81639

> tournament note for self; liwott won in 21 moves

I'm imaging it'll vaguely be like the peach battle https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/72118

how to help. Ideas, cool pictures i could put together. Fan art. OCs. A story etc.

tournament note for self; winter won in 51 moves

u/Endlesscomfort doesnt like the cold so he ran away and i subbed in for them

tournament note for self; liwott won in 21 moves

specifically deciding between the urban decay “naked honey” eyeshadow palette and morphe’s “9R Bronze Metal Artristry Palette” or “Morphe × Jaclyn Hill Divine Neutrals Eyeshadow Palette”

i like the colors in all of them i’m jus looking for which is the creamiest / best quality and would be easy to apply

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/79050

> we can make this a tradition when people start on lemmy.ml/(twitter/fb/etc) and then make an announcement post with their account contributions and announce account retirement, and choosing a smaller instance to migrate to. Also making the choice whether to confirm their next identity or continue anonymously.

we can make this a tradition when people start on lemmy.ml/(twitter/fb/etc) and then make an announcement post with their account contributions and announce account retirement, and choosing a smaller instance to migrate to. Also making the choice whether to confirm their next identity or continue anonymously.

People hate reading, so i'll copy paste the important points from my previous posts here.

if you can help with graphics or advertising to get more people to join thatd be great!

Format

Round robin. Each person is playing 2 games, finals might be 3 games

Rules:

• Feel free to gentleman gentlecoin to whatever rules you want. But i'd recommend allow 1 undo each, especially if you're both inexperienced. If you're experienced and the person you're playing against is inexperienced, consider giving them more undos.

• Best of 1

• in my experience lichess works best if you register, but not required though clearing your cookies will break the game iirc!!! https://lichess.org/

• Both people have to report who won here. Both of you also attempt to report how many moves it took for you to win, might be used for tie breaking.

• Dont cheat ex by having a grandmaster computer play for you

• Do at least 1 move a day

Gambling:

• I'm down to bet an imaginary currency like [email protected] or cat girls or what have you. 1v1 me sib!

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Would be cool if you upload your match so we can see what happened!

When did the lemmygrad defederation happen?

Chris Remington mod

A couple of days ago. alyaza

about aug 10, mostly motivated by their lack of moderation/lack of compatibility with our values but also because we’re trying to figure out why our server is using so much more space than it should be (because if we don’t figure it out soon our hosting costs will need to double). one of the presumptions is who we federate with has something to do with it and lemmygrad was the biggest place we federated with, but we don’t really have overlap with their userbase so it doesn’t make very much sense to assume any additional load they might be adding.

feddit.de vs lemmy.ml

I'm willing to bet whatever you want to bet. I'm putting it all on ahegao peach for this round

This took long a.h. to make.

Not gonna make promo art for every match, but if you want to help me, please do. Retweet this image folks!

profile pictures in comments, cc-by

credits; vs https://opengameart.org/content/versus-vs-graphic-for-fighting-game retrowave https://opengameart.org/content/retrowave-vector-background lightning https://opengameart.org/content/lightning peach/muscle emoji - came with my computer ahgaeo face - https://www.pngitem.com/middle/hwJxibi_i-made-a-transparent-ahegao-face-put-it/ sunglasses - https://opengameart.org/content/thug-life-style-sunglasses Text - https://www.dafont.com/maximum-impact.font

i'm still hoping more ppl join so havent made the other brackets just yet, especially when you share the image!

Peaches - arrange your match, ideally in the comments but where ever, let me know when you start the match!

Format:

Edit: round robin, not an even number that is easily divisible into a bracket. Each person is playing 2 games, finals might be 3 games

Rules:

• Feel free to gentleman gentlecoin to whatever rules you want. But i'd recommend allow 1 undo each, especially if you're both inexperienced. If you're experienced and the person you're playing against is inexperienced, consider giving them more undos.

• Best of 1

• in my experience lichess works best if you register, but not required though clearing your cookies will break the game iirc!!! https://lichess.org/

• Both people have to report who won here.

• Dont cheat ex by having a grandmaster computer play for you

• Do at least 1 move a day

Gambling:

• I'm down to bet an imaginary currency like [email protected] or cat girls or what have you. 1v1 me sib!

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Would be cool if you upload your match so we can see what happened!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/67533

> Roses are red > > Violets are blue > > You're gonna sign up for this chess tournament > > --- > > --- > > # How to play: > > 0. Most important! Share this event as widely as possible! Post on the fediverse and even on your Facebook, Reddit, tiktok etc > > 1. Sign up in the comments here. Just say your signing up. > > 2. I'll arrange brackets. Or if you particularly want to play someone, mention it in the comments and I'll pair you guys up > > 3. I'm open to suggestions, but lichess seems like the easiest way to set up matches, but really, if you can get your opponent to agree to use like Minetest chess, go for it! > > 4. If someone off the fediverse wants to play, have them contact me somehow. You could even relay their messages to me. > > # prizes: > > - once the fedizens enquirer news paper is up and running, you'll be featured there. > > - myself, @[email protected], Michael from Perthchat and/or @[email protected] will simp for you > > - paid tournament will follow later on, if enough interest > > --- > > Has this ever been attempted before?

I am much much more visible than what you are trying to do. But I wear a reproduction oldschool PLA hat (aka Mao hat), and even a hammer and sickle pin on my work uniform (sometimes also a Marx pin). I had a lot of fun with cloth facemasks (got stuff like antifascist action, left unity, hammer and sickle, YPG, pro-Palestine). Even just wearing the hat, I get a pretty good amount of random leftists making a point to get my attention or outright start talking with me.

All of this really doesn't help you, but it is fun to have those moments and know they know. One that I think would work for you is the anarcho-communist/antifascist/CNT-FAI flag. Most people don't seem to notice that one unless it has the "Antifascist Action" words. I think some folks that aren't aware of it might just think it is some kind of nautical thing. The "Three Arrows" might also work, but it does rub some folks the wrong way (given that one of the arrows originally was against communists). But I personally replace its meaning with capitalism given how it isn't used by any political party in the US and is just seen as another antifascist symbol. Or something ACAB might work, I have seen shirts that have it seem like it stands for "All Cats Are Beautiful".

We most certainly aren't union (though I do wish we were, and I do very openly talk pro-worker/anti-capitalist). I would sign a card the second one were to be presented. I have actually been perma-banned from multiple un-official subreddits that are about the company for saying the "forbidden" word. If we were to try and do it, we would need to have multiple locations also be down. As the main fear is about how they "will shut our store down fast as fuck".

I started with the pins and face-masks during all of the protests in 2020. Just initially figured I'd just keep wearing stuff until someone finally stopped me. But aside from corp banning hats for some reason that literally isn't related to me (I am for real about that too). I only ever got told I couldn't wear my mask that said "Antifa" and another that was left unity (mostly because it had an AK).

It would probably surprise you how I haven't had any customers/clients go out of their way to attack me or even send shit to my bosses (especially given I live in the middle of NC). I even had a guy that I have helped here and there over the past 4 or 5 years and is/was very right-wing be concerned if any of my co-workers have come at me for my openness. He has over time become more apolitical because I have shown him how to better use the internet. Still a very strange guy, but he truly respected how I firmly stand for real-ass working people and that I went waaay above and beyond to work with him when we first met. He was even a big fan of my "Mao hat", and said it looked good on me. lol. I had one older black couple be super jazzed to see it too. The husband was a Vietnam vet (which I was thinking would go badly when I saw his vet hat), and he just kept going on about how great it looked. His wife also said that it made me give off very proud vibes (kind of like how some folks talk about liking a man in uniform).

We also have a wall in the back of my area that we at some point started putting up stickers we had found laying around. I have covered most of it in leftist shit (including some fuck cops type shit just without profanity). After three different direct bosses and a GM, no one even tries to stop me at this point. Though I am sure if a much higher up person were to see me and the wall, it would be a firm ban on my nonsense. Until then, I openly try to answer good-faith questions other folks have. Which seems to really soften their stance on socialism and see how little they actually know about it (outside of the constant shit being said in our media and from politicians).

https://lemmy.perthchat.org/u/[email protected]