Comments by SimonEJepps

From my observations, all Chess Variant inventors seem to want is to rule the world with their pedantic *superior* intellect and have little respect or even expectation of other's intellect or philosophy. In my opinion you should read the variant, understand its philosophical meaning and then similarly rate it as excellent. Seriously, I couldn't care less.

The story is this. I live in Britain and have never in my life been respected to my face for my creativity of any kind. I write poetry and music about world peace and inter-religious cooperation, harmony, love and kindness - yet I am actually a victim of hit and runs and mental harassment by higher 'sectors' whereby even my free-law provided solicitor is corrupt. My father has even asked me like some half-zonked zombie why I want visitors to my website and still hasn't read any of my books. My only true friend in life still cannot find a single day to travel 5 miles down the road to visit me. Needless to say I don't intend to live here for much longer.

Anyway, that aside since I am dealing with that via my own sensible and legal procedure.

So I am grateful for your positive comments and I too apologise if I have upset any innocent feelings caught up in the mess. But due to my situation and stress levels I do not wish to continue this discussion nor do I intend to actively partake in many collaborative intellectual discussions over the internet until I find and settle down amongst a friendly society that understand moral respect.

Have fun playing Chess.

Thanks Christine. Yes you are right the Hawk is slightly more powerful. It often proves to be a more valuable piece. The wonderful thing about the Hawk is that as you get into the Jeppseirawn 'way' so to speak, you find a 'Hawkseye' in your playing strategy - this is whereby you discover how the Hawk is able to seemingly appear out of nowhere and 'snake-bite' your opponent into a very awkward position.

However, that said, the Elephant is very handy in defensive positions. It is often advisable to keep him back until the middle-to-end game, but having him sit by your castled King nearby is often useful.

That said I wouldn't say the Hawk is terribly more powerful than the Elephant since the Elephant can similarly deliver some 'locks, slots & illusions' of its own, dependent on the position.

But it would be interesting to know the exact mathematical difference between the two.

@George - You are right, combining with Pawn is always a tantalising and interesting concept, but usually it doesn't take off because of only perceiving its ability based on its one square move. With a 100 Square board it suddenly becomes a slider with a 3 square long first move - this is what enabled me to add more depth to the pawn combo by assigning 3 orthogonal squares to both Elephant and Hawk.

Thanks for taking a look. I know you like to get immersed in the most intricate of variant details and so feel free to analyse this particular pawn combo. ;)

@Hubert - It couldn't be any more self explanatory. I quote:

'Hawks sweep in from a distance and attack prey at their feet. They also hop forwards further than they do backwards.
Elephants charge forwards and have two tusks which point left and right of their next step. They also have an L shaped trunk.'

You must simply lack imagination.

@Hubert Oh well, guess it's just not your game. But there are zillions of others here. Go visit some of the other pages, see if you can find a Hawk that moves like a Bus and an Elephant that moves like a Kangaroo.

Incidentally there is no need to give negative feedback on any game which is why I as a member here never do and only ever give positive feedback. If a game is truly poor it will not receive the necessary ratings or positive comments required to be noticed anyway.

Just my opinion. ;)

Oh by the way everyone, this game is also included as the fourth book to The Jeppsian Book Of The Living, so if you like philosophy, poetry, music and chess, then you can't lose.

;)

Actually Hubert it's my game page and so for the 7 millionth time if you don't like it don't comment on it. Considering you so keenly wanted to rip it apart regardless of previous conversation I'd be keen to bet my bottom dollar you're British. No offence. ;)

Please remove all my games, my account and all my comments. The British do not deserve to read my works let alone comment on them. I therefore do not wish to be a part of this community.