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[Tish]

I guess it might be but what do we do about it?

 

[Patch]

Why wud yew want two due enything about wurd games thet involve thee britest brains nown two man on a sinngle fourum where wee awl show hour expertise end desplay hour heigh IQ's???

 

[SetWave]

What expertise and IQ?

 

[StarSong]

Have expertise and IQ been a strong factor in this thread?

 

[Kaila]

If so, that would be expertise in what category?

I've never heard of generalized expertise, have you?

 

[Tish]

Not that I can recall, perhaps we need to be more specific, what do you think?

 

[Patch]

What if, in my own mind, I have genius level expertise in any field you might name?

 

[StarSong]

Where are you going with this?

 

[Kaila]

I don't know; WHO started this direction or destination?

 

[Patch]

Can we flip a coin to see if it's 'Destination A' or 'Destination B'???

 

[Kaila]

How large and heavy, is the coin?

 

[Patch]

If I bring English currency, would it weigh more than a "pound"? :>)

 

[Ruthanne]

Do you have a scale to weigh it?

 

[Kaila]

Would it be better to flip something other than a coin?

Perhaps a credit card?

 

[Patch]

What if you chip the chip in the flippin' card you're flippin'?

 

[StarSong]

I don't know about flipping credit cards, but does anyone else remember flipping baseball cards?

 

[SetWave]

Tossing cards into a hat?

 

[StarSong]

No, flipping. Like odds or evens. Match or (as we used to say, "dis-match"). Match being both fell face up when they were flipped, dismatch being when one landed face up and one was stats up. The loser of the previous round called it in the air. If called correctly, you won your card back plus the card of the person you were playing.

Did you never play this?

 

[Tish]

Is the game based on luck?

 

[Patch]

Are any games not based on a certain amount of luck?

 

[StarSong]

Yes, the game is based on luck, @Tish.

Wouldn't you agree that chess is based on skill rather than luck?

 

[Kaila]

Chess might be based primarily on your own skills, but also,
might it partially in addition,
be based somewhat on the luck of getting a misstep or mistake of the other player?

 

[Patch]

Given the top two chess masters in the world pitted against each other, don't they have very similar skill levels and do rely on the luck of a competitor's mistake?

 

[StarSong]

Or are they relying on their superior skills at managing stress and foreseeing future scenarios, thus avoiding fatal errors?

 

[Tish]

How did they get their superior skills?