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handmade mother-of-pearl inlay xiangqi 象棋（chinese chess）by 山白shanbai

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Chess Blog Day #38 - Chess and Its Family

Although there still remains some debate on whether chess originated in India or Persia, most historians believe chess to have originated in India.

The common ancestor of chess-like games would then be Chaturanga.

"Chaturanga" literally means "four divisions". The four divisions were infantry, cavalry, elephants and chariotry. These would later become the modern pawn, knight, bishop and rook.

Chaturanga was played on an 8x8 board but this board wasn't checkered like a chessboard.

Chaturanga was probably the earliest game to have two things that chess has that other board games like Go don't: Different pieces with different powers, and a single piece that the game centres around trapping (a "king").

Chaturanga was then introduced to Persia (modern Iran) and became Chatrang, which was eventually given the Arabic name Shatranj.

In Chaturanga the king could be captured. Persian players must have decided that this was no fun because at some point in the 700s the rules of Shatranj were changed so that you couldn't put yourself in check and had to move out of it.

Shatranj had the king, knight and rook equivalents move the way they do to this day; but the pawn, queen and bishop equivalents were much less powerful.

This didn't entirely solve the problem of instantly losing games via a silly mistake though, as any online blitz player will attest. Oh well.

Players also had to announce "shāh" (meaning "king", the origin of the modern "check") when they attacked their opponent's king. And of course they also had to declare "Shāh Māt!" ("the king is dead!"), the origin of the modern checkmate.

Later on they started to engrave half of the squares and the iconic checkerboard came into play.

Shatranj sets are typically more minimalist than Chaturanga sets, likely because of the Muslim ban on idolatry that we mentioned yesterday.

Here's a Chaturanga set (left) compared to a Shatranj set.

Before we continue down the descent of chess, we need to take a look at its cousins.

Chinese chess, xiangqi, is thought to be derived from Chaturanga. There are some niche historical theories that it was the other way around, but these aren't well supported. It has the two properties of a chess-like game that we mentioned before - a "king" and pieces with different moves. Xiangqi doesn't have squares though. Pieces are placed on intersections like in Go.

Shogi, or Japanese chess, is also thought to be derived from Chaturanga and may have been invented in India. Some historians even believe that it was originally played with 3D Chaturanga pieces and not the 2D set that it is today. Shogi has the interesting property of being able to use your opponent's pieces after you capture them, reflected in the western variant of bughouse chess.

One theory is that this rule was added at a time in Japanese history when there were a lot of mercenary fighters switching loyalties.

Makruk, or Thai chess, is another Chaturanga derivative. It's actually much more similar to Chaturanga than Chinese or Japanese chess, and is probably the closest thing to Chaturanga still played today aside from chess itself.

In fact Chaturanga derivatives spread so far east that they reached what is now the USA, as chess-like pieces have been found belonging to the Tlingit people of Alaska.

Back to chess.

Eventually Shatranj was introduced to Europe and became associated with violence, revelry and gambling (I know). The historical cultural impact of chess could be its own blog post.

Eventually chess became more prestigious and associated with knights and royalty, who played with ornate pieces. Christian cultures didn't have the same issues with idolatry at that point in history and began making the sort of elaborate sets we saw yesterday.

At this point the rules hadn't really changed from Shatranj.

There were a couple of early European rule changes though. Pawns were allowed to move two squares on their first move and en passant was added to balance this out. King and queens could jump on their first move (queens were still weak and king jumping eventually became castling).

People also experimented with the idea of setting up the pieces behind the pawns however they wanted, although this never caught on.

Then around 1500 AD the Spanish came along and decided that chess was just too slow. They decided that bishops and queens should have the move ability that they do today.

This was initially called "Mad Queen Chess" or "Chess with the madwoman".

This update spread like wildfire though because clearly everyone found it led to much more action.

Finally in the 1800s the modern rule around stalemate was added, castling was standardised, and all later rule changes like threefold repetition were more technical in nature.

We talked a little bit about the rule changes over history, but some of them are quite interesting so it's worth looking into them in more detail.

Tomorrow: The rules of chess's ancestors.

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These videos on Traditional chinese things just calms me...

I saw how chinese calligraphy brushes are made and even how traditional japanese ink is made..

I wish I could see some Indian Traditional things process making

holy shit is this gorgeous.

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TM GAME TOURNAMENT MAGAZINE ANNOUNCEMENT 06 PART04

Announcement 01 Important Notice That Needed Attention I apologize ahead if you felt you got confused about the problems in my life. Like I wrote in Announcement 01, I don't have Feedback and Follower and I'm not pretending I have Feedback and Follower. But, I have been setting my goal on getting Feedback and Follower since 2016 when I made my first post on my tumblr.com page/blog. Right now is 2024. This mean it had been around 8 years of time. That is why I made that apology to avoid the confusion and complication. Optimism, pessimism, prophecy, oracle, seer, premonition, fortune teller, and thoughts in general about the future or foresight. To avoid the confusion, I would argues that I have no control on what a person want to think/thought. I'm going to keep it at that for now to not further the confusion and complication.

Setting Goal On Manageable Schedule Like I wrote in Announcement1-5 and this announcement. I want to set my goal on having a manageable schedule. Maybe it is human nature? Example: If people see that I'm desperate and panic enough, then maybe I might have some supports? Until I felt that I have enough supports to have a manageable schedule. I need something to hang on to.

Having goal as an animator. If I'm part of the Disney Studio or Creative Writing Association. Then, I could hang on to that. But, what if being an animator (Creative Writing in general) is the problems in my life? This mean I need to know a lot of people and have a lot of connections to the Creative Writing Association in order for me to hang on to it. This might not happen immediately. Such as it could take some time. Looking back at that scene with my father on wheelchair rolling down the street. What if the bump from the street curb made him fell out of his wheelchair? This mean he fell out of his wheelchair before the cars could run him over. The impact from falling out of his wheelchair could caused enough injuries that killed him. What if adding a kick on the wheelchair to have enough momentum to go over the street curb into to the street? This way the impact from the cars would kill him for sure. I didn't kicked his wheelchair. Instead I took out a lighter and light his cigarette. He told me he will pay me 2 dollars to buy the lighter from me. So, I sold him my lighter. During one of my fundraisings, I sold lighters and cigarettes. It was just a sample test run unofficial fundraising. So, It didn't last long and I only made a few sells at most. So, I still have the packs of lighters remain from the fundraising. The following is how I sold the lighters: The regular lighter are 1 dollar each. The fancy lighter are 3-5 dollar each. In a way, he pay 1 extra dollar for that lighter. Afterward, he continue buying lighters from me.

I'm going to point out another scene on my father to make a point. Back then, in the early years, my father would often made claims that he will threaten to beat up his math instructor(s) if those math instructors gave him a math test score lower than 100%. He would continue by claiming that the reasons he started making these claims is because there was 1 math instructor gave him a 95% math test score. After he have threaten that math instructor, his math test score is changed from 95% to 100%. There are giggles/chuckles from people when those people heard those claims from my father. The following reasons could be why there are giggles/chuckles from the people in the crowd: 1. From tradition, math instructors are often hard on students. It is contradiction, for students to be hard on the math instructors. 2. Math is calculation process, planning, and long equation. It is contradiction, math is outburst and threats of violence. As for my father, the following are why I think he made that claim: His seriousness on making his claim. And, the important combination in his claim: Speaking up to protect your acclaims. High achievement test score competition. And, making speech to win the crowd's votes. Even though, his claim have both the seriousness and important combination. But, because he have made that claim so often. That is why there are the giggles/chuckles. The reason I pointed out that scene is hearing his claim, I should able to tell it is a warning or wake up call. Furthermore, I keep telling myself, some where along the way, I must have warnings/wake-up-calls to not compete in the weekly TM Game tournament. But, I didn't pay too much attention to those warnings/wake-up-calls, because of busy competing in the weekly TM Game tournaments. The following are the reasons why I want to deny those warnings/wake-up-calls:

TM Game Tournament Commitment: Because of my responsibilities, duties, commitments, obligations, and pressures to the weekly TM Game tournaments. I would argues I would deny those warnings/wake-up-calls of wanting me to not compete in the weekly TM Game tournament. No Feedback And No Follower: Because the no feedback and no follower is confusing and complicated. This mean the warnings/wake-up-calls could be argued as the following: Feedbacks, followers, and pressures. So, the argument is if I have warnings/wake-up-calls, then my situation won't be so confusing and complicated. Example: For argument sake, let says those people who making arguments against the TM Game tournament would only criticized it. So, those people not going to says we warn him before to not compete in weekly TM Game tournament and he still continue to compete in the weekly TM Game tournaments. 199 First Places: I have 199 First Places in the TM Game tournaments in San Diego, California. And, I have no Feedback and Follower is confusing and complicated. So, I think the confusion and complication is the warning/wake-up-call is I must have thought writing the Arowra Series Books is the solution to the problems in my life.

Management Animator Theory In the bookstore self-help books section/isle, I saw there was a self-help book titled "If Life Is A Game, These are the Rules" Also, it is a best seller book. In a way, I sees that TM Game tournament and math competition is also like a game. So, what if I used the following achievements I have in my life to look for a solution to the problems in my life: Highest Math Achievement Title: From 1995-2003, because I have been having the most math awards in the math subject and having the highest math placement classes each years, I have been awarded the Highest Math Achievement Title from 1995-2003. Regional Championship Title Holder: Because I have the most First Places (199 First Places) in the San Diego TM Game tournaments. So, in a scenario my 199 First Places is equivalent to I'm compete in a TM Game tournament for the Regional Championship Title, then having the most first places would make me as the Regional Championship Title Holder. I want to combined those 2 titles listed above with my goal to be an animator to find the solution to the problems in my life. So, I came up with a theory, "Management Animator Theory". Management Animator Theory: In the beginning, I must have sees that a person who get 100% math test score regularly. And, a highly skillful chess player. Is good at finding solution to the problems in their life. As time go by, I started to grow wary on these thoughts. These wary thoughts could become doubt(s). That is why I used my father as reference. Because he get 100% math test score regularly. And, a skillful chess player. At the same time, I vibed that if I bring up my father's name, then it could lead to the following argument: The argument is I haven't tasted bitterness that is why I miss my home and my parents. This argument led me to visiting my parents and spend some time with them. Yet, I could picture myself arguing back that I visited my father is because I need answers to the "Management Animator Theory". As I visited my father, I told him that he have solve a lot of chess game puzzles in the Newspapers. He could turn them in to collect the prizes published in those Newspapers. Basically, I'm saying all of that as a compliment that he is a skillful chess player. He asked if I have time to play a chess game with him. I answered his opening moves are faster than mine by 1-2 moves. He replied we haven't even played the chess game how did I know. I think this where the misunderstanding and/or confusion started. Read the "Chess And Chinese Chess" Section below to know why I brought up the chess topic in my parents' house. In that section, I have set my goal to clear the confusion and complication. In summary, I made compliments on my father's 100% math test scores and chess skill. Is because I don't want my wary thoughts to grow more wary. I will continue asking for supports. At the same time, I will continue to deny about did I have warnings/wake-up-calls to not compete in the weekly TM Game tournaments? Example: I think that there are people who think that there are celebration about the TM Game tournament.

Chess And Chinese Chess On 2002, in Ms. Wilsons' honor math (Honor Algebra 2) class, Ms. Wilsons gave me extra credits to teaches chess in her class for about 2 weeks of time. Like I wrote in my article, "My TM Game History" and "Arowra: Spiral of Conspiracies Story" strategy guide. It was more than just the extra credits. There are the following combination of reasons: I'm holding the record for having the most First Places in the TM Game tournament in my neighborhood, Pacific Beach. On 2002 I have around 66 First Places. I'm leading the players in the TM Game tournament. Also, I'm providing TM Game tournament enthusiasm to my surrounding. In summary, I didn't join or compete in the chess tournament like I have been competing in the weekly TM Game tournament. But, I have enough knowledge about chess to teach it in a classroom for about 2 weeks of time. Furthermore, because of that 2 weeks of teaching chess lessons in Ms. Wilsons' class, I was planning to make room in my schedule to make a project to make the distinction of "Chess" and "Chinese Chess". As a way of providing TM Game tournament enthusiasm. But, I recalled back in the country-side during my early years, the people in the country-side have been saying that my father, Chung-Wun Lam is a skillful and undefeated Chinese Chess player. The way I see it, my project would be like a joke to my father. Example: The project focus on making distinction between Chess and Chinese Chess by making sure that it is at a beginner level. My father's Chinese Chess skill could be at a very high level. The following are the reasons why I wanted to create this project: Because I have enough knowledge about chess to teach it in a classroom. But, as for Chinese Chess. I wanted to point out the following: 1. The "Canon" game piece is different than the Chess' game pieces. 2. In a Chinese Chess's board, there is a river. And, the pieces move on the lines instead of squares. 3. Elephant pieces can't cross the river. 4. Your Royal Guard pieces can't leave your palace. Vice-versa, your opponent's Royal Guard pieces can't leave your opponent's palace. At the same time, I vibed that there are many books published on the Chinese Chess lessons. This mean if it is hard for me to just point out a few things about the Chinese Chess, then it would be harder for me to talk about the strategy of the game. In summary, I wanted to go to my family's house and gave some compliments to my father's Chinese Chess' skill. On around 2012, when I visited my family's house. Chung shown me the Chinese Chess' puzzles that he have solved in the Newspapers. What if people confused Chess and Chinese Chess as the same game, because there is the word, chess in both of the games? I didn't told him the following: You have to have very high Chinese Chess skill to understand those Chinese Chess puzzles published in the Newspaper. To not continue with the confusion, I used this opportunity to gives him some compliments about his Chinese Chess skill. I must have unintended added the following lines without noticed: Maybe you could show me a few of your moves? Showing me a Chinese Chess demonstration is better than showing me those Chinese Chess puzzles. Toward the end, like I wrote in the "Setting Goal To Have A Manageable Schedule" section, he asked me if I want to play a Chinese Chess game with him. So, I replied that you have faster opening move than me by 1-2 moves. By this point, I think the confusion is Chess and Chinese Chess have meshed together and it is the same game. On that day, I wanted to point out the following: If it is Chess not Chinese Chess. Then, I might have a chance of competition. Example: In a Chess game, if the odds is against me. Then, I will go with the fortified defensive tactics/strategy. This strategy is protect every pieces I have on the board. And, I would strategically move those pieces around to to create walls and castle. In a way, like a 360% protection from every angles.

Obligations And Pressures In the "Announcement 01 Important Notice That Needed Attention", I wrote that "To avoid the confusion, I would argues that I have no control on what a person want to think/thought." On 1999, when me and my older brother, Ho Hong Lam walked passed "Name of the Game" store. I told him that I'm going to prepare myself by training hard to compete in the weekly Pokemon Tournament (Pokemon Tournament is TM Game Tournament). I would wins some first places and make a name of myself. What if that day I walk passed "Name of the Game" store without saying anything? What will my life be like? Right now, I have the record on having 199 First Places in the TM Game tournaments in San Diego, California. The accumulation of the 199 first places is from my first tournament in 1999 to my last tournament in 2014. Group1 wishes since the day they were born they got punished and disciplined so much that they welcome problems and arguments in their lifes. Group2 since the day they were born they been putting pressures on people's lifes. The line from the Hunger Games, "May the odds ever be in your favor." Using that line, maybe if the odds are in their favor, they won't put as much pressures on people's lifes. Also, if the odds are in their favor, maybe they don't have to deal with conscience on putting pressures on people's lifes argument. I'm not purposely trying to crush anyone dream, but having regrets or making wishes to be those 2 groups not going to solve the problems in my life.

I spend about 1-2 hours lining up for the beginning of the TM Game tournament sign-up process.

I filled out the TM Game tournament application sheet and paid the $5 entry fee.

I spend a lot of money buying the figurines game pieces and cards game pieces. Because in the card base TM Game you would constructed a deck of 40-60 cards. And, figurine base TM Game you would constructed a team of 1-10 (or more than 10) figures.

When the tournament begin. The computer pairing system will assign you to your matches (before there were computer system, the tournament coordinator(s) would assigned the players to their matches.) After your matches are assigned, you would compete through each rounds until you get to the final round. In the final round, the 2 finalists will compete for the First Place placement.

Tournament Setup Example: About 90% of the TM Game tournaments I have participated in are elimination tournament. Elimination mean you lost 1 round you are eliminated from advancing to the final round. In each rounds, you compete 3 matches against your opponent. If you wins 2 or more matches against your opponent mean you wins that round. Vice-versa, If your opponent wins 2 or more matches against you mean your opponent wins that round. Today, December 28, 2024, as I'm drafting what to write next in this announcement. My status-quo like I wrote in "Announcement 01 Important Notice That Needed Attention", I have no Feedback and no Follower. I'm obligated and pressured by my 199 First Places to have some responsibilities and duties about the TM Game Tournament. But, the No Feedback and No Follower is making my situation confusing and complicated. I want my obligations and pressures to be important. Not confusing and complicated.

This mean to not point out that my 199 First Places is not a celebration. I have to says that I'm having problems in my life that needed some attention. Because I'm not doing too well in my situation right now would argued as the following: The TM Game Tournament Advertisement Argument is TM Game tournament advertised as compete to win victories/achievements, fame, and celebrations in your life. When a player competed through the rounds of the TM Game tournament and got the first place placement. And, there is no fame or celebration. Mean that there are some problems with the TM Game tournament advertisement/commercial. The TM Game Tournament Advertisement Argument would lead to I have spend so much time and money to compete in the TM Game tournament and it have created problems in my life. The Lack of TM Game Tournament Management argument would lead to I went thought #1-4 to have some pressures in my life.

Furthermore, the House of Creating Pressures argument is if my house is the house of creating pressures to people's lifes. Then, my house would created enough pressures in my life. This mean I don't need to go through #1-4 to have some pressures in my life. In #1-4 Versus House of Creating Pressures, this versus would lead to the following: It is my stupidity to not sees that I don't need to go through #1-4 for so many years of time to have some pressures in my life. How could a stupid person be a tournament champion?

In the embarrassment for no feedback and no follower Versus Want to clear the stupidity in my life, I would argues that I want to clear the stupidity in my life out weight the embarrassment for no feedback and no follower. It is hard for a person to says that count my blessing that if I disciplined myself enough, I could maybe be in Group1 and able to welcome the problems and arguments in my life. Why can't I says it is okay you don't create too much pressures in my life?

Like I wrote in the announcements such as Announcement1-6, please don't make my situation like it is "Last Resort". In addition, the confusion and complication is because I have 199 First Places mean I have been put in Group2. Group2 is people who puts pressures on other people's lifes. This is equivalent to everything I do is putting pressures on people's lifes. So, I want to avoid the "Last Resort". And, the confusion and complication on everything I do is putting pressures on people's lifes. At the same time, I want to have hopeful thoughts that the feedback and follower is I could continue making my posts at tumblr.com. One day, I would be recognized.

Looking at my situation, people would question about the TM Game tournament advertisement/commercial. This mean since all my posts is involved or related to the TM Game tournament mean people would question my posts also. The following is the example: Is my 199 First Places a local league? How big can the TM Game tournament event get? How official and real can it be? On around 2018, inside the Mesa College bookstore, the co-workers asked me questions like in casual talk. At the time, I would want to have mutual with my surrounding because I'm posting up articles at tumblr.com regularly. So, I would write the following on a piece of paper: "Parallel lines don't touch." "Obligations and pressures." After awhile, I would replied, "It is so hard to believe."

Then, I asked the questions back at the co-workers. "What do you think about the Duelist Kingdom island in the Yu-Gi-Oh TV Series? Can that be real to anyone? I mean come on, a whole island as a dueling ground for players?" The following are the answers: "It is possible. Depended on the management." "A rich investor who want to make that kind of investment." Eventually, I told those co-workers about some of the posts I have posted up on tumblr.com. Both of those co-workers I told it to didn't think I was strange or anything.

I apologizes for the spacing between each sections (Bold Headlines). For some reasons in this post I'm having that problem. The following are the 4 sections (Bold Headlines) in this post: Announcement 01 Important Notice That Needed Attention Setting Goal On Manageable Schedule Chess And Chinese Chess Obligations And Pressures

To Be Continue Like I wrote in Announcement 1-5 in my current situation, I felt like I'm being rushed all over the places. Also, like I wrote in Announcement 1-5 I want to gives myself a chance to stop rushing myself. I will continue writing more announcement. Check back for more announcement.

[paradigmwarrior]

stalemate ! my first game of xiangqi ever!!

[oppsaydaiisey]

For non Chinese speakers this Android app (maybe iOS idk), has entire manuals that you can download. If you don't speak Chinese, the entire book can be gone through on interactive board. It even shows variations.

If you have an s pen (idk if others do this) for Samsung s23 plus you can automatically translate the commentary given

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“宫、商、角、徵、羽” Gōng Shāng Jué Zhǐ Yǔ · The pentatonic scale in Chinese music

"Gong Shang Jue Zhi Yu" was first documented in the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2600 years ago. The five tones are the basic scales of Chinese ancient music. Compared to the seven-tone scale of Western music - minus the semitone ascending "fa" and "si", Gong is roughly equivalent to 1 (Do), Shang is roughly equivalent to 2 (Re), Jue is roughly equivalent to 3 (Mi), Zhi is roughly equivalent to 5 (So), and Yu is roughly equivalent to 6 (La). In the Tang Dynasty, “合、四、乙、尺、工” "Hé Sì Yǐ Chǐ Gōng" were used.

云之羽 My Journey To You · 2023

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Fricassee and Beyond part 1

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8

08: Played any sports?

Ooh, yes!

I don't like a lot of outdoor games but I do love Badminton! I play casually and my glasses are kind of an obstruction, and it takes me some time to get into the zone, but once I'm in that zone you better believe I playing fucking well. This one time remember I played with someone who had definitely been playing longer than me, and in all of the 30 minutes we played I didn't miss a single shot. I think that's pretty good for someone who hardly ever played and has never taken a class in their life.

Ahh I miss those times, i haven't touched a racket in 3 years now ☺️☺️☺️

[jacobhorseadventures]

Jacob Horse should play chess for mental enrichment

Jacob Horse tries to play chess(he needs a lil help)

[neige-leblanche]

also y'all

does anybody have the original japanese of this line from book 5 ch 27???

bc rereading it i was like. O_O. is he. not talking about vil.

i was thinking like "the first read through you're definitely meant to think so, and vil did absolutely change rook's life, but with context from both book 6 and his halloween vignette, what he's describing here leans more towards the latter" which is like. masterful gaybait i can't even be mad. it's like that post saying "some gaybaiting is like a box propped up with a stick and a block of cheese underneath" except this has all the intricacy of a steampunk clock.

but my VERY shoddy japanese skills r telling me the line translates more to "beauty in your eyes and the darkness, lighting up your entire life for you—in a time in your existence when you'll be able to have [such an experience] (expanding on the prev line where he says they'll be able to understand his ideology in the future)"

^ and i probably mangled this so bad but the main point is i didn't hear him refer to a "someone" like he does in the english tl & i'm wondering if i missed it or if it was in fact added!!!

[e-adlirez]

Just looked on the older books for refs of Thea and

Boi Curse of the Cheese Pyramid is insane

It literally starts with G heading to work on time at 9, but William comes in like "BOI YOU'RE SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY ON THE GAZETTE YOU HAVE TO CUT DOWN THE BUDGET" (Imagine this screamed directly into Geronimo's ear)

Obviously William's definition of "cut down the budget" is this

TW: Spoilers for Curse of the Cheese Pyramid, William behavior, do not click on if you don't want a spike in blood pressure

If you choose to turn away now, the following fume was just an intermission for finding this picture lmao

He pawned over everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) in Geronimo's office, from his desk to his armchair to his carpet to his book collection to his art collection, and replaced it all with a single plastic chair and desk ("All you need in an office is a desk and chair!")

He fired ALL THE STAFF and decided that only family members will be working for the paper (because family members don't need to be paid as much probably (if at all) when working for a family business-- they all share their finances with each other, anyway maybe (it's not clear what their salaries are gonna be (wanna bet G is paid minimum wage while Thea is paid 50% of the Gazette's monthly expenses after this clean sweep))). The only person spared from the firing spree was Shif T. Paws, the Gazette's sales manager, who apparently offered to work there for free.

He delegates all the work of the Gazette to four people-- G does all the office work (taking calls, building maintenance, writing, editing, printing, clientele stuff), Thea does all the interviews and field work stuff, Trap does all the cooking, and Benjamin is "William's personal assistant". Lord knows what that last position means for little Benji. (Okay reading ahead Benjamin seems fine, but he does say that William is "a bit pushy".)

He sends G out on a work holiday thing and he overworks the crap out of everyone, to the point where even Thea is sick of William's senile old-fashioned ass, and it seems that the Gazette was also going downhill because of this mouse furry ripoff Daniel Dancer. (To give a preview of what he did in the working perspective, he basically had Trap work seven days a week)

He was planning to have staff give use old newspaper instead of toilet paper (T&B expenses), make a 30-second time mechanism for the restrooms (to maximize manpower efficiency and possible humiliation for anyone going number 2), and was considering cutting all electricity to the building and just have staff work on typewriters "just like the old days".

This man's senile ass--

[peemil]

my favorite thing about forcing edgeworth and lelouch to play chess against each other in my head is that canonically both of them have used insane (and illegal!) placements and are still both considered to be masters of the game or whatever

[hearts-a-heavy-burden]

Not to be the most niche of niche, but The Princess Royal (a historical cdrama) au for Edelgard x Claude would go so hard.

[oppsaydaiisey]

There is actually sort of a secret repository of books on Chinese chess (xiangqi) on kindle. Most books that exist in English on Xiangqi are free there. The few exclusions are mostly books that literally don't exist as ebooks