May 13May 13 5 hours ago, Arirnnam said: I can see why you’re calling this a golden age Welcome to Avsim, @Arirnnam! I like your avatar. Should fit in nicely here. Hook Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
May 15May 15 On 5/12/2026 at 10:51 AM, Fielder said:The computer game industry is changing because not enough players like the new big franchise editions of well known games. And so a zillion smaller titles, like the thousands on Steam, fills the gap. My game list is: chess. And I don't considers simulations to be games. I just viewed a video about AI that apparently the board game GO is significantly more difficult for AI to defeat compared to Chess. Unlike chess which has 10^44 possible positions, Go has 10^171 possible positions. Very interesting. Wishing I learned about Go when I started playing chess too (in grade school). Hardware: i7-8700k, GTX 1070-ti, 32GB ram, NVMe/SSD drives with lots of free space. Software: latest Windows 10 Pro, P3Dv4.5+, FSX Steam, and lots of addons (100+ mostly Orbx stuff).
May 15May 15 3 hours ago, bofhlusr said:Wishing I learned about Go when I started playing chess too (in grade school). l learned how to play GO when I lived in Japan. Interesting game and quite challenging.Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
May 16May 16 I imagine there are Go parlors in Japan where the locals win monies from the tourists. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
May 16May 16 When I was stationed at Yokota AFB in Japan we had a group of Japanese laborers working for us. During lunch we would sometimes play chess in the break room. They would watch us. One of them asked us to teach him how to play. He then taught the other laborers how to play. They became fascinated with the game and we would start playing with them. In a few months non of we round eyes could beat them.Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
May 17May 17 Moderator Other than FlightSim and Silent Hunter 4 on the Computer, I usually play Cribbage through a couple Apps on my smartphone.
May 24May 24 On 5/15/2026 at 3:28 PM, bofhlusr said:Wishing I learned about Go when I started playing chess too (in grade school).I was completely intimidated by chess after (like many NY raised children) watching the players with their stop-watches playing against bystanders on random city streets. The invitation to humiliation was...... not attractive. We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
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