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- comicstrips@lemmy.world
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- comicstrips@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25112863
Source unknown, some sites assign it to Oppressive Silence comics by Ethan Vincent. But that website in the corner is shady
It almost never happens randomly, it has to be forced by the losing player and it’s not easy to do it so I think it’s a valid way of saving the game.
The first part of your comment doesn’t justify the second part. But it also isn’t true that it rarely happens randomly. It rarely happens randomly in high-ranked games. Bad rules like stalemate have a much stronger effect on low ranked games, which is what most people play.
Stalemates and forcing draws are pretty important imo as someone who dosen’t play and only watch. It’s gave the game a twist that let the losing player a way to fight back from a loosing position to a draw (that feels like a win).
They are an important part of the game, but they aren’t a good twist. If you got rid of stalemate, then the losing player would just resign. Nothing wrong with that in a game that’s effectively over.
The first part of my comment entirely justifies the second part. It’s a strategy a skilled player currently losing can use to avoid the loss, not a fluke. And no, it also doesn’t randomly happen on low ranked games unless by low ranked you mean “absolute beginners who didn’t even know about the rule”.
There’s a whole level of players who simply weren’t thinking about stalemate at the moment. They know the rule, they just weren’t thinking. Trapping the king so he can’t move and nothing can be done should be a win.