https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=132.230.150.44&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T21:43:10ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1258:_First&diff=48165Talk:1258: First2013-08-30T13:13:09Z<p>132.230.150.44: /* Exactly zero */</p>
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First! [[User:Edo|Edo]] ([[User talk:Edo|talk]]) 04:28, 30 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:This is a wiki, not some xkcd reader's blog. [[User:GameZone|GameZone]] ([[User talk:GameZone|talk]]) 04:30, 30 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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::(it's called a joke) [[User:Edo|Edo]] ([[User talk:Edo|talk]]) 04:38, 30 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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::I thought it was funny. [[Special:Contributions/75.37.205.50|75.37.205.50]] 07:42, 30 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:Ha! I was going to do the same thing. --[[User:Druid816|Druid816]] ([[User talk:Druid816|talk]]) 07:58, 30 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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When I saw today's comic on XKCD.com, I came here just to check if someone made a "First!" comment in comic's discussion page. [[Special:Contributions/78.205.5.80|78.205.5.80]] 08:13, 30 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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I agree it is likely Megan offscreen, but can we be sure? [[Special:Contributions/83.227.33.35|83.227.33.35]] 09:57, 30 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:Is Megan the canonical name for the long-haired brunette? Interesting... [[Special:Contributions/188.76.190.204|188.76.190.204]] 12:10, 30 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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I corrected the indents, dont be mad at me :) [[Special:Contributions/188.76.190.204|188.76.190.204]] 12:10, 30 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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= Exactly zero =<br />
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Can someone explain what it means? I first guessed it was the proliferation on the "exactly zero" sentence, but it can also means "not comments at all". [[Special:Contributions/188.76.190.204|188.76.190.204]] 12:10, 30 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:He is being ironic because there have been so many annoying internet behaviours have come about. [[Special:Contributions/184.66.160.91|184.66.160.91]] 13:09, 30 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:Could also be self referencing, as massive use of irony can be considered an annoying internet behaviour.<br />
--[[Special:Contributions/132.230.150.44|132.230.150.44]] 13:13, 30 August 2013 (UTC)</div>132.230.150.44https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1112:_Think_Logically&diff=133301112: Think Logically2012-09-24T14:14:30Z<p>132.230.150.44: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1112<br />
| date = September 24, 2012<br />
| title = Think Logically<br />
| image = think_logically.png<br />
| imagesize = <br />
| titletext = I've developed a more logical set of rules but the people on the chess community have a bunch of stupid emotional biases and won't reply to my posts.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
Chess is a very old board game in which two players take turns moving their 16 pieces, one at a time, to try and capture the other players king. The knight is a piece in chess that can only move in an L-shaped pattern, but compensates by being able to jump over other pieces. The comic highlights two mistakes players often make in chess: complete fixation on the king at the cost of their other pieces, and inability to take advantage of the knights movement patterns.<br />
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The comic is primarily a jab at competitive online games whose fans call for "buffs" (power additions) and "nerfs" (power reductions) to characters that they believe to be underpowered or overpowered, often with inadequate knowledge of those characters. The units in chess are widely agreed upon to be perfectly balanced, and [[Cueball|Cueball's]] criticism of the knights show obvious lack of knowledge of the knights potential. His objections may also be rooted in his reluctance to admit defeat, which leads him to blame the game instead of his own skill.<br />
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Cueball's friend proceeds to demonstrate Cueball's lack of knowledge by beating Cueball in four moves.<br />
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The title text depicts Cueball trying to suggest revisions to the rules of chess and not understanding why his complaints are being ignored.<br />
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The checkmate depicted is likely the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholars_mate Scholar's Mate] and is the second shortest checkmate in chess. However, it could be a variation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool%27s_Mate Fool's Mate] with White winning instead of Black.<br />
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At the same time this could be another jab at the oversimplification people sometimes show when confronted with a topic they are not familar with. Previously this was depicted in http://xkcd.com/675/ and http://xkcd.com/793/. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect .<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Man wearing a hat is sitting down at a computer. Cueball is standing behind him.]<br />
:Keyboard:''Move''<br />
:Cueball: Why'd you move your knight away?<br />
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:[Man wearing hat turns around and rests his arm on his chair.]<br />
:Cueball: Just think ''logically''. The goal is checkmate, so you should always move pieces ''toward'' the other player's king.<br />
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:[Closeup of Cueball.]<br />
:Cueball: I guess occasionally you need to move backward, but it'd be trivial to make a list of those circumstances and -<br />
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:[Man wearing hat is leaning back in chair facing Cueball.]<br />
:Man: Have you ever ''played'' chess?<br />
:Cueball: Not much, but -<br />
:Man: Wanna?<br />
:Cueball: Uh, ok.<br />
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:[Man and Cueball playing chess.]<br />
:Man: *Move*<br />
:Cueball: *Move*<br />
:Man: *Move*<br />
:Cueball: *Move*<br />
:Man: *Move*<br />
:Cueball: *Move*<br />
:Man: *Move* Checkmate.<br />
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:[Cueball standing and staring at the chess board.]<br />
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:[Man returns to his computer.]<br />
:Cueball: This game isn't very well-designed. For starters, knights are too weak...<br />
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