Talk:3082: Chess Position

This is very nearly the core plot conceit of the movie Π (1998). 172.70.130.190 22:36, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

I believe you want lower-case Pi: π not Π. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_(film) --PRR (talk) 22:54, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Does anybody know whether Randall has taken up chess as a hobby? 5 of the 82 comics in the 3000s have been related to chess and only 2 in the 2000s were. If so, this should be included in the explanation. BobcatInABox (talk) 23:11, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

3000s? 172.71.190.236 23:40, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Oh right comic number not decade/millennium. 172.70.43.157 23:41, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Wouldn't surprise me, there's a three year gap in between chess comics 2465 (May 2021) and 2936 (May 2024), then the aforementioned 5 in 5 months. 172.70.114.251 00:46, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

I really suspect that the full explanation has something to do with this:

https://www.kasparov.com/the-implacable-logic-of-the-vortex-of-history/ 172.68.7.206 23:34, 28 April 2025 (UTC) Dan

Doubtful, that article was written in 2013, and it is unlikely that Randall came upon it just now to make this comic. Vortex is a general term for something that sucks you in. 172.70.214.66 00:38, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

I sure hope that it stays as not a real thing Commercialegg (talk) 01:32, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

The part about losing the ability to play chess even after building a resistance feels familiar. Isn't that how the Elder Scrolls worked in Skyrim, at least. Even highly trained sages would lose the ability to see for a time after reading an Elder Scroll. And the Oblivion remaster just released the other day... --Ragashingo (talk) 01:54, 29 April 2025 (UTC)