cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/133518

1st place wintermute

2nd; liwott

3rd; straight peach

4th; sexy peach

5th; michael

6th; me

(Sorry about delay, been busy)

Until proven otherwise, wintermute is the strongest chess player on the fediverse :p

I learnt a lot of stuff about running an e-tournament. Biggest factor is needing a lot of substitutes for when people drop out. Which would make the results weird, because say wintermute drops out and I sub in for him, then i'd lose the finals.

combah text, by david revoy the pepper and carrot author

I keep on having to re add transparency so i figure someone should just upload it with transparency somewhere so it's easier to make promotional material

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/81639

tournament note for self; liwott won in 21 moves

cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/338189

part of the fediverse chess tournament.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/79050

we can make this a tradition when people start on lemmy.ml/(twitter/fb/etc) and then make an announcement post with their account contributions and announce account retirement, and choosing a smaller instance to migrate to. Also making the choice whether to confirm their next identity or continue anonymously.

When did the lemmygrad defederation happen?

Chris Remington mod

A couple of days ago. alyaza

about aug 10, mostly motivated by their lack of moderation/lack of compatibility with our values but also because we’re trying to figure out why our server is using so much more space than it should be (because if we don’t figure it out soon our hosting costs will need to double). one of the presumptions is who we federate with has something to do with it and lemmygrad was the biggest place we federated with, but we don’t really have overlap with their userbase so it doesn’t make very much sense to assume any additional load they might be adding.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/67533

Roses are red

Violets are blue

You're gonna sign up for this chess tournament

How to play:

0. Most important! Share this event as widely as possible! Post on the fediverse and even on your Facebook, Reddit, tiktok etc

1. Sign up in the comments here. Just say your signing up.

2. I'll arrange brackets. Or if you particularly want to play someone, mention it in the comments and I'll pair you guys up

3. I'm open to suggestions, but lichess seems like the easiest way to set up matches, but really, if you can get your opponent to agree to use like Minetest chess, go for it!

4. If someone off the fediverse wants to play, have them contact me somehow. You could even relay their messages to me.

prizes:

• once the fedizens enquirer news paper is up and running, you'll be featured there.

• myself, @sexy_peach@feddit.de, Michael from Perthchat and/or @Helix@feddit.de will simp for you

• paid tournament will follow later on, if enough interest

Has this ever been attempted before?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/67533

Roses are red

Violets are blue

You're gonna sign up for this chess tournament

How to play:

0. Most important! Share this event as widely as possible! Post on the fediverse and even on your Facebook, Reddit, tiktok etc

1. Sign up in the comments here. Just say your signing up.

2. I'll arrange brackets. Or if you particularly want to play someone, mention it in the comments and I'll pair you guys up

3. I'm open to suggestions, but lichess seems like the easiest way to set up matches, but really, if you can get your opponent to agree to use like Minetest chess, go for it!

4. If someone off the fediverse wants to play, have them contact me somehow. You could even relay their messages to me.

prizes:

• once the fedizens enquirer news paper is up and running, you'll be featured there.

• myself, @sexy_peach@feddit.de, Michael from Perthchat and/or @Helix@feddit.de will simp for you

• paid tournament will follow later on, if enough interest

Has this ever been attempted before?