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Is table talk about a rated game by spectators ever acceptable?
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Feb 23, 2021, 7:11 AM
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gentry_j
Is table talk about a rated game by spectators ever acceptable?
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Feb 6, 2021, 6:29 PM
Generally speaking probably not, but... How about if an experienced expert level player is lying about the rules of the game in order to prevent a novice player from beating them and taking away some of their rating points? What do you think?
Retired from TB Pente, but still playing live games & exploring variants like D, poof and boat
Re: Is table talk about a rated game by spectators ever acceptable?
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Feb 6, 2021, 6:38 PM
Hint: someone might want to edit the wikipedia rules for Pente to indicate that more than five in a row also wins the game, unlike in gomoku (unless one plays "Pente" on the seashell site, anyway).
Retired from TB Pente, but still playing live games & exploring variants like D, poof and boat
Re: Is table talk about a rated game by spectators ever acceptable?
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Feb 7, 2021, 10:35 PM
I think that makes sense; and it was the response I had in the situation. To be fair, it's possible the more experienced player may not always be aware of that rule in Pente if they start playing gomoku and just assume that the same rule applies for Pente. Especially as the wikipedia entry for Pente is currently worded.
Retired from TB Pente, but still playing live games & exploring variants like D, poof and boat
Re: Is table talk about a rated game by spectators ever acceptable?
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Feb 7, 2021, 10:42 PM
I wonder if they copy-pasted gomoku rules and then added capture, but forgot about overlines?
And the wikipedia page in general could use a detailed make-over. It serves its purpose but is fairly light on info.
The rules could be organized better and a strategy section added. The history could be expanded too but that would probably be harder to research and find than most pente players would be willing to go out and do.
Re: Is table talk about a rated game by spectators ever acceptable?
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Feb 7, 2021, 11:25 PM
It's odd, because wikipedia links to the rules here, but omits that particular part of the rules. A decade or so ago, there used to be details on variants and possibly some strategy included but it got edited out quite awhile back.
Retired from TB Pente, but still playing live games & exploring variants like D, poof and boat
Re: Is table talk about a rated game by spectators ever acceptable?
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Feb 8, 2021, 12:43 AM
Looked through the edit and some guy named Walter G?rlitz left only ?unsupported variants? as the reason. I don?t know if meant that there weren?t any citations, which I don?t think I saw in his defense, or if he meant that its unsupported by Winning moves games which is a contestable claim.
As far as I know Pente?s name and opening rules are copyrighted, but Keryo Pente and Pente.org have never been contested by them or treated as illicit.
It would probably be worth it trying to edit those back in with citations.
Re: Is table talk about a rated game by spectators ever acceptable?
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Feb 8, 2021, 3:26 AM
Keryo was proposed in the Spring '84 newsletter, but unfortunately I don't know of an online source for that one. However, the summer '84 newsletter https://renju.se/rif/pente/s84pen10.gif gives the basic rules (though without the overlines also win rule).
Retired from TB Pente, but still playing live games & exploring variants like D, poof and boat
Re: Is table talk about a rated game by spectators ever acceptable?
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Feb 8, 2021, 10:12 PM
I updated the wiki page to include Keryo with citations and the updated the rules section to make sure it reads ?five or more...? for both win conditions
But yeah overall when someone is cheating people should speak up. If both players are unclear on the perfect 5 rule from gomoku not existing pente then maybe they should be told after the match rather than during in case the info screws up both of their strategies.
Re: Is table talk about a rated game by spectators ever acceptable?
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Feb 9, 2021, 7:44 PM
I'm going to try and collect some basic concepts and tactics and write them into a strategy section for the page as well.
It's a travesty that the Gomoku and Pente pages are as limited as they are considering how old and well tread the former is and how big and relatively long lived the latter is.
I can guarantee you that many of the current hot and trending abstracts today won't have as much traction and support as pente does in the same time scale as pente had.
Especially since Pente didn't start with the benefit of internet communities to grow it.
Re: Is table talk about a rated game by spectators ever acceptable?
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Feb 9, 2021, 8:34 PM
I definitely approve of any efforts to increase the amount of information on the wikipedia page. I think it may involve finding a fine line between authoritative/notable sources (such as Braunlich's books, or nosov's writings on Pente for example) and not violating copyright.
Retired from TB Pente, but still playing live games & exploring variants like D, poof and boat
Re: Is table talk about a rated game by spectators ever acceptable?
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Feb 18, 2021, 2:03 PM
I mostly just pulled info from archived sites and from the online pente newsletters. I think the only thing really missing "meat" is the history section, especially on the USPA and its foundation and demise, but its certainly an improvement.
I think it might be more detailed than gomoku now XD
