Comments by JaredMcComb

Roberto, I'd like to point out that as of right now, when one 
Googles 'chessvariants,' the first related page that comes up under the 
main listing is this Xiang-Qi page.  If that isn't a good indicator of 
this game's popularity variant-wise, if not game-wise in general, I don't 
know what is.

(Incidentally, a search for 'xiangqi' gives this page second in the list, 
and a search for 'xiang-qi' or 'chinese chess' gives it first.)

When attempting to use one of the voting pages, I get a screenfull of the
following:

Warning: main(/home/chessvar/public_html/cgi-bin/rankedpoll/runpoll.php):
failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
/home/chessva/public_html/contests/10/poll1-A.php on line 26

Warning: main(/home/chessvar/public_html/cgi-bin/rankedpoll/runpoll.php):
failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
/home/chessva/public_html/contests/10/poll1-A.php on line 26

Warning: main(): Failed opening
'/home/chessvar/public_html/cgi-bin/rankedpoll/runpoll.php' for
inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in
/home/chessva/public_html/contests/10/poll1-A.php on line 26

Perhaps this should be fixed.

The links to Taratibu and veSQuj seem to be missing.

Furthermore, the link to Shatranj Kamil 64 should point to
http://www.chessvariants.org/contests/10/shatranjkamil64.html
instead of where it does now.

I have one as well, but have used it so much that the low-quality included
cardboard board is starting to fall apart.  Not that I'm selling it, of
course -- just be wary you may have to find someplace that will make
custom gameboards to replace yours, if you find one used.  (The pieces, on
the other hand, are lovely.  Quite heavy, plastic, and felt-bottomed.
Very sturdy.)  

What's all this about selling the property rights?  Hopefully someone
interested in selling high-quality sets will purchase it -- in my opinion,
Omega Chess is one of the best variants in existence!

Probably not too similarly, but it's certainly a good idea.

This reminds me, I've been meaning to make a SSBM-styled variant.

The only thing related to 'reclaiming a queen' in Chess is the promotion
of a pawn to a queen.  For this to happen, the pawn must reach the final
row of the board, from its owner's perspective - in other words, get your
pawn all the way to the other side of the board, and you can promote it to
a queen.

(Additionally, the term 'reclaiming' is a bit inaccurate here, because
it is possible to get more than one queen by doing this multiple times.)

I have to wonder whether I should be honored for being included in this,
or insulted for having something I created be the basis for a section.

(Note: this comment is in jest.  Kinda.)

Extremely awkward.  The Tripper, Commuter, Threeleaper, and Fourleaper (and
Lancer, to a lesser extent) are all bound to a small subset of squares on
any size board, and the remaining pieces can be difficult to utilize well
due to their large and inflexible movement patterns.

This is my opinion, of course.

I think it would look best with the colors of the wooden one, but without
the texture.

Just my two cents.

Thanks for catching that -- it should be 11 per side.

One thing which has just occured to me is that I never defined how much
damage Clerics should take -- they're supposed to always take 2 damage (3
if the attacking piece has a same-color bonus) but I apparently never wrote
that down anywhere.  D'oh.

Pieces should be able to move through spaces occupied by friendly pieces
only, as in Vantage Master Online, which the game was originally based on.
 This was also never written down explicitly.  Double D'oh.

As for the spirit spamming issue, the self-destruct can become valuable in
a situation like that -- once your spirit is about to die, you can do extra
damage to 'the wall,' and eventually break a hole in it -- if they're
really trying to keep up a wall they won't use it themselves, which gives
you an advantage.  Did you take this into account?  (Just the same, I will
consider revising the summoning rules.)

Is there any way this page could be converted into a 'member-submitted'
page so I could edit it?

So why do weeks end on Wednesdays around here?