George Duke wrote on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 05:23 PM UTC:
Next up is year-2015 three chosen CVs. We have 18 Track One candidates so
far through year 2014. We need some perspective. By percentage of its 4000
or so CVs, Chess Variant Page, everyone's favourite website here, is largely Track
Two. Track One is potential OrthoChess replacement, and Track Two is more
novelty, themed, whimsical, a la Betza. Probably CVPage is 80% Track Two
and 20% Track One. We want to winnow 50 or 100 of those latter for further
study. Most of us enjoy both categories. The analogy I thought out
beforehand is hunting and wildlife. As avid nature-lover, I oppose hunting
though I fish. Many friends of mine hunt, and I don't hold it against them
because I can see they sincerely enjoy wild lands both ways, as gamesmen
and as viewers of wildlife -- or climbers, hikers, campers, canoeists. Now with Chess variants, I am more like my
hunting friends. I like both Track One and Track Two. However, proliferation and repeated reuse without attribution only confuse both sets of CVs, One and Two. This thread is Track One, in ongoing try to get some order, with full respect for the other way of making CVs. Track Two tends to be the artwork, artistic expression for its own sake not so much to be played. When minimizing Track Two, I have analogized it to orthogonal basketweaving and needlepointing. Both styles of activity One and Two have their due place.
