「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoDo you feel like popular media using a game of Chess to depict a "battle of wits" to be too cliche/cringe?message-squaremessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareDo you feel like popular media using a game of Chess to depict a "battle of wits" to be too cliche/cringe?「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square20linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareemb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·2 months agoSuper cliche yes, cringe no. It’s not entirely a bad metaphor or whatever, but it’s certainly tired. It’s also a bit misleading. Being good at chess isn’t a really a sign of high intelligence generally, it just means you’re good at chess.
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoChess is about memorization of moves and thinking ahead to plan for what your opponent may do. Intelligence can be partly defined by those talents, without them, you won’t be near the top.
minus-squarebig_slap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agothinking out loud: what’s an entertainment sport (or game) that depicts high intelligence that i can get into like a sport? they have Microsoft excel world championships for example, but idk if this is a good measurement lol
minus-squareYappyMonotheist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoGet up in the ladder of Age of Empires 2? A lot of memorization, a lot of anticipation, and more visually appealing, lol.
Super cliche yes, cringe no.
It’s not entirely a bad metaphor or whatever, but it’s certainly tired. It’s also a bit misleading. Being good at chess isn’t a really a sign of high intelligence generally, it just means you’re good at chess.
Chess is about memorization of moves and thinking ahead to plan for what your opponent may do.
Intelligence can be partly defined by those talents, without them, you won’t be near the top.
thinking out loud: what’s an entertainment sport (or game) that depicts high intelligence that i can get into like a sport?
they have Microsoft excel world championships for example, but idk if this is a good measurement lol
Get up in the ladder of Age of Empires 2? A lot of memorization, a lot of anticipation, and more visually appealing, lol.