@thibault thanks to your dilligence, the whole chess world is in motion to stop this stop-motion scam! Thank you so much.
The funny thing about all this is that all they'd need to do to kill the whole story is just to provide a video where the board and table can be seen in their entirety or, even simpler, to have a couple of independent chess players interact with the board.
It would literally take a few minutes for the first option. Just play 10 moves with a stationary camera and a glass table.
It would literally take a few minutes for the first option. Just play 10 moves with a stationary camera and a glass table.
@N78_Training
In a theoretical case it's all real and it's a witch hunt, it would be nice if they could show convincing arguments that they are serious.
For example both lichess and chess.com offered them to visit the company to check that the project is real, but they refused.
And ~10 more inconsistencies that they didn't explain (claiming that they are in contact with companies while they are not, traces of edited videos, fake "team" fotos, using boards from other company without talking to them, not showing any internals, having technical questions having lots of e-magnets and "artificial intelligence" while working on a battery, etc).
Until they do the steps to resolve those doubts, I think there's reasonably enough arguments for not trusting them.
In a theoretical case it's all real and it's a witch hunt, it would be nice if they could show convincing arguments that they are serious.
For example both lichess and chess.com offered them to visit the company to check that the project is real, but they refused.
And ~10 more inconsistencies that they didn't explain (claiming that they are in contact with companies while they are not, traces of edited videos, fake "team" fotos, using boards from other company without talking to them, not showing any internals, having technical questions having lots of e-magnets and "artificial intelligence" while working on a battery, etc).
Until they do the steps to resolve those doubts, I think there's reasonably enough arguments for not trusting them.
@Jacob531 you missed an opportunity to say "the whole chess world is in motion to stop this stop motion scam"
Even if you don't have a kickstarter account, you can report by tweeting to @kickstarter
It got removed though, can't say piss. :(
@h2b2 lol, gonna edit.
@piotor
Your first option would not convince me either any more, given the other smoking guns (the fake team members for example). They may have very good video editing skills.
Option 2 would be the way to go. Send a prototype to trusted persons in the chess world and allow them to review it without any bias or restrictions.
Your first option would not convince me either any more, given the other smoking guns (the fake team members for example). They may have very good video editing skills.
Option 2 would be the way to go. Send a prototype to trusted persons in the chess world and allow them to review it without any bias or restrictions.
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