When Did Chess Pieces Become "Players"?
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Maybe for them, they probably play too many other games and they mix them up. Personally, i never hear anyone using the term “players” for chess pieces.
A clear indicator of the dreaded End times. Young people are getting dumber by the minute!!!
"I think the reasons can be explained by the concept of secondary orality"
Or the simple fact that kids have always loved to have their own secret language and slang.
"As opposed to those who concoct things like secondary orality."
Kids aren't the only group that loves its own secret jargon
Every generation has their own slang. Awesome when your a kid or teenager....
...fast forward decades and the kids will tell you that your slang is so old fashion.
Never heard of "players", but glad that they know enough chess to play you.
It might be because they are so used to playing video games that have "players".
Chess pieces became players around 1957 in an obscure game between two patzers in Little Rock, Arkansas. A black bishop cuddled up close to a white queen and said, approximately, "Hey baby, we could have a future together outside of these 64 squares."
LouStule wrote:
I was on a cruise recently and after we got out of cell phone range the teenagers on board didn't have anything to do so they were forced to hang out with some of us "Oldsters". I had the opportunity to play a few games of chess with some of the brighter ones and I noticed a new phenomenon, When I captured a piece it was "Whoa! You killed one of my players". Or, upon moving a piece my opponent would exclaim "My players' got mad moves!" It was actually somewhat endearing but I am wondering, am I out of touch or are chess pieces now referred to as "players"?
In many computer/video games a person controls an avatar that can be called a "player." In role playing games especially I think... but also in old games, like the original Mario Brothers you might say "I have 3 lives left" or "I have 3 players left."
oregonpatzer wrote:
Chess pieces became players around 1957 in an obscure game between two patzers in Little Rock, Arkansas. A black bishop cuddled up close to a white queen and said, approximately, "Hey baby, we could have a future together outside of these 64 squares."
she probably opted for a 69 with the knight.
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:
God only knows what Bart's gonna make of that...
Before or after he asks his mom what it means?
Optimissed wrote:
<<<In the book Orality and Literacy, Walter Ong mentions a primary oral culture and a chirographic culture. The former has no knowledge of the written language whereas the latter is rooted from the oral culture and is dominated by writing and print cultures. The concept of secondary orality that emerged from the West rests upon the integration of both the orality and chirographic mode and dominated by the electronic means of communication.>>>
Bit of a pity this author can't write in English, then.
It's a fancy way of saying current culture has a foundation in both written and oral forms of communication, plus these days we have electronics.
... which is self evident, so I guess the charm of the book is flushing out exactly how modern times are different from the past.
Optimissed wrote:
<<<In the book Orality and Literacy, Walter Ong mentions a primary oral culture and a chirographic culture. The former has no knowledge of the written language whereas the latter is rooted from the oral culture and is dominated by writing and print cultures. The concept of secondary orality that emerged from the West rests upon the integration of both the orality and chirographic mode and dominated by the electronic means of communication.>>>
Bit of a pity this author can't write in English, then.
HeHe...My thoughts exactly!
oregonpatzer wrote:
Chess pieces became players around 1957 in an obscure game between two patzers in Little Rock, Arkansas. A black bishop cuddled up close to a white queen and said, approximately, "Hey baby, we could have a future together outside of these 64 squares."
Thank you for the info. I was wracking my brain trying to figure it out! 
cool!!111!11
I was on a cruise recently and after we got out of cell phone range the teenagers on board didn't have anything to do so they were forced to hang out with some of us "Oldsters". I had the opportunity to play a few games of chess with some of the brighter ones and I noticed a new phenomenon, When I captured a piece it was "Whoa! You killed one of my players". Or, upon moving a piece my opponent would exclaim "My players' got mad moves!" It was actually somewhat endearing but I am wondering, am I out of touch or are chess pieces now referred to as "players"?