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Published: 2010-11-01 01:34:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 4732; Favourites: 44; Downloads: 0
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Oh come on I can not be the only one who sees the problem with declaring checkmate hereNo matter how many times I look at the panels this only looks like a normal Check
There are two ways I can see out of this
1. move the king in practically any spot it can move
2. Roy's knight is standing in front of a rook. Move the rook, problem solved
Whoever did this was NOT thinking properly
Fullmetal Alchemist (c) Hiromu Arakawa
Tsk, tsk Arakawa-sama
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Oh good so I'm not alone here, though this pales in comparison to the artistic license taken in Code Geass.
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Its entirely possible she is thinking in terms of Shogi, not many people know the mechanical differences between the two games. It is also possible they are playing a few moves ahead in their minds, when I play chess with my friends we often will awknowledge the end of a game prematurely because we both see checkmate in X moves. Alot of variables could play into this, perhaps its you who are not thinking enough into it.
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Look all I see is what's in front of me and in front of me I don't see a checkmate.
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Lelouch would be ashamed of this.... No wait, no, if every milimeter of his body was multiplied by a million and then translated to shame, this would not be a fraction of how much Lelouch feels about this guy's fail
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There may be a bishop or queen attacking the king and our view is obstructed...or it's just a terrible terrible fail
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it's just a terrible terrible fail
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Major fanwank, but maybe Grumman was declaring it ahead of time because he knew he was going to win?
Or maybe it has nothing to do with the game, and everything to do with the story?
Or maybe it was deliberate symbolism of thinking you've won when you haven't?
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or use that conveniently placed pawn to kill the attacker.
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To be exact, there are 5 ways to get out of this. 4/5 Move the King 1/5 take the Knight.
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I knew I wasn't the only one who noticed that! And my sister just called me a nerd and told me to shut up...
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who is she piccolo from DBZ Abridged? lol
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No, she was a different manga and was ahead of me. We were racing.
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Heehee
Maybe only the king can move when in check? I dunno.
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In the rules of Check, you must eliminate the threat to your king. In Other words, you cannot move a piece unless it defuses the threat to the king. When there is no way for the king to get out of check, it's checkmate.
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Oh! Thank you! (I am NOT a chess player, if you can't already tell 
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Suspend your disbelief. This isn't nearly as bad as what they did in Code Geass.
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So I've seen. I made this before I watched Code Geass
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yeah. I'm still trying to get over the fact that whoever made CG thinks you can move your king into check.
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This poster is made of win. Intelligent, detail-noticing win.
Seriously though, I can see how it may not matter to a lot of reader, as many of them don't notice or care about this sort of detail. However, when you're actually drawing it, wouldn't you pay more attention to whether or not the pictures tell the same story as the words?
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EXACTLY the point I'm trying to make here.
Glad someone out there shares my love of noticing the little things in life
And yes, you should. You gotta wonder what the author was thinking when she did this
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lol Maybe she just wasn't thinking clearly at the time?
What if she was emotionally compromised or something that caused her to skip over it? What if her cat died? 
I'll forgive her this time. Just as long as she pays more attention in the future for her other stories! XD
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Code Geass did the EXACT SAME THING in episode one. TV Tropes considers it artistic license.
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meaning what exactly?
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Meaning that, while Lelouch's move in chess was made to establish him as the cool, suave chessmaster who was always one step ahead. The chess board might not have been correctly drawn, but that is where artistic license comes in- it's up to the artist how he portrays something, and details may not be that important compared to the desired effect... I am sure the same applies here too.
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I still don't think I understand how you can declare checkmate though where there isn't a checkmate. I mean I looked at the whole board I don't see it.
Maybe I'm just critically analyzing something that doesn't need to be lol
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THat's the artistic license. It's a small, unnecessary detail, while incorrect it doesn't take away from the value the pointof a check mate brings to the story here.
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Maybe she just wanted to show that Mustang and Grumman are actually pretty stupid? ^^
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At least it excuses Arakawa.
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Meh, it's not that big of a deal, I mean, it's not like the entire story revolves around chess or chess-based themes, aside from Mustang nicknaming his troops after chess pieces, this is easily ignorable. Plus, chess is complicated enough as it is, you can't remember EVERY single detail of it. I know I don't.
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Well I do, but when you're writing a professional story there's such a thing as CONSISTENCY and DOING THE RESEARCH.
I know it doesn't matter, but still
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Do you know where all the pieces are? From this poster I can't seem them all in those two panels, for all you know there might be some pieces in place that do indeed lead to a checkmate that are not in view in the panels. I'm surprised no one brought this up.
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In the other panels you can see all the pieces. It makes no difference. It's NOT checkmate
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LOL maybe the Alchemists play chess with other rules... you know, they're weird people.
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that's entirely possible, but they give no rhyme or reason or explanation that that's the case
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I've been thinking... maybe the old man is starting to fall into Alzheimer... so he doesn't remind how to play chess. So he really believes that he's lost the game.
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Well Roy does have that power of persuassion about him
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I like how the guy who's saying "AHHHH" is juss sitting there , with no emotion xDD
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