@Gowez look closely at the g2-g3 movement of the pawn at 1:20. You can play it at 0.25 speed. It looks blurry and artificial to me.
Anyway, I'm glad this ingenious photographer could not buy silence from the lichess community.
@nacho4191 Maybe you are right, I don't know. I can't see something wrong with that video, but of course I'm no expert.
If the product is real, all they have to do is offer a live demonstration of the product inviting independent members of the chess community to come and try it, use the board, play with it, etc. If it is legit, then it should be no skin off their back. They should stand to profit immensely from such an event. It's just free publicity for an already 'good product.'
Given that doubts now exist in the community about their product, they need to be direct and upfront about it works, its development and hows its pricing might work. They basically just have to be upfront about the claims of fakery. They don't have to..but it would actually be so simple do to, if the board actually works. If the board actually works you just need to show it to third parties (famous chess commentators for example) and they will vouch for you.
I would not be surprised at all if a) this board is never released or b) it is never has the functionality it claims it does.
There have been a long history of scams through kickstarter, from laser keyboards that really work + fake demonstrations, to games that never deliver. All you have to do is show people to works to allay their doubts. It's not hard to do.
Given that doubts now exist in the community about their product, they need to be direct and upfront about it works, its development and hows its pricing might work. They basically just have to be upfront about the claims of fakery. They don't have to..but it would actually be so simple do to, if the board actually works. If the board actually works you just need to show it to third parties (famous chess commentators for example) and they will vouch for you.
I would not be surprised at all if a) this board is never released or b) it is never has the functionality it claims it does.
There have been a long history of scams through kickstarter, from laser keyboards that really work + fake demonstrations, to games that never deliver. All you have to do is show people to works to allay their doubts. It's not hard to do.
the first video looks so odd when slowed down to quarter speed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfb9tuRTi8k&t=65s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfb9tuRTi8k&t=65s
Also guys, notice how poorly written this is images.prismic.io/lichess/94afec11-5c77-4664-9a33-3048b0524c9f_regiumdefamation.png?auto=compress,format.. "write a public apologies". Yeah marketing manager Alex, great job!
In the video (second video) they talk about how the board is quiet. The sound in the second video is decreased, and when he puts a piece down (1:22), you can still hear a thud, even though it doesn't look like he's putting the piece down very hard. If you listen to the sound of his voice (not the translated overlay), it's not very loud, even when the camera is close to him. (the sound is decreased because the person in the video is being translated by the speaker through an audio overlay)
3:38 "And they are very stable. As you can see." *wobbles like 2 or 3 times*
it's stable, but not more stable than average library chess pieces (considering that he didn't tilt the piece that much in the video)
3:38 "And they are very stable. As you can see." *wobbles like 2 or 3 times*
it's stable, but not more stable than average library chess pieces (considering that he didn't tilt the piece that much in the video)
lol @TCF_Namelecc sounds like a case of google translate.
It all seems odd.
@gowez I was looking at the second video and at first was impressed. Then I looked deeper. First off, the bubble with "SUPPORT US" is super sketchy, which makes you wonder "But why?".
/u/drspod on Reddit said this: "Probably a glimpse of the third guy coming around the left hand side of the camera with a magnet on a stick to put under the table!"
www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/f7yqtx/regium_extraordinary_claims_require_extraordinary/fiipnnn (source)
/u/drspod on Reddit said this: "Probably a glimpse of the third guy coming around the left hand side of the camera with a magnet on a stick to put under the table!"
www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/f7yqtx/regium_extraordinary_claims_require_extraordinary/fiipnnn (source)
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