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Today is the last day of Pride Month 2024. I couldn’t think of a better way to end this month than write a long essay in response to a video sent by a good friend. This is my last LGBTQIA related post for quite a while and I will normally resume with the chess related posts, but this opportunity to say what I really think could not be missed on the final day of June.

My friend Poffo shared this video with me and wanted to know my thoughts.

The average person does not have the experience nor the scientific understanding of the causes of gay and transgender people. A great deal of them are actually intersex. Their chromosomes or hormone levels cause them to feel something other than cisgender and heterosexual. This is a biological reason and has always existed as long as people have.

This man in the video says demons are sexual. But the question is, do demons even have bodies or are they spirits only? If someone has no body, can they be sexual?

It’s important to note that being a Christian or another religion does not change your sexual orientation or gender identity. It may change your behavior such as a gay person marrying someone of the opposite sex because they think that is the way God wants them to live. That does not in fact make them less gay. What it does is simply conform to the way others want them to be. Some are fine with this and if it works for them, then more power to them.

I come at this from a perspective of believing in God but I think we are all different and that’s okay. I ultimately don’t think it matters what you do very much with your body because your body is not the real you but the soul or spirit within you.

I am transgender and quite gay but I live a celibate life for ethical, health, and somewhat spiritual reasons. I support all LGBTQIA people to live their life as they choose. I urge anyone who is gay or trans who happens to be reading this to not take the Christians too seriously who tell you God hates you or that you are going to hell.

You see, according to them, a person like me who does not even have sex with anyone is still going to hell for the crime of thinking gay thoughts or for altering my body to conform to what I have always felt is right. But Jesus taught people to love their neighbor as themselves and the anti-LGBT Christians are hypocrites and not doing that. They say their actions are out of love but the way reason I know they are wrong is because they want people to live a life of dishonesty.
Consider the case of the gay man. What is his option? To pretend to be interested in women and have sex with them when he doesn’t even like them? That would be dishonest. Or the lesbian, should she have sex with a man and risk all the diseases and pregnancy that comes from that when she doesn’t even like him?
And the problem with trans people like me is that no matter what I do, I will ALWAYS be a sinner doomed to hell according to hateful bigots because I am NEITHER the man or woman they would like me to be.
But I am right with God and don’t assume you know who I am, what I am, or what my relationship with God is because of how my body (which will pass away when I die anyway) looks.

Remember what Jesus said here:

Matthew 7:7 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

The main thing to remember is that people who CALL themselves Christians commit fornication, adultery, child molestation, and all manner of murder and dishonest acts, and yet they don’t look at their own sins but then they go “Ha! A gay person! Let me be mean to him and pick on him so I don’t feel bad about the shit I have done.”

In this post I have 3 images. I want opinions on which background looks best in combination with the chess pieces.

The first option is a standard black and white chessboard background. It works because the pieces are still visible because whoever designed the Merida chess set made the black pieces not completely black but just a very dark gray.

The second option is what I call C0-40 based on the hex codes of the shades of gray I used.

The third option is called AA-55 based on the hex codes.

I can use any colors for the checkerboard pattern but these 3 were chosen for people with colorblindness so everything can be seen. People have different eyes and using red and blue for example would not be visible to everyone nor would it be traditional for the game of chess.

So please leave your comments on which one you like best!

I haven’t really used my digital art skills for a few years, and I almost forgot about it, but recently I began a project to create the most perfect looking chess set possible on the computer. Not only did I find the perfect look for a standard Chess set but I even managed to make a decent Shogi set as well. Here are the resulting pictures to look at and then below I will explain a little bit of the technical details.

Above is the chess set and below is the shogi set. I used a black and white checkered background because I like it but really, I can use any other colors I want upon request if anyone wants a customized image.

The way I made these worked because there were SVG files of the pieces for these sets included as part of liground Graphical User Interface for playing tons of Chess-like games.

There was a ton of math involved in getting things scaled to the right pixel dimensions. In both cases the images are 720×720 pixels. This is because this is the perfect size for a square image.

You see, the standard video resolution for YouTube and many other sites is 1280×720. This means that a 720 squared image is the biggest square you can fit in a video guaranteed to be visible on almost any device.

A chess board has 8×8 squares and since 720 is 8×90 pixels, each square of the chess board is 90×90 pixels.

And since Shogi is played on a 9×9 board, the size of each square must necessarily be 80×80.

I had to scale the images to be the exact right size to fit the squares when I opened them as layers in GIMP (it’s the free alternative to adobe photoshop). Amazingly I still remembered how to use it well enough to put these pictures together.

I am Chastity White Rose, and for a school assignment and fun, I am going to pitch an idea of a video game that should exist and, indeed, could exist if there was a small team to make it work.

The game proposal I have is currently titled “Chess: The Grand Master”. You would think a game by this title would already exist, but in fact, as of this writing, it does not. In fact, the inspiration for this comes from “Tetris: The Grand Master,” which is a Tetris game that was first published for arcade machines in 1998. In fact, the Tetris game was only released in Japan previously but was released for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in 2022.

However, the term “Grand Master” is not related to Tetris; it is, in fact, a chess term. It is the highest title earned by people who play over the board Chess tournaments with very strict requirements. The fact that a Tetris game was associated with this title before an actual chess game seems like a crime against humanity.

So my pitch is going to be why we need a new chess game that is available for consoles. But this can’t just be like other random chess apps that you might find on the store of your console or mobile phone. No, it has to be “The Grand Master” of all other chess games that have been made.

I am going to perform a SWOT Analysis, which analyzes the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats that would make this game idea either a complete success or a total failure. Some of this is based on my own experience as a chess player who has played Chess on almost every chess game available on Steam as well as on multiple websites.

Strengths

The first topic to cover is the strengths that this game will have if it is implemented properly.

1. Chess is the most popular board game in the world. It is a mental sport that is as popular as physical sports like football and baseball. More people know how to play Chess than any other board game in history. The audience of people who know how to play Chess is higher than that of people who have played Pokémon, Final Fantasy, or Super Mario Bros.
2. Chess is not just one game but is actually a family of board games. The most common form of Chess is Western or international Chess, but there are variants developed both in ancient and modern times. Besides the standard international Chess you probably know about, there exists Shogi (Japanese Chess), Xiangqi (Chinese Chess), Janggi (Korean Chess), and many other variants of Western Chess such as Crazyhouse, 3 Check, Bughouse, Atomic Chess, Duck chess, Chess960 (invented by the legendary Bobby Fischer), King of the Hill, Racing Kings, Antichess, and countless others. All of these games can be traced back to an Indian board game known as Chaturanga.

Weaknesses

Although Chess and its many forms are popular, there has been a decrease in the general intelligence of humanity and more competition from video games and movies, which younger generations are being exposed to more than ever before. For this reason, it will be a challenge to get younger gamers interested in Chess when there are so many things that can grab their attention. As such, this weakness must be addressed by making it interesting enough through creative presentation and the right graphics, music, and storytelling to make people not dismiss the idea of a board game remake.

Opportunities

There is room for a new console Chess game that includes all the major variants of Chess. The game could be free to play with optional DLC that includes the variants that the players are interested in while also offering a bundle that includes all variants.

There already exist Free and Open-Source engines capable of playing multiple Chess like games. For example: Fairy Stockfish is capable of playing every Chess variant I have mentioned previously and more. Using an engine like this for development saves development time and money that can be better spent on multiplayer features and marketing.

If the game is developed correctly, it will quickly become the top-performing Chess game for the consoles it is released on. If the success is good enough, it could eventually be made into a PC edition if the customer demand existed.

Threats

There is plenty of competition when it comes to creating a Chess game because thousands of free and paid programs are available that people already know. For this reason, the competitive threats should be narrowed down specifically to console platforms. There is no doubt that PC gamers already have the best options available through internet websites to play against any other human in the world or against the strongest chess engines that surpass human comprehension.

But the competition is lacking when it comes to Chess games available for video game consoles. Artificial intelligence is weak in many of the games, and many of them don’t have any sort of multiplayer feature at all.

In fact, to this date there is only ONE video game released that even comes close to the concept. It is simply titled “The Table Game”. It has Chess, Shogi, Go, and a few other games but that’s still only two Chess variants and no multiplayer feature.

It’s worth mentioning that besides the lack of competition, there are no licenses to be obtained because the Chess family of games is ancient and predates copyright or patent laws. Given these facts, the threats are actually non-existent.

Conclusion

I believe I can make the case that if “Chess: The Grand Master” was developed and marketed in the right way, it would make money and also coincide with the recent interest in Chess that has developed since the Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit” was released.

This concept and analysis don’t even scratch the surface of what could be achieved under the right company and team to create it.

Sources

(2022, December 1). Tetris The Grand Master Now Available on Nintendo Switch and PS4. Tetris.com. https://tetris.com/article/284/tetris-the-grand-master-now-available-on-nintendo-switch-and-ps4

[GothamChess]. (2020, November 21). How To Become A Chess Grandmaster [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4nTq2XPvAc

(2023, August 6). Is Chess The Most Popular Board Game? All About Chess And Football. https://chessandfootball.com/chess/is-chess-the-most-popular-board-game/

(n.d.). Chess Variants. Fairy-Stockfish. https://fairy-stockfish.github.io/variants/

(2022, October 27). The Table Game. Nintendo.com. https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/THE-Table-Game-2290235.html

One time, I walked into work at Walmart, and the greeter, Joseph, said how are you doing, Mr. Chastity. The funny thing is that he wasn’t actually aware that I am transgender, but I explained to him and told him that Mr. Chastity is actually a pretty cool title. After all, if a man wants to be celibate, then that is something he can do.

Chastity is considered a female name, which does make it perfect for me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chastity_(given_name)

However, if someone identifies as male but still wants a name that represents celibacy in the same way, they are out of luck. There is no male equivalent for the name Chastity because, in most of society, being a man is about having sex. The more women you have had sex with, the more of a man you are. To be celibate is not to be a “real man”.

That’s where the sexist double standard comes in. Men are expected to be sexual all the time, so a lot of them pretend to be more sexual than they are, and of course, they pretend to be straight even if they are gay.

So the message given to me by society the entire time growing up and embedded in all the movies is that you become a man when you have sex, and the more sex, the more of a man you are.

But when the greeter at Walmart called me Mister Chastity, it made me realize that no one else would claim such a title. Men are proud of how much sex they have and the length of their penis, but no man in the world is proud of their commitment to celibacy.

Except for me, that is. Apparently, people are still telling me that I am a man, especially in my recent Instagram video, which got over 150 thousand views.

Happy Pride Month Instagram video:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C7p4hcAORGu/

But then again, plenty of them are also telling me to kill myself as well, so I can’t take them too seriously.

But it led me to the idea that if I were a man, I would be THE MAN. The one and only man who actually vowed Chastity and named themself Chastity.

So, am I a man? It depends on who is asking and their definition of a man. Unfortunately for them, I have my definition.

No one is a real man unless he is strong enough to be a woman. No one is a real man as long as he is a slave to his sexual desires and the approval of society.

A real man is brave enough to speak the truth about his female soul and to be honest about being transgender, asexual, and gay.

So the real joke is that I’m a man, and the haters in my comments section are not! They are far too weak and far too dependent on whether women are willing to have sex with them.

So be a man, choose your adventure, and be who you want to be, and not what society tells you that you have to be because of what chromosomes or body parts you were born with.

Ironically, none of this changes the fact that I am transgender, and my heart tells me I am a woman. But what I can tell you is that if you play chess with me, I’ll show you a man!

Physically I may be a sissy of a human, but mentally, I am stronger than any man can hope to be. I haven’t had testosterone in my system for 3 and a half years, and I don’t have the muscle of a man, but I have everything I need to be the man AND woman I need to be for any occasion.

You know who else is the man? Taylor Swift! She even wrote a whole song about it!

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The Man
Song by Taylor Swift

I would be complex
I would be cool
They’d say I played the field before I found someone to commit to
And that would be ok
For me to do
Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you

I’d be a fearless leader
I’d be an alpha type
When everyone believes ya
What’s that like?

I’m so sick of running as fast as I can
Wondering if I’d get there quicker
If I was a man
And I’m so sick of them coming at me again
‘Cause if I was a man
Then I’d be the man
I’d be the man
I’d be the man

They’d say I hustled
Put in the work
They wouldn’t shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve
What I was wearing
If I was rude
Could all be separated from my good ideas and power moves?

And they would toast to me, oh
Let the players play
I’d be just like Leo
In Saint-Tropez

I’m so sick of running as fast as I can
Wondering if I’d get there quicker
If I was a man
And I’m so sick of them coming at me again
‘Cause if I was a man
Then I’d be the man
I’d be the man
I’d be the man

What’s it like to brag about
Raking in dollars
And getting bitches and models
And it’s all good if you’re bad
And it’s okay if you’re mad
If I was out flashing my dollars
I’d be a bitch, not a baller
They paint me out to be bad
So it’s okay that I’m mad

I’m so sick of running as fast as I can
Wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man (you know that)
And I’m so sick of them coming at me again (coming at me again)
‘Cause if I was a man (if I was a man)
Then I’d be the man (then I’d be the man)
I’m so sick of running as fast as I can (as fast as I can)
Wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man (hey)
And I’m so sick of them coming at me again (coming at me again)
‘Cause if I was a man (if I was a man), then I’d be the man

I’d be the man
I’d be the man (oh)
I’d be the man (yeah)
I’d be the man (I’d be the man)

If I was a man
Then I’d be the man

Songwriters: Taylor Swift, Joel Little. For non-commercial use only.