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[sugarstalker]

as far as I know it's pure leaf salvia, I want to try it out, but I don't really want to do it without a sitter, so I'll have to sort that out I guess. so, eating the leaves work?

[SpRi7e]

pure leaf? that won't do anything to you besides give you a weird feeling... best get a lot of the leaves, and make an extract for yourself.

Also, JTP, I had a 1/2 oz. of green crack a little over a year ago and LOVEDDD it. It's my second favorite strain to this day too.

So far, my top three were

Blueberry Skunk (the smell was out of this worldddd)
Green Crack
White Rhino

[Ikku]

Spri7e have you smoked pure salvia leaf? It's a very good intro to the substance. I think one of the reasons the substance has such a bad name is because people jump straight into the extract and have no idea what they're doing.

[AbbyRoad]

i smoked salvia leaf twice. it was a very odd odd sensation. it was only "intense" for a very short period of time and the feeling slowly dissipated over 15-30 mins. it was unlike any other high id ever experienced....until i had a very small amount of DMT. i didnt smoke enough DMT for a break through, but there was this tilting point feeling i had. like i was on the brink but being kept back. this feeling was very similar to how the salvia leaf made me feel.

[Mate]

Wg is still alive. Nice.

[SpRi7e]

Spri7e have you smoked pure salvia leaf? It's a very good intro to the substance. I think one of the reasons the substance has such a bad name is because people jump straight into the extract and have no idea what they're doing.

nope, I'm going off of many people's experiences. I started off at an extremely low extract, and worked my way up... I didn't think the leaf was strong enough to do anything that I was trying to receive out of a salvia experience.

btw mate, we're still alive and kicking... albeit from restless leg syndrome from the life support that we're hanging on with, but I predict in the near future that we'll make a near full recovery with many new experiences. Good to see you back btw, how's the chess thing goin?

[Mate]

I've been attending to 2 tournaments after the one i covered on wg: the one i attended in Montpellier / France.

The first was in Raleigh (North carolina). It was a 1900+Rated player tournament. (i just got to 1901 by the time) I got miserably destroyed on quarter finals. My statistics for this tournament has been 15v-7L-26D. My rating droped to 1893 after this tournament. Wich pissed me off for real - it got my rating under 1900 when it took me almost a year to get it.

The second tournament was in my hometown, Montreal. It was semi-rapid 2011 Speed chess championship. Wich i won easily. It is much easier to concentrate when you play chess in your hometown. Living in your own stuff, Knowing the whole city adds another factor that makes you feel secure and comfortable wherever you are. Altho it does not mean i hate to travel. The experience when you're in another country is uncomparable. My stats for the semi-rapid were 29W-3L-11D My rating got up to 1897.

i did not left the continent this year. i plan to go at zurich in september's 2012. But it's not dead sure.

[Ikku]

I give up.

[sugarstalker]

Mate, that's awesome. although it's a shame you wound up dropping that many places in the 1900+ tourny. does the rating only go up or down during tournaments, or how does that work?? are there like ranked games outside tournaments?

[Mate]

no. you need to go to official tournaments to modify your rating. You need to win tournaments around the world in order to get the international master title. instead of national master at 2100+ rating.(Grandmasters are over 2400)
With a 1897 rating and my current victories in Riga and Montpellier i am considered as an international chess expert.
All the titles you get trought the Federation of chess are official. As official as Obama has the title of president.

if you just started chess and only know the moves. your rating is around 600.
if you know the basics - it gets up to 800

at 1000rating - you get 5-6 points if you beat someone your level. and you lose 7-8 if you get beaten. It makes it really easy to progress because where i am. at 1900's.
You get 5 points if you win and lose 20 if you lose against a player of your level - wich means the higher you get - the more games in a row you need to win in order to get your rating up - or to compense for a lose. Draws removes 2 points from my rating at this level.

Over 2400- everytime ou lose a game you need to win 10 in order to get back to the rating you were.

It shows how good grand masters over 2500rating are. They almost never lose.

The highest rated player in the world is currently Magnus Carlsen, 21 years old, with 2816 rating.
The current world champion, Viswanathan Anand has a rating of 2811. He has been world champion for 4 years in a row.

[sugarstalker]

so, you're like a chess celebrity?

[Mate]

Not really. I am respected tho. Any player that looks at my rating and victories knows i am a dominating defensive player that is hard to beat and that likes to counter-attack with positional sacrifices. Every players has their style and you need to know it and be prepared in order to win - wich is a part of the beauty of chess - there's as many play to play and win this game as there'S people in the world..
I have enough games availaible to explore and play trought so players can get ready and prepared to play against me.

i don't lose much - i am good to transform lost games into draws.
In montreal - i am well known as i am 2011's speed chess champion. i am the 9th highest rated player in the city.

it's good i got up to quarter finals against players that were rated over 2000 in the raleigh's tournament.
All the games I played there were the highest rated game i've played in my life - these games are golden to play trought.

I won't be well known until i pop over 2.2k rating - when you get into the national/international master era. Then you start getting invitation for private tournaments all around the world.

[sugarstalker]

cool. I never was any good at chess myself

just never could seem to wrap my head around it, and since I didn't, I never really bothered learning to

[Mate]

CHess is a game of good habits.
everytime i play a game. i write it downs and play again trought it at some point. Searching for all the errors i've made in it.
If i never find and correct these errors - i will always repeat them in the patterns i see.

Every game you play is based on the knowledge you'Ve aquired in all the previous games you've played in your life.
I also play trought a lot of game played by grand-masters in order to find new ideas and patterns.

The more you study the game and look to correct your errors -the fastest you find pattern, good moves and combinations on the board.
When i look at a position - i will instantly tell you wich are the 5 best moves. The challenge is to chose the best between these 5.
An unexperienced player will waste a good 2 min just finding 2 of the 5 moves.

[AbbyRoad]

mate your a chess celebrity in my eyes

its good to see you posting again. its been awhile since we talked, i assumed you were off traveling the world for your passion again....or living like a hobo