Post-Apocalyptic Sports
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@nzzp my understanding is you can't be a carrier. It's like the flu. You get it and it goes away, it would appear that you can contract it again. But the second and consecutive times your body will be more geared to fighting it as it will have developed antibodies. The reason why it's so bad at the moment is it is so different from other coronaviruses we have faced before (cold and flu) that our bodies can't deal with it
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@Frank AlphaGo was very interesting to chess, and its successor, AlphaZero has dominated in computer chess (computer programme competitions are quite popular).
I remember Kasparov losing the match against Deeper Blue (he beat Deep Blue in the first match, and IBM put in more money), and programmes started winning all the matches, so it was good to see Australian Grandmaster (GM), David Smerdon, crush a computer programme, Komodo, recently - https://www.chess.com/news/view/smerdon-beats-komodo-5-1-with-knight-odds . Granted, the computer was giving him a Knight, but still, good to see humans are still able to roughly keep up.
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@Godder said in Post-Apocalyptic Sports:
I remember Kasparov losing the match against Deeper Blue (he beat Deep Blue in the first match, and IBM put in more money),
Not only that, but if I recall correctly, Deeper Blue was being recoded on the fly by chess Masters and 'tuned' to Kasparov to exploit his weaknesses (well, lack of strength).
Since then computer power has just gone nuts, and frankly it's not even close any more is it
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Kasparov's complaint against IBM when he lost was that he suspected IBM changed the computer programming during the six-game rematch, after Kasparov won the first game in the rematch.
And when he asked IBM to show him the programming logs IBM said they couldn't because it had been dismantled.
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@Kirwan said in Post-Apocalyptic Sports:
When they get quantum computing working reliably, humans will be like a bug on a windscreen for games like chess.
we already are!
well, I am, and so are 99.999% of the population
Seriously though, humans can't compete with computers in theory games like Chess -
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Might be some tough choices ahead for sporting anti-vaxxers:
Novak Djokovic's anti-vaccination stance may stop his return to tennis
Novak Djokovic says his opposition to vaccinations may get in the way of a return to competitive tennis
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@Donsteppa said in Post-Apocalyptic Sports:
Might be some tough choices ahead for sporting anti-vaxxers:
Novak Djokovic's anti-vaccination stance may stop his return to tennis
Novak Djokovic says his opposition to vaccinations may get in the way of a return to competitive tennis
If you're a competitor you'd be hoping he sticks to his principles.
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Chess has adapted quickly to be an internet-based game. Ditto Bridge and Poker.
Can't see why we can't have matchplay golf tournaments as long as they players stay more than three metres apart and no spectators on the course.
Weightlifting could still work with the competitors lifting remotely. Diving and ice skating could work too with remote competitions.
Backyard gymnastics could become a thing.
Tennis might be a goer with the player sitting further apart at the change of ends.
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Tennis would arguably require a new ball for each point, or at least each game (service game, not a match) with only the serving player handling the ball. Definitely doable though.
Other racquet sports could be a goer as long as they are across a net and can replace the ball/shuttlecock regularly.
Add other competitive board and card games to the list above e.g. Scrabble, Go, Backgammon, Checkers/Draughts, Euchre etc.
A decent-sized section and relevant gear would allow some field sports e.g. shot put, long jump etc.
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