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[–] manapropos@lemmy.basedcount.com 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How does that even work???

[–] naonintendois@programming.dev 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My guess would be it buzzes Morse code on what moves to play.

[–] manapropos@lemmy.basedcount.com 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I read another article that said a lot of cheaters do consult software that will suggest good moves. I’m just wondering how you get a sex toy to transmit the data about all the pieces on the board and request it back. Is he squeezing a butt plug with his anus in Morse code with the positions of every piece? Is there a network attached device connected to pick up the signal and send a request to an API and return the Morse code to his butthole? If he can do all that, IMO that’s even more impressive than being an elite chess player

[–] naonintendois@programming.dev 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're missing the more obvious possibility. Someone else is recording the game, inputting the moves, and sending the commands to vibrate. Player only needs to interpret.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is why many tournaments are broadcast with a delay. I mean not just for buttplugs, but an earpiece or any other way of getting third-party assistance.

[–] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Someone gave it a try. https://youtu.be/5uDM3fPeNFM

It's SFW, don't worry.

[–] wols@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's no need for something that complex.
Someone with access to a chess engine watches the game and inputs the moves into the engine as they're played. If there's a critical move (only 1 or very few of the options are winning/don't throw the game) they send a simple signal to let him know. That can be enough to give you an advantage at that level. If you really want, you could send a number between 1 and 6 to represent which piece the engine prefers to move, but it's likely not necessary.

That said, all the evidence he actually did anything like that is at best circumstantial (mostly statistical evidence supposedly showing how unlikely his performance was given his past performance and rating at the time, as well as known instances of past cheating by him - though the only confirmed ones were several years ago when he was still a kid and online rather than in person).