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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | + | [[Cueball]] shows [[Megan]] an [https://itunes.apple.com/app/play-magnus/id808138395?mt=8 iOS app] that allows one to simulate playing {{w|chess}} against {{w|Magnus Carlsen}}, the {{w|chess grandmaster}} who is currently #1 in the world, at various ages. The idea behind the app is that as Magnus grows up he becomes better at chess and thus it become exceedingly difficult to beat him as he get older. The comic is names after him. Cueball can actually beat him when Magnus was an 8½ year old boy, but already half a year later Magnus had progressed beyond Cueball's chess skill | |
− | Cueball | + | Being the nerds that they are, Cueball and Megan continue development in a similar idea that simulates many famous people doing the thing they are famous for at different ages. They then end up weirding themselves out by comparing famous people in things that they aren't famous for, Secretariat eating hot dogs, Martha Stewart swimming, etc. |
− | + | The title text continues the theme of the last panel with more comparisons, leading to the ludicrous{{Citation needed}} situation of a young Martha Stewart knocking an adult Ronda Rousey unconscious (who was famous for her fighting skills). | |
− | + | {{W|Serena Williams}} is professional tennis player who is ranked #1 women's singles player in the world. | |
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+ | {{W|Michael Phelps}} is a swimmer who is #1 in the world in several swimming events. | ||
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+ | {{W|Martha Stewart}}, among other things, has published several cookbooks. | ||
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+ | {{W|JFK}} (John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy) was the 35th President of the United States. | ||
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+ | {{W|Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat}} is a horse that won the Triple Crown in 1973. | ||
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+ | {{W|Muhammad Ali}} is a boxer who is "among the greatest heavyweights in the history of the sport." | ||
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+ | {{W|Ken Jennings}} currently holds the record for the longest winning streak on {{W|Jeopardy!}}. | ||
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+ | {{W|Ronda Rousey}} is a "mixed martial arts" fighter and "judoka." | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | + | :Cueball: Magnus Carlsen has an app where you can play chess against a simulated version of him at different ages. I can beat the 8½-year-old, but lose to him at 9. | |
− | :Cueball: Magnus Carlsen has an app where you can play chess against a simulated version of him at different ages. | + | :Megan: I want that, but for other games. Can I beat 8-year-old Serena Williams at Tennis? Swim laps faster than a 6-year-olf Michael Phelps? |
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− | :Megan: I want that, but for other games. Can I beat 8-year-old Serena Williams at Tennis? Swim laps faster than a 6-year- | ||
:Cueball: We should make a simulator. | :Cueball: We should make a simulator. | ||
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:Cueball: ...Why limit it to games? Can I cook a better chicken than 11-year-old Martha Stewart? | :Cueball: ...Why limit it to games? Can I cook a better chicken than 11-year-old Martha Stewart? | ||
:Megan: Win an election against 12-year-old JFK? | :Megan: Win an election against 12-year-old JFK? | ||
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:Soon... | :Soon... | ||
:[Cueball and Megan sitting at laptops in the bottom of the panel.] | :[Cueball and Megan sitting at laptops in the bottom of the panel.] | ||
:Megan: Looks like 8-year-old Magnus Carlsen can swim faster than 9-year-old Martha Stewart. | :Megan: Looks like 8-year-old Magnus Carlsen can swim faster than 9-year-old Martha Stewart. | ||
− | :Cueball: But they both lose a | + | :Cueball: But they both lose a Hot-Dog-Eating contest to 2-year-old Secretariat. |
:Megan: This project has gotten weird. | :Megan: This project has gotten weird. | ||
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+ | ==Trivia== | ||
+ | The app they are talking about is called [http://magnuscarlsen.com/playmagnus Play Magnus]. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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[[Category:Chess]] | [[Category:Chess]] | ||
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