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I have a very nice wooden set and board which cost me a couple hundred dollars. It's mostly for display, and occasional casual (non-clock) play at home. I've contemplated taking it to tournaments, but honestly I wouldn't want to use it for any time control faster than 90 minutes, given the abuse pieces can take when players are low on time. (And even then, my very nice wooden set is still Staunton pattern, albeit a nicer variation of Staunton pattern.)
My first tournament set, when I started playing in tournaments (last millennium) was a simple vinyl board and plastic pieces. When I came back to OTB chess after a 10+ year break, I upgraded... to a new vinyl board and triple-weighted plastic pieces. Also, my new tournament set has an extra queen for each side, which is pretty common today, but was somewhat rare when I first began.
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... is what you'll do on one move if you're trying to play with a set you're not familiar with.
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Yes, and if she started screaming her head off after the dinosaurs showed up, that would be understandable. I'm 52 and I'd probably have the same reaction. But she's a brat even before we get to the dinosaurs.
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I won't argue about "realistic," but being realistic and being an interesting book character are two different things.
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Jurassic Park is my go-to answer whenever this question comes up.
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Michael Crichton is... let's say, not great... at writing female characters. (At least women and girls. He did OK with the dinosaurs.)
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In the book, Lex is the younger sibling. Timmy is the dinosaur fan and the computer expert, borderline Marty Stu. The computer stuff Lex does in the movie? That's all Tim in the book. Lex is just a whiny brat. By the time I was 1/3 of the way through the book I was rooting for the dinosaurs to eat Lex.
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Well, yes, "have had physical manifestations" and "took physical form" was kind of shorthand for "adherents of those religions believe(d) their respective gods took physical form."
I'd've thought that was clear from context, but since it apparently wasn't: No, I am not claiming that Christian, Hindu, Greek, Norse, Japanese, and Egpytian gods all took physical form.
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Among major religions practiced in the early 21st century, both Christianity and Hinduism include gods who took on physical form.
Going back into mythology, you'll find many more examples, e.g., Greek mythology, Norse mythology, Japanese mythology, Egyptian mythology...
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Lots of gods in earth religions have had physical manifestations. Why would the Prophets' manifestation in the "mundane physical" form of wormhole aliens (although I wouldn't exactly call them mundane) be disqualifying as the basis of a valid religion?
FWIW, I never felt like the Bajoran religion was treated as a laughingstock.