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I've played a fair amount of bughouse. You are right about the point about bughouse strategy. Stipulated. These guys are enjoying themselves. They feel rejuvenated for work after playing it for a few minutes. Why impose your priorities on them and claim "it's a terrible game" and suggest they need a "solution." It'd be like Lebron James telling you not to play H-O-R-S-E because it won't help you become competitive wi…
I'm not imposing anything on anyone. Rulesets have a logic of their own.
Besides, this article has very little to do with bughouse per se and everything to do with relaxing the mind in between work sprints. Seymour Cray used to do it by digging tunnels. I doubt that his tunnels conformed to the Rules of Tunnels but he did get quite a bit of work done in his lifetime, which is the point here.