Does pet or bird excreta count as vandalism? Birds like to poop on stuff that is already white

@JussiVilleHeiskanen No

In Finland fresh pieces are rarely taken. Worn ones, espescially from sets of mixed pieces or with extra pieces very frequent. Also light weight pieces taken as trophys freely, and indigent take square cornered block pieces to sit on. What weight and shape are your pieces? EDIT: nevermind saw the picture on the other market. You will be more likely to lose the board rather than the pieces

@JussiVilleHeiskanen Wait, what? How common is it to have giant chessboads in Finland? Why would people want worn pieces more than new ones? Why are we more likely to lose the board than the pieces?

@IsaacKing well quite a few cities have them. Helsinki had over a dozen public ones. My city quarter has concrete clinker one in front of the apartment building whereI live though the pieces haven't been out for over a decade.

@IsaacKing you can't sit on the pieces, but one could easily lay on the board, espescially if it is rubber

@IsaacKing drunks would often take pieces and toss them into the sea for kicks, but usually ones they thought should be replaced with fresh ones, thinking they were doing players a favor by tossing ones where you couldn't even make out what the piece was, because the paint had faded.

@JussiVilleHeiskanen Ah, that kinda makes sense.

I live in a small town, so luckily not a lot of homeless people or wandering drunks around.