Life In 19x19

I'd say it was cutting into my go time, but really it's been cutting into my league of legends time which has been cutting into my go time.


^- This. ugh. They need to be more discerning with the beta and not let me in.

And I agree with the Magic-lite feeling. I miss some Magic dynamics, but ...

Yeah. Its a fun read. Very 80s gaming nostalgic, but I think enjoyable even if you don't get all the inside references (I even learned some stuff). And you can't go wrong if Patrick Rothfuss ("Name of the Wind" author) loves it, "... because honestly, Ready Player One was probably the best book I ...

Joaz Banbeck wrote:We must have a tournament sometime: our pros vs your pros.

Battle of the Atlantic!

As soon as I saw emacs I felt the overwhelming urge to yell VIM! but I'll resist

There is also something called POD which is a lightweight markup language. http://perldoc.perl.org/perlpod.html

Uberdude wrote:Dominion is a card game which is quite good fun, and I know quite a few Go players who are really into it.

I second the Dominion suggestion. There is also Magic the Gathering.

I'd say about 7kyu kgs.

Oh yeah i forgot about that one.

My play is distinctly lacking any jump farther then 2 space on the third line.

Or are you talking about the invasions between two thick walls or inside your solid territory.

Anything bigger than a 2 space jump But my primary thought was solid or semi-solid ...

the monkey jump was the first of many hard lessons i learned growing up in igs

Heh. Mine was: Wow, all those guys at the club never invaded there, I assumed its safe. I guess its only really safe if I actually know how to defend against an invasion (which at the time I didn't). Short version ...

karaklis wrote:

EdLee wrote:I recommend IGS (the gIgo client)

I would add to this that you can start playing competetive games on IGS (17k) after you have achieved around 10k on KGS. If you start on IGS, be prepared to get smashed for the next hundred games or so.

But oh the things you'll learn

However, with the binding as it is, perhaps making it as a "book" would be nearly as good:: m

Spiral-binding might be a nice option if they do that. Its not normal desk calendar style binding, but as a book you could keep it as well (instead of worrying about 365 random pages floating around ...

It sounds like you are more concerned about the destination (outcome) than the journey. You could either stop to smell the roses along the way or figure out a way to make the journey more exciting. Maybe you need bigger adrenalin-inducing fights

In some ways its like rank-obsession. It shouldn't ...

There once was a weaker go player
I wanted to crush and betray their
desire for fair
I really don't care
In five years the board will assayer

p.s. It wasn't me.

I've played against a couple people who have used the great wall http://senseis.xmp.net/?GreatWall . Others may disagree, but I think its primary strength is opponents not being familiar with it. Once I played against it a couple times the gimmick wore off for me (as an opponent).

Boidhre wrote:Not in Ireland and I assume the UK as well.

Bummer. Sorry to get your hopes up. I'll note then "at least in the U.S."

For anyone who has Netflix, "The Go Master" has just been added to their instant-view options.

Movie info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Go_Master