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by FlyingAxe
Mon Jul 04, 2016 8:21 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Buying Chinese-size single-convex stones
Replies: 6
Views: 6631

Re: Buying Chinese-size single-convex stones

Thanks, but out of those links only these are Chinese sized: http://en.aobo-shop.com/go-game-stones/ ... 60120.html (although they’re yellow color and a bit on the expensive side).
by FlyingAxe
Sat Jul 02, 2016 3:23 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Buying Chinese-size single-convex stones
Replies: 6
Views: 6631

Buying Chinese-size single-convex stones

Does anyone know where I could buy Chinese-size single-convex stones online? Size 5. Can be yunzi, glass, or clay.
by FlyingAxe
Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:55 am
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Thickness of the board
Replies: 10
Views: 7287

Re: Thickness of the board

OK, thanks. But is the somewhat thinner size of the board a problem for the bigger stones? This one's 1.8 sun.
by FlyingAxe
Sun Apr 03, 2016 8:55 am
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Thickness of the board
Replies: 10
Views: 7287

Re: Thickness of the board

I've been using 36 for a while. Can see myself going higher. I ordered sampler of Blue Label size 38 to try out.
by FlyingAxe
Wed Mar 30, 2016 9:29 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Help Identifying Stones
Replies: 12
Views: 9449

Re: Help Identifying Stones

I purchased two sets of stones from here (one for main play and one as a replacement): m

A couple of stones broke on me, so I took a picture. I imagine that if my countertop broke, it would look sort of like this inside. I agree they feel potentially like clay and not like plastic, but from the ...
by FlyingAxe
Thu Mar 24, 2016 12:31 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Buying Equipment in the USA
Replies: 15
Views: 12830

Re: Buying Equipment in the USA

What Galation said. In terms of quality of products, Japanese >> Korean > Chinese. GGG are nice for budget purchases, but their products will leave you with a sense of lacking. I do not recommend their veneer boards for club use; the stones sound horrible on those (YMI 1.2" shin kaya board is nicer ...
by FlyingAxe
Sat Mar 19, 2016 6:04 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Help Identifying Stones
Replies: 12
Views: 9449

Re: Help Identifying Stones

Strangely, I’ve been playing using single-convex melamine stones this weekend, and it left the two fingers on my hand I use to grip the stones itchy. Almost like there is some allergic reaction. (Could also be because the air is dry, and rubbing skin against a dry surface makes it worse. Could also ...
by FlyingAxe
Thu Mar 17, 2016 2:39 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Help Identifying Stones
Replies: 12
Views: 9449

Re: Help Identifying Stones

Melamine.
by FlyingAxe
Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:18 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Replacement stones from YMI
Replies: 9
Views: 8093

Re: Replacement stones from YMI

Yes, the lead issue is a gamechanger for me. I don’t want to play with yunzi material anymore, despite liking its feel and appearance. I am not troubled by lead in yunzi stones, science is quite clear about this
It is usually assumed that lead can be absorbed through the skin only if it is ...
by FlyingAxe
Fri Mar 11, 2016 1:25 pm
Forum: Turn Based Servers
Topic: Place to play slow turn-based games online
Replies: 5
Views: 17988

Place to play slow turn-based games online

A lot of people at my workplace (we’re a data science shop), many of whom are from East Asia, became interested in go because of the AlphaGo event. What I am wondering is if there is a place to play long, turn-based games, where one of the players would log in and play a move, then log out; the ...
by FlyingAxe
Thu Mar 10, 2016 8:57 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Replacement stones from YMI
Replies: 9
Views: 8093

Re: Replacement stones from YMI

Yes, the lead issue is a gamechanger for me. I don’t want to play with yunzi material anymore, despite liking its feel and appearance.

But then, when I looked up melanine, apparently, it’s also pretty harmful. Are there no safe single-convex stones? Can one buy ones made of clay or something?
by FlyingAxe
Wed Mar 09, 2016 2:12 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Quality Chinese boards
Replies: 6
Views: 6164

Re: Quality Chinese boards

I don’t hear the sounds made on the board, but what’s the wood used here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZPQfGmpfn0 ?
by FlyingAxe
Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:38 am
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Replacement stones from YMI
Replies: 9
Views: 8093

Re: Replacement stones from YMI

They replied and said that that “batch sizes are not uniform” and asked to send a picture of my old and new stones next to a ruler. Seems very weird, product quality-wise.

A side effect of me looking up where I can buy Chinese-sized stones or whether someone had a similar experience to mine was ...
by FlyingAxe
Tue Mar 08, 2016 8:56 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Replacement stones from YMI
Replies: 9
Views: 8093

Replacement stones from YMI

Ordered 20 replacement single-convext yunzi stones from YMI. The stones that arrived are noticeably smaller than the ones I have. I thought for a second maybe I have Chinese-sized yunzi stones, but I doubt it, because a) I received a confirmation in the past that directed to a page that said ...
by FlyingAxe
Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:27 am
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Quality Chinese boards
Replies: 6
Views: 6164

Re: Quality Chinese boards

How about this: https://youtu.be/3O-lwNzN0G0 (and the whole series)?