Life In 19x19

quite frankly, this kind of article makes me froth at the mouth.

I have the DVDs and have watched them all with and without subtitles, in Japanese and in English -- I disagree.

the official subbed videos are much better than the fan subbed ones, but they still are not complete dialog (subtitles are never intended to be)

Maybe, but you can't really say that ...

Hi,

I prefer the dubbed versions, because I don't understand Japanese. I'd much rather hear it in my own language. And the dialog is much richer than what the subtitles can provide which are often abbreviated, shorted, or even skipped portions. Not to mention that having to read the subtitles ...

A brilliant tribute.
I originally watched the whole series with dubbing because that seemed easiest. But there is a version on you tube now with the original voices and very, very good subtitles. The Japanese is great to follow. It`s done by (no surprise) a devotee calling himself hikaru shindou ...

banjo is clearly a neologism derived from 'goban' and 'joseki.'
It's a good job he didn't pick 'fuseki' and 'ko' for the job.

Greetings,
I wonder if any one could kindly advise me what to do here?
I have had a long standing KGS account. However, now when I click on play on KGS nothing happens.
Is it possible I have been banned for drinking the sugar free version of red bull during play?
Cheers,
Buri

Greetings,
I am a much lower level player than you (11kyuu) so I can't comment on your games as such. I was intrigued by your remark that you were watching five or six
Guo Juan lectures a week. I have been a student of Guo for some time and my one year membership of her school expired last week. For ...

Greetings,

What is sabbath?[/quote]

It`s an excellent band. Unfortunately we had to omit the other half of its name to forestall any accusations of racism.
Always glad to help,
Buri

Greetings,
if you study at the Guo Juan Internet school, the lectures, group lessons, private lessons or whatever talk about shape all the time.
Best wishes,
Buri

Greetings,
thank you so much for an enthrall ing and informative thread.
It has been rather like ones daily bowel movement for some time. Got a bit unnerving on the days it didn't happen....
Cheers,
Buri

Greetings,
glad you are happy. I think it is important to follow through these courses to the end no matter how long they take, but at the same time you can have a lot of fun dipping into lectures that look interesting. For example the Kobayashi ones are very helpful. I would add a word of caution ...

Greetings,
the step by s tep course is great so I suggest you do it.
Do the opening training without fail. That benefitted my game to an extent I can hardly put into words. It's fun too. Apparently the course is the real deal used in some Chinese Go schools of good repute.
As far as the middle game ...

Greetings,
I think this is a very fair review and also agree with the point abo
ut joseki study being important.
I think a certain kind of hard working mentality can work doggedly through the book and that such an approach pays huge dividends. My own approach I cam up with through trial and error is ...

Greetings,
like me you bought the full Monty and it is such fantastic value for money you are going to have to work flat out for a year to actually use all those credits. But it is worth the effort.
Aside from the two basic courses I suggest the following in particular
1) Opening Training ((this ...

Greetings,
I am a diehard advocate of studying at the Guo Juan school. The lectures are fantastic and one learns so many fundamental things so quickly without the horro r of trial and error and confusion.
The one year subscription is fantastic value but I have one slight caveat. Take a look at some ...