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by oca
Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:01 am
Forum: Go Books
Topic: Shape UP! Conversion to gobook format
Replies: 32
Views: 26637

Re: Shape UP! Conversion to gobook format

very quick update...
Unfortunatly, not that much time to work on that project right now as I just changed of job.
Still planning to complete this project for the end of october this year.
by oca
Fri Jul 03, 2015 11:12 am
Forum: Study Journals
Topic: OCA's log
Replies: 391
Views: 222984

Re: OCA's log

Despite I don't post that ofen these days, I still play daily...

This is one of my best game... Where I won against a dan player (but rank doesn't seems to be the same as IGS... I'm 2k on goquest and still 12k on IGS...)

(;GM[1]SZ[9]KM[7]RU[Chinese]RE[W+R]
PB[miyabisan (1776)]
PW[oca ...
by oca
Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:15 am
Forum: Game Analysis
Topic: Very beginner question
Replies: 4
Views: 3789

Re: Very beginner question

Hi,

This tool is very nice to edit diagram :

m

you just need to past the diagram text between a "go" tag like that :



[go]$$B
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . &#46 ...
by oca
Fri Jun 05, 2015 1:06 pm
Forum: General Go Chat
Topic: GoQuest Go server
Replies: 46
Views: 60895

Re: GoQuest Go server

At what I can see we can somehow invite friend (but I never tryied that feature)

Just in case my account is ... oca ;)
by oca
Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:34 pm
Forum: General Go Chat
Topic: Tenuki grammar
Replies: 30
Views: 15930

Re: Tenuki grammar

I only need to know how to conjugate one verb at the first person for the moment
I resign ;)
by oca
Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:50 pm
Forum: General Go Chat
Topic: GoQuest Go server
Replies: 46
Views: 60895

Re: GoQuest Go server

Hi,
The only thing I miss in goquest is that we cannot put any text... that's weird to play a game with someone without saying at least 'hello' and 'thank you for the game'
by oca
Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:31 pm
Forum: Study Journals
Topic: OCA's log
Replies: 391
Views: 222984

Re: OCA's log

Dear log, I have not that much 19x19 games to post right now as my free time for go doen't allow me that ofen to play a game on a 19x19 size... I can still play once a weak on a real goban but I don't have any sgf...

That said I play daily on the train a few 9x9 games each day... I reached 2k on ...
by oca
Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:18 pm
Forum: Go Books
Topic: Shape UP! Conversion to gobook format
Replies: 32
Views: 26637

Re: Shape UP! Conversion to gobook format

Well, just took 5 minutes to give you a quick update on this project.

I'm currtently fixing the last details... but one of them took me a lot of time, I'm talking about the page numbers.

I choosed to give a reference to each single diagram, so that I can do a link instead of the page number. that ...
by oca
Thu May 21, 2015 11:13 am
Forum: Study Group
Topic: 81
Replies: 21
Views: 14153

Re: 81



Never be afraid to use your stones as forcing exchanges instead of keeping them alive

This is especially true on 9x9 I think. Bots are particularly good at sacrificing because they don't have the emotional attachments to their stones like humans do. So many of the impressive bot plays I have ...
by oca
Thu May 21, 2015 8:16 am
Forum: Study Group
Topic: 81
Replies: 21
Views: 14153

Re: 81

oh... I like that :b9: in your first diagram, I should try that too ...
so many things to try... but fortunatly goquest can now send the sgf via email, that will help me to keep track of my different tries...

the second diagram is scary for me but I should also try that...
by oca
Thu May 21, 2015 7:54 am
Forum: Study Group
Topic: 81
Replies: 21
Views: 14153

Re: 81

Hi Bki, thanks for your reply,

I would say that 'd' occurs more frequently then 'e' in my games...
and that patterns follows :
$$B
$$ +-------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . , . . . , . . |
$$ | . . . . . a . . . |
$$ | . . . . X 2 . . . |
$$ | . . . . 1 ...
by oca
Wed May 20, 2015 10:31 am
Forum: General Go Chat
Topic: Programming vs Go
Replies: 44
Views: 19261

Re: Programming vs Go

LocoRon wrote:
Loons wrote:I guess go is a competitive sport and programming is a problem-solving technique.


...
Turn it into a competition between two people, and it becomes completely different.
...


In my case, Go is mainly a competition against myself, revealing my own limits...
by oca
Wed May 20, 2015 10:26 am
Forum: Study Group
Topic: 81
Replies: 21
Views: 14153

Re: 81

Hi,

Still lot of 9x9 games for me...

on m, I saw these possible answers to at tengen :

$$B
$$ +-------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . , . . . , . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 1 . a . . |
$$ | . . . . . . b . . |
$$ | . . , . . . c ...
by oca
Thu May 07, 2015 10:54 pm
Forum: General Go Chat
Topic: Favourite Go Proverbs?
Replies: 73
Views: 34552

Re: Favourite Go Proverbs?

SpongeBob wrote:It's not really a proverb, but still good advice:

If you can't take the pain, don't play the game! :rambo:


This one remind me of "If you don't like ko, don't play go"
by oca
Thu May 07, 2015 11:38 am
Forum: General Go Chat
Topic: Favourite Go Proverbs?
Replies: 73
Views: 34552

Re: Favourite Go Proverbs?

Mine is "mieux vaut un tient que deux tu l'auras" but it's not a go proverb ;)
I'm not sure how to translate that in english... I think it is "A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush" but I'm not sure...