Life In 19x19

A week or so ago, I decided then when I touched 5 kyu with Igowin, I would start using MFoG on a 13 x 13 board. Yesterday, I did that!

I'm only at about 7 kyu sustained, but my criteria was just to TOUCH 5 kyu, which I did. I played my first game against MFoG this morning, and discovered some ...

Fotland confirmed that I bought MFoG in 2012, so mine is now updated and current.

pnprog:

The key issue for me isn't whether LL can beat MFoG. The key issue is whether MFoG can beat ME, and usefully teach me, which it looks like it will be able to do for at least a few more months.

Yes, I would ...

Mike:

I say that I have MFOG 12...because that's what the program tells me that I have! However, I know it's out of date. I can't find confirmation if my purchase (which was a long time ago), but the author/owner was kind enough to give me an access code for what I have. He asked that I not ...

You guys are awesome!

I'll let you know how my plan to turn this guy from interested into a Go player works out.

And even if this one doesn't work out, I'll now have these for future opportunities.

THANKS!



TCS

Gomoto:

REALLY??? OK, you may suck me into this AI stuff after all. Where can I download it? Or is it strictly on-line?

Mike:

Sorry, I'm getting lost in the acronyms. MCTS = ??

I've only dimly poked at the MFG "Why?" feature, but unless I can find a way to increase the font size in the MFG ...

I'm looking to play my first-ever on-line Go game with somebody.

I'm looking for an opponent who is +/- 5 ranks from me (I'm now playing 9 kyu), with an appropriate handicap.

What's the best way to go about doing that?

For now, it would need to be FREE. I've completely blown my Go budget for at ...

OK, that DOES look like an interesting program (ELF).

Cost?

Thx!

TCS

I was out for dinner last night, and my new Marketing-Go-Set worked on the first try! There was a guy there who I've seen off and on for about 8 months, and he saw me playing against my little pocket AI, while I also displayed the game on my awesome new wooden 9 x 9 board. Yesterday he said he ...

Gomoto:

MFG has as an overwhelming advantage: the fact that I already have it!

But that raises an interesting question. Are all these zippy-whamo AI programs free? That would surprise me if true, but I have no idea.

Mike Novack:

Excellent point. I've goosed my skill up to a reliable 9 kyu, but I ...

A strange turn of events...

I had ordered what looked like a cool portable Go game from "Hayneedle". Today, I got a weird email from them saying that they won't ship to private mailboxes. Phone call to them didn't help. I've been using that box for 23 years, and I've never had this happen before ...

Back in the Neolithic age when I was being taught how to be a teacher, we covered a fair amount of learning theory. One of the things that I learned in that process was, when you have a big learning elephant to eat, don’t try to study it and understand every point in detail on the first pass. If it ...

Thanks!

I re-booted with Go using this set:

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It's a nice set and I like it, but it's a little bulky to transport.

What I REALLY wanted was the set that I learned on, which was graciously identified for me by another member of the list. There's one on ebay, and I'll eventually get that one or ...

I got my copy of this re-booted this morning. I think it's time for me to move on from Igowin, to MFG.

The biggest problem I have is the font of the MACHINE COMMENT text is almost microscopic. The "wrapper" font sizes are all fine, but the text in the machine comment box on the lower left side is ...

Until the requirements are defined, many questions can't be sensibly answered.

I want a portable Go set-up that is optimized for catching people's attention visually, and then converting the visual attention into interest in Go.

I've already concluded that a nice quality 9 x 9 board with "large ...

Tundra:

That's it!!!

Thank you thank you thank you

If it's still there after my pension deposit Monday, it will be mine that day!





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