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by Ben
Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:08 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Anyone that knows Korean ? -PLEASE HELP-
Replies: 19
Views: 15954

Re: Anyone that knows Korean ? -PLEASE HELP-

Helel wrote:
Harleqin wrote:Perhaps you could get a faster reply if you asked for someone who knows Korean. :geek:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv313.shtml

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY
by Ben
Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:19 pm
Forum: Study Journals
Topic: The hyperbolic time chamber
Replies: 164
Views: 84720

Re: The hyperbolic time chamber

Some bots continue to make the same type of mistakes - playing against them too often may result in you developing a habit of playing bad moves that work against the bot.
But so do human players. I think the suggestion of not playing bots should be replaced with not wholly playing against a single ...
by Ben
Sun Dec 19, 2010 3:37 am
Forum: Study Journals
Topic: The hyperbolic time chamber
Replies: 164
Views: 84720

Re: The hyperbolic time chamber

Joaz Banbeck wrote:I second Suji's suggestion to not play computers when you are SDK. They teach you bad habits.

How would playing an opponent who is weaker than a computer teach you less bad habits?
by Ben
Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:05 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Trolling in [field of study].
Replies: 76
Views: 45721

Re: Trolling in [field of study].

Maths troll
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by Ben
Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:30 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Trolling in [field of study].
Replies: 76
Views: 45721

Re: Trolling in [field of study].

A hard tesumego
$$Bcm1 Black to play and win ...
by Ben
Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:36 am
Forum: Other versions of turn-based games
Topic: Teamovitch?
Replies: 49
Views: 36426

Re: Teamovitch?

I would like to be a team player.
by Ben
Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:36 pm
Forum: Go Rules
Topic: My Thoughts on Rules
Replies: 45
Views: 32430

Re: My Thoughts on Rules

Also, komi does not make the sides equal. The roles of Black and White are still fundamentally different. If you want true fairness, you need simultaneous play (cumbersome but feasible with a board; trivial with computers). Surely some game with simultaneous play is "more perfect" than Go?
What if ...
by Ben
Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:29 am
Forum: General Go Chat
Topic: Popularity of Go
Replies: 125
Views: 59366

Re: Popularity of Go

nagano wrote:They may be most popular, but they are all fatally flawed at the moment because they have arbitrary rules, and it may not be possible to fix that. (But go ahead and try!)

Go has arbitrary rules too (e.g. the rule which disallows suicide).
by Ben
Thu Sep 30, 2010 2:24 pm
Forum: Go Rules
Topic: widest and finest ruleset
Replies: 14
Views: 12520

Re: widest and finest ruleset

When I teach go I give them a 9x9 board and 41 stones each. I explain about capturing, about no repitition and that the one who has all his stones on the board has won the game. After they both have passed in succession they are allowed to place stones on the empty positions completely surrounded ...