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Re: New Go Proverbs thread

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my old sig used to say baduk is cruel to its lovers, but i think as a proverb would be.....


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Re: New Go Proverbs thread

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Proverb on sacrifice:

"It is always better to sacrifice your opponent's stones."
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread

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Saurus wrote:Proverb on sacrifice:

"It is always better to sacrifice your opponent's stones."


I like this one. :D

As for the other thing, of course I was joking. :)
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread

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Mosdefgo wrote:You're not really dead until you can taste the dirt in your mouth.


Sometimes it is better just to leave the aji, no?
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread

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judicata wrote:
Mosdefgo wrote:You're not really dead until you can taste the dirt in your mouth.


Sometimes it is better just to leave the aji, no?

Oui Oui.
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread

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Dusk Eagle wrote:
judicata wrote:
Mosdefgo wrote:You're not really dead until you can taste the dirt in your mouth.


Sometimes it is better just to leave the aji, no?

Oui Oui.


Let's just translate Mosdef's quote as meaning something more like 'Don't forget the aji of your "doomed" stones'. His words just sound prettier.
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread

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For Harlequin:

For who it may conceirn, If You're group losses it's liberteis, its daedd.

Translation: Putting the right stones in the wrong places will piss your opponent off

EDIT: And isn't it ironic that stones sometimes die, right as they're about to live?
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread

Post by SpongeBob »

I like this one a lot from most-respected-forum-key-player Araban:

'I think I've played enough games to realize that underestimation is the key ingredient to disaster.'

I have to constantly remind myself of this when playing someone with a lower rank.

(Any spelling or grammar mistakes in my post?)
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread

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Don't forget to spend time making your groups stronger.

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Re: New Go Proverbs thread

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SpongeBob wrote:I like this one a lot from most-respected-forum-key-player Araban:

'I think I've played enough games to realize that underestimation is the key ingredient to disaster.'

I have to constantly remind myself of this when playing someone with a lower rank.

(Any spelling or grammar mistakes in my post?)


No, except perhaps for the colloquial omission of a predicate in the question. ;-)

(The above is a sentence fragment, which is acceptable as an answer to a direct question.)
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Re: New Go Proverbs thread

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Violence wrote:Dragons are only killed by the strong.


I think this one sounds pretty cool.
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