Go commercial to come

[Bonobo]

I love it and can’t wait to see more.

We desperately need a go commercial in which no one eats the stones. Looking forward to this.

Well … at our weekly local Go meeting we’ve had it that people put Go stones into their mouths or placed wine gums or peanuts on the board, and one time, when all players present were smokers (smoking’s forbidden when there are non-smokers), one player put out a cigarette in their coffee mug while another one, wanting to take a stone from their bowl, plunged their hand into the ashtray.

All this happened because the players were not able to take their eyes from the board.

[Alguien]

If I could do a commercial about go... Ok, first try:

In something that looks like a pub, two chess players are discussing over a game by quoting names that sound boring and hard to remember "...you can't play the Blumenfeld gambit here".

Then I'd move to a go game played next, where two people are in silence.

A passing (non geeky) 15yo kid stops to watch. After a couple of seconds, one of the players put a stone and the other resigns.

Right before they remove the stones, the kid stops them by taking a stone from bowl of the player who just lost, puts it in the board, making a large dragon alive.

Both players stare at the move and mumble some astonishment while the kid keeps on his way to the door, where a beautiful girl his age is waiting.



...

Nah, it's not good. I could do better.

[Inkwolf]

I don't get it.

You missed this thread: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6583

[LocoRon]

I really don't like some of the heavy-handed attempts (or suggested attempts) at manipulating the audience, as presented in this thread.

[MS_Sydney]

I really don't like some of the heavy-handed attempts (or suggested attempts) at manipulating the audience, as presented in this thread.

Just try to bear in mind that some of what we've said has been in jest.

[Bonobo]

I really don't like some of the heavy-handed attempts (or suggested attempts) at manipulating the audience, as presented in this thread.

Care to explain?

TIA, Tom