Place to discuss GO in English?

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Place to discuss GO in English?

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Did everyone move on from this place? Where do people generally discuss now?
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badukJr wrote:Did everyone move on from this place? Where do people generally discuss now?

WOT? :shock: Aren’t we still here? I see some Go stuff, though, in several groups on Facebook, but this here is THE place to discuss Go, IMHO.

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There is some limited discussion on Facebook, Reddit and Google+ but the only detailed conversation I see in English is on here. Excluding more focused groups like the Go Teaching Ladder, Sensei's Library talk pages and similar.
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Yeah, but maybe it seems quieter here than usual.

I think a lot of discussion happens in some of the game and journal threads, and if you're not following those, you miss out on a lot.

Is there a way to see at a glance what the most popular sub-forums or threads are? That way maybe we could hang out there can catch some action.
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The game review threads are probably the most interesting for me, though I imagine this is going to rather strength dependent since we don't have dan players putting up games for public dissection very often. Malkovich games between dan players might be the best place to look for analysis of more high level play.
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Boidhre wrote:[...] we don't have dan players putting up games for public dissection very often.


For the sake of the following argument I consider myself a Dan-player. The reason why I don't post games is that I rarely see (higher) Dan-players reviewing a game. (And I'm also fortunate to know a strong Dan-player, who reviews my games quite often.)
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dan players hate criticism
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SoDesuNe wrote:
Boidhre wrote:[...] we don't have dan players putting up games for public dissection very often.


For the sake of the following argument I consider myself a Dan-player. The reason why I don't post games is that I rarely see (higher) Dan-players reviewing a game. (And I'm also fortunate to know a strong Dan-player, who reviews my games quite often.)


Um, I see Bill doing quite a number of reviews, also mitsun often adds some thoughts just off the top of my head. I'm sure others do too, I'm just being forgetful.
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I often find that I don't really get responses when I do post. For example, this one: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9022

Though, in that particular case it probably is a case of me overanalyzing and the resulting TL;DR-ness. I do find that I rarely get responses when I post my games. Maybe it's because they are too awful for good players to examine carefully and less experienced players are hesitant to comment.
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I don't usually read game threads and I don't even know what malkovich is. I rarely comment on games because it is not easy to do so in a thread, as opposed to a regular game. Perhaps there is an easy way and I am just missing something.
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DrStraw wrote:I don't usually read game threads and I don't even know what malkovich is. I rarely comment on games because it is not easy to do so in a thread, as opposed to a regular game. Perhaps there is an easy way and I am just missing something.


Malkovich example: viewtopic.php?f=37&t=8049

Reviewing: Most people seem to download the game and use GoWrite or whatever sgf editor they prefer to do the commenting and then upload.
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often wrote:dan players hate criticism


Is this a joke, or why would you make such an in general wrong statement?
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RobertJasiek wrote:Is this a joke, or why would you make such an in general wrong statement?


Do you like criticism, Robert?
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Boidhre wrote:
SoDesuNe wrote:
Boidhre wrote:[...] we don't have dan players putting up games for public dissection very often.


For the sake of the following argument I consider myself a Dan-player. The reason why I don't post games is that I rarely see (higher) Dan-players reviewing a game. (And I'm also fortunate to know a strong Dan-player, who reviews my games quite often.)


Um, I see Bill doing quite a number of reviews, also mitsun often adds some thoughts just off the top of my head. I'm sure others do too, I'm just being forgetful.


Perhaps I am partly responsible for making L19 seem quiter as I used to post a lot but haven't been active here for the past few months.
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