Maybe it's a matter of caring. To me, solving a go problem/puzzle is very different than sudoku. In the latter case, I've invested little study, so I don't care if I don't do well at a sudoku problem.Elom wrote:Oddly enough, I am most indifferent to getting the correct answer in a go puzzle*. It's little different to sudoku with added go nutrients.
To give another example, someone recently taught me a game called "Pente" on the go board. I played against them, and tried hard to win. I feel I played decently (I caught 4 of their pieces, and you need 5 to win), but I still lost. I didn't feel that bad. Pente is not a game where I've invested time in my life to study. It's not something I associate an identity with.
Go, in contrast, is a game where I've invested study time. It's a game that I identify with. So if I play a game and lose, it means a lot to me. It's not that pleasant. I feel that I've lost in a game related to my identity. Some of the time I spent studying the game gets put into question.
With sudoku, pente, even chess - I can try hard to play the game. It's fun. But if I lose, I don't feel as bad.