I am afraid to askvash3g wrote:5 people in the car on the way there, 6 on the way back.
Why are you an AGA member?
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Re: Why are you an AGA member?
First thing I thought of was a person so addicted to go that even a full-term pregnancy was not a deterrent.mdobbins wrote:I am afraid to askvash3g wrote:5 people in the car on the way there, 6 on the way back.
Still officially AGA 5d but I play so irregularly these days that I am probably only 3d or 4d over the board (but hopefully still 5d in terms of knowledge, theory and the ability to contribute).
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Re: Why are you an AGA member?
Maybe someone bet their car on the outcome of a game... hastily.DrStraw wrote:First thing I thought of was a person so addicted to go that even a full-term pregnancy was not a deterrent.mdobbins wrote:I am afraid to askvash3g wrote:5 people in the car on the way there, 6 on the way back.
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Re: Why are you an AGA member?
If I didn't have to be one to attend the Congress I certainly wouldn't be a member at all.
The AGA has never done anything for me.
I suspect the US Congress fees are more expensive than the EGC's fees despite being only 1/2 as long.
I think the AGA just needs to do a better job all around. It needs to do more, better, more content, better content.
I don't know what its like to be an American exposed to Go with only the lens of an English speaker. I am quadrilingual ...ish. I certainly have enough kanji to read newspapers and such and can read Korean more or less fluently.
Thus, Shuukan Go/Baduk Monthly and various websites like Badukworld, cyberoro, etc. all give me much more than I would have otherwise.
One piece of advice is, if the AGA likes the captive strategy of 'you can't play at congress unless you are a member' then it should have a great content filled website complete with joseki/fuseki databases, go problems and news and do the same thing.
The AGA needs to learn that it should control the information flow and give out more and better info.
The AGA has never done anything for me.
I suspect the US Congress fees are more expensive than the EGC's fees despite being only 1/2 as long.
I think the AGA just needs to do a better job all around. It needs to do more, better, more content, better content.
I don't know what its like to be an American exposed to Go with only the lens of an English speaker. I am quadrilingual ...ish. I certainly have enough kanji to read newspapers and such and can read Korean more or less fluently.
Thus, Shuukan Go/Baduk Monthly and various websites like Badukworld, cyberoro, etc. all give me much more than I would have otherwise.
One piece of advice is, if the AGA likes the captive strategy of 'you can't play at congress unless you are a member' then it should have a great content filled website complete with joseki/fuseki databases, go problems and news and do the same thing.
The AGA needs to learn that it should control the information flow and give out more and better info.