It's double dactyl time at the open mic night.
Higgledy-piggledy,
Matthew Macfadyen, now
visibly frustrated,
said—and I quote—
"Play that results in your
losing initiative
orthophonetically
is not a goat."
The go poetry thread
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Dusk Eagle
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Re: The go poetry thread
As I laid my stone down I could see
That the game was all over for me.
And as you could guess,
I felt quite depressed.
For I'd have one the game without komi.
That the game was all over for me.
And as you could guess,
I felt quite depressed.
For I'd have one the game without komi.
We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
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Solomon
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Re: The go poetry thread
Not poetry, but a song. It goes along a certain tune, I'm sure some readers will know:
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I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was
To solve them is my real test
Getting better is my cause
I will solve them all as planned
Practice day and night
Baduk players will understand
The power in my fight
Tsumégo!
Gotta solve 'em all
Improving me
Own them with my tesuji
Tsumégo!
Ooooh, you're my best friend
Through the dans I will ascend
Tsumégo!
Gotta solve 'em all
The answer's 1-2
More reading will pull me through
You teach me and I'll teach them
Tsumégo!
Gotta solve 'em all
Gotta solve 'em all
Tsumégo!
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I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was
To solve them is my real test
Getting better is my cause
I will solve them all as planned
Practice day and night
Baduk players will understand
The power in my fight
Tsumégo!
Gotta solve 'em all
Improving me
Own them with my tesuji
Tsumégo!
Ooooh, you're my best friend
Through the dans I will ascend
Tsumégo!
Gotta solve 'em all
The answer's 1-2
More reading will pull me through
You teach me and I'll teach them
Tsumégo!
Gotta solve 'em all
Gotta solve 'em all
Tsumégo!
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Re: The go poetry thread
In 2004 one of the most active users in the german-go-board named ferdi posted a lot of poetry, including this one:
Die alten Meister wissen:
zuzeiten spielt man gut,
zuzeiten echt beschissen.
The ancient masters know:
At times thou playest well,
At times you suck like hell.
@Ara
omg i noticed the correct melody while reading the first line, guess that makes me a real nerd :/
Die alten Meister wissen:
zuzeiten spielt man gut,
zuzeiten echt beschissen.
The ancient masters know:
At times thou playest well,
At times you suck like hell.
@Ara
omg i noticed the correct melody while reading the first line, guess that makes me a real nerd :/
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Re: The go poetry thread
Jonas wrote:@Ara
omg i noticed the correct melody while reading the first line, guess that makes me a real nerd :/
Nope, it makes you a tsumégo master
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Re: The go poetry thread
Araban wrote:Jonas wrote:@Ara
omg i noticed the correct melody while reading the first line, guess that makes me a real nerd :/
Nope, it makes you a tsumégo master
I think I had that tsumego book too. 151 problems right?
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Re: The go poetry thread
Phelan wrote:Araban wrote:Jonas wrote:@Ara
omg i noticed the correct melody while reading the first line, guess that makes me a real nerd :/
Nope, it makes you a tsumégo master
I think I had that tsumego book too. 151 problems right?
Yeah. I only recently managed to solve that 151st tsumego.
Someday I want to be strong enough to earn KGS[-].
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Re: The go poetry thread
That's only the first edition. They have 493 tsumego now! But you have to buy two copies of the book to get them all - if you only buy one book, you'll be missing about 20 tsumego unique to the other otherwise-identical book.
We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
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Re: The go poetry thread
A little syntax error (wrong word):
Dusk Eagle wrote:As I laid my stone down I could see
That the game was all over for me.
And as you could guess,
I felt quite depressed.
For I'd have won the game without komi.
A good system naturally covers all corner cases without further effort.