Change of style

[draculinio]

I am changing my way to play, I think that at the end it will make me improve a lot, but right now I am playing 2 or 3 stones worst than common. Is that something that happens?

Don´t know really if it is a "change of style" or "improving of style" (I think that is something in the middle, dunno how to explain this in words).

[daniel_the_smith]

Amateurs don't have styles, just preferred mistakes...

[amnal]

Why can't a series of preferred mistakes constitute a style? That seems quite unfair

[Dusk Eagle]

I don't consciously think about style during a game. I just try to play what I think is the best move. A "Dusk Eagle" style emerges from my own reading and evaluating strengths and weaknesses, my blind spots, etc.. As my strengths and weaknesses change my style therefore changes as well. Now, I obviously can decide, "okay, this game I'm going to put extra focus on building moyo," but I don't usually consciously decide that except for the purpose of choosing my first few moves when I'm playing black. After that, I don't think I think about my own "style" at all.

[Chew Terr]

I have definitely made efforts to change my playstyle, and have done it for two reasons.

1) I used too play too aggressively and thinly, and kept having too many weaknesses, so I am trying to learn a slightly more solid style where I actually cover some of my positional flaws.
2) If there is a concept I am uncomfortable with (most recently using influence), I adopt a method of play that forces me to interact with it more. As a result, I have been playing openings with lots of 4-4s, and have been taking walls when offered more often. We'll see if I'm better with it, but I'm a little more comfortable with the idea.

[NoSkill]

I change my style like once every other week. As soon as I master it (as much as I can anyway) I change styles.