Been reading this forum in the past a lot, and as I recently, today, started playing GO again, I thought I should register, to make myself known. This place is quite a goldmine, and I am happy to be a part of it. What else... hailing from Finland, in my 30s... that's about it.
And a little bit of GO history. I pretty much played my first game not more than a year ago. And got damn addicted until I seriously burned out, this can be a very, VERY frustrating game. Two months and hundreds of games later, I got from zero to 8 kyu in KGS, but it wasn't fun anymore and didn't play a single game for... KGS accounts are deleted now, so, that would make it over six months I guess.
Started a new account on Tygem today, and chose 12k as my starting level, to ease myself into y'know, to get to single digits quick enough again, to shake the rust off. But I have been slaughtered by Chinese and Koreans like you wouldn't believe! It sure seems a lot tougher than I remember from KGS days, they must play differently, my stones just keep on dying, 50-60 point losses during my first few games. Must be a different kind of breed those Asians. Double digits weren't supposed to be so tough! Six losses straight, embarrassing, I did not have any problems with 12 kuys before, but now... sheesh!
I tend to prattle a lot, pardon. Got demoted to 13k
, to be expected, but at least during the last four games I was starting to put on some resistance, even won two games, there is always hope. I will climb up. 
Very nice to be here.
