Capture the stones, or have mercy?

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In the situation below, do you take the stones?

Yes, of course. Winning is about taking advantage of mistakes, after all.
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Yes, but only if a casual game.
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Yes, but only if it's a serious game.
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No, I'd always have mercy.
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Depends on my mood.
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Other (Please explain)
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Re: Capture the stones, or have mercy?

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Kirby wrote:
MountainGo wrote:...a momentary blunder can suddenly erase everything you've been building up. Fortunately, once you reach a certain level (say, SDK), this is essentially no longer a factor.


I don't think I agree with this. I think that momentary blunders that mess up everything you've been building up exist at dan levels, too. :)


Pros are not immune to it either. This Chinese article (http://sports.sina.com.cn/go/2010-05-24 ... 9844.shtml) listed a few past incidents during dame filling period.
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Re: Capture the stones, or have mercy?

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topazg wrote:Yes, if it is the biggest move, irregardless of it being about winning.


Agreed, regardless of the grammatical error. ;-)

Two points: 1) the result of a game is the end product of our good plays and bad, so a bad move by my opponent is simply part of the game, and if I'm clever enough (not often) to take advantage of it, that's part of the game, too; and 2) I play for fun so being captured doesn't bother me, and I hope the same is true for my opponents.
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GoCat wrote:Agreed, regardless of the grammatical error. ;-)


Hehe, but it's such a fun and interesting "error". I defend my right to use a non-word that possibly combines "irrespective" and "regardless" to accentuate the lack of regard for the final result in a given Go game :lol:
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topazg wrote:Hehe, but it's such a fun and interesting "error".

Okay... I give up; if it has its own entry in Wikipedia, I throw in the towel on this one. I hereby will never complain about this word, again.

(But if I'm ever forced to do the same for "a whole nother", I will simply stop using verbal language and instead speak only with my Go stones.)

...or something like that.

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Post by judicata »

GoCat wrote:
topazg wrote:Hehe, but it's such a fun and interesting "error".

Okay... I give up; if it has its own entry in Wikipedia, I throw in the towel on this one. I hereby will never complain about this word, again.

(But if I'm ever forced to do the same for "a whole nother", I will simply stop using verbal language and instead speak only with my Go stones.)

...or something like that.

:)


I will continue to complain, but knowing that the author using the word does it fully aware that it is a non-word does ease the sting.
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