Life In 19x19

EdLee wrote:[..]

If you can find one example where a pro flips a shell stone after it's placed on the board, please include the link here. Thanks.

After this I’d rather expect that a pro asks for undo than that they ever flip a stone after it’s been placed

I haven't seen any pro turning over a stone that has already played on the board but I have seen pros adjust stones that were played a little off of where lines intersect. This would be done on the player's turn to move and doesn't seem to be considered improper.

I don't know about shell stones but I always put the magnet side down on my stones...oh wait, this is a serious discussion?!

Aidoneus wrote:I don't know about shell stones but I always put the magnet side down on my stones...oh wait, this is a serious discussion?!

I always let the server decide for me. That obviates the responsibility.

xed_over wrote:I have a friend who has the yunzi stones that are flat on one side.
I like annoying him by playing my stones randomly flat-side up. He always flips them over.

Sometimes the kids at Go club play their stones this way, and I have to really rein in the OCD not to flip them over. XD It's bad enough having to tell them over and over to stop spinning the bowl lids. without getting into a snit about which side up the stones are.

This may be slightly unrelated, but since the topic of translations came up I thought I'd mention that the public radio show Radiolab recently did a show on translations -- http://www.radiolab.org/story/translation/ -- that was quite fascinating. As someone who reads a lot of foreign novels (including quite a bit of Kawabata) both the show and John's comments above really educated me more on the difficulties of finding a true meaning (or possibly finding a new meaning as a result).

Inkwolf wrote:It's bad enough having to tell them over and over to stop spinning the bowl lids.

Hi Inkwolf, see also Understanding, post 35, on culture and etiquette.