Life In 19x19

unkx80 wrote:

daniel_the_smith wrote:Re: topic: It's easy to be shodan, that's why everyone is doing it!

It's a psychological barrier. Just like when SL celebrated its 10,000th page. Otherwise, what's so magical about the number 10,000, or 1 dan for that matter. (Actually, SL just passed its 20,000th page.)

Edit: Exactly!!!

If you want to get to 1 dan, go to Kyrgyzstan and play there. Then it'll be very easy. Or go to IGS and just post 1 dan in your rank.

If you don't think it's genuine, then you'll never reach a genuine 1 dan, because a real 1 dan should actually be professional 1 dan and everything else is fake.

Thanks for the suggestions guy's I will really try to impliment them.

To reach shodan may be not difficult when you start to play as single digit kyu.

A big problem is; playing in Internet. Because if you are 7 kyu, you mostly play with 7 kyu players. So, same strength players doesn't give them self too much. you have to play stronger players (or watching games, reading books, solving problems...).

You can find a pro player teacher and s/he can easily make you Dan

Perhaps my unhealthy appetite to watch high dan games online rather than play my own isn't so unhealthy after all.