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Re: you know you've played too much go when...
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:35 am
by henrikfalk
114: you buy a high end computer dedicated to analyzing your Go games
Re: you know you've played too much go when...
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 12:33 pm
by phillip1882
115: you make pictures with the stones.
116: your games are reviewed by pro players.
117: you carry go stones in your pocket so you'll never be apart from go.
118: you laser etch a go board.
119: you wash go stones every day.
120: you get a go tattoo.
Re: you know you've played too much go when...
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:39 pm
by phillip1882
121: you deliberately play a poor move to test your opponent.
122: you have a ghost that you teach go.
123: you use terms like cutting, killing, poking out eyes, and aji in normal conversation.
124: you know several magic tricks involving go.
Re: you know you've played too much go when...
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:11 am
by phillip1882
125: you've accurately guessed jigo more than 10 times in a row.
126: you crawl on the second line in preparation for a center attack.
127: you think the bloodier the game is, the better.
128: you fall asleep on a game you clearly won.
Re: you know you've played too much go when...
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 3:50 pm
by phillip1882
129: you play out a failing ladder for strategic purposes.
130: you beat the cpu that beat lee sedol.
131: you never need score estimate software, as you are perfect in that regard.
132: the only go variant you play is on a bigger board.
Re: you know you've played too much go when...
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:56 am
by phillip1882
133: you play go on more than two servers.
134: you created more than two go salons.
135: you create jokes about go.
Re: you know you've played too much go when...
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2020 12:20 pm
by daal
136. ...you can think of more than 100 reasons why you have played too much go

Re: you know you've played too much go when...
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 1:40 pm
by phillip1882
137: you write a poem about go.
138: you use the game result for a trade of goods.
139: you write a comprehensive book about go.
140: you can find the flaw in any move.
141: the first game you teach your children is go.
Re: you know you've played too much go when...
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:56 pm
by phillip1882
141: you use lego pieces to emphasize building.
142: you can play 100 moves in under a minute.
143: insei is too weak for you.
144: you've watched hikaru no go more than 10 times.
Re: you know you've played too much go when...
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:08 pm
by phillip1882
145: you've tried every possible opening.
146: you know the best opening response to each opening possibility.
147: you hurl a black stone at someone for initiative.
148: you pray for a tougher opponent.
Re: you know you've played too much go when...
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:53 pm
by tundra
149: you read about the state of Connecticut, but keep thinking of it as "connect-I-cut".
Re: you know you've played too much go when...
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:27 pm
by phillip1882
150: you can play go blindfolded
151: you can play go upside down
152: you master 1 color go within 10 games
153: your go rival is god
Re: you know you've played too much go when...
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 2:45 pm
by dhu163
154: you record so many AI variations until 1 sgf is too large to send in an email.
155: you comment on every aspect you see of every move until you know you need more discipline to get past move 10.
156: you use a game against a strong player to create artistic patterns.
Re: you know you've played too much go when...
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:10 pm
by phillip1882
157: you master many games that have a similar feel to go.
158: you use music to set your play style.
159: you've never even considered to use a cpu to make a move for you.
Re: you know you've played too much go when...
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 6:53 am
by Elom0
160 . . . You want to use the ability to win go matches as currency.
The richest people on earth would be the top go pros, the incentive will close the gap between humans and the current level of AI to 1 stone, and inflation would never be too bad