Life In 19x19

Tezza,

Thanks, I've a feeling that things will slow down a bit now. I got a lot to learn! The forums are a big help. I look forward to establishing residence as an SDK one day. See you there!


God bless,
Adam

Joaz Banbeck wrote:Go has the worst learning curve of anything I'v ever attempted to learn. Hang in there. It will get better.

Don't believe him.

Bill Spight wrote:If there is a point or region of play where, no matter which player plays there, the other player must reply, each player's forcing play is called a double sente.

Via extrapolation we can arrive at triple sente -- a play so big that not only will the opponent respond regardless of who plays first, but those in the peanut gallery will be unable to resist commenting on how large it was (=

I guess to properly complete the chain the play must also be such that should a commenter inadvertently mention the area within earshot of the competitors, the next player will immediately play it...

You should take advantage of the community and play a few games in the L19 room. We're a friendly lot! Really!

The main interface for KGS is rather intimidating and quite confusing. Is there a way to log into and bookmark the L19 room there?

ACGalaga wrote:Hey Adam, nice to meet you!

I've been enjoying DGS a lot just because I don't have the time to play live. Playing turned based also allows me to continue thinking about strategy that can be applied in live games when I have the chance to play then.

However~

tezza wrote:(iii) if we have many games going at one time, one bad day could mean making bad moves across many games

Oh man... this happens to me often (^_^;) It's even worse when I decide to make moves when drunk. I'll be at a party someplace, notice my phone and play some moves on a few games. Next morning, "What the?! ...awe man, when did I do that?!"

I live in a city with a large Chinese immigrant population. You should see the old men play after a few rounds of what I imagine is some Chinese sake.

SCWillson wrote:The main interface for KGS is rather intimidating and quite confusing. Is there a way to log into and bookmark the L19 room there?

It saves the rooms you join automatically assuming you registered and didn't log in as a guest.

Ah. Excellent, thank you.

Good morning folks.

I hope I will not be too boring.

I "play" Go for 3-4 years and I'm around 15k EGF (10k KGS). As many 30's I have a job, a wonderful wife and others activities. I love Go very much but I could have also the OGA sydrom. I have lots of books I never opened.

I was in EGC in Bordeaux last year and I subscribe to EGC 2012 in Bonn. My level didn' change that much ... and I didn't play that much too. I watched Baduk TV every morning on my Tablet and I felt so good watching. But when it is about playing online I'm not so motivated. Local club meet every Thursday but I can't go every week and I play 9x9 against newbies what could be beneficial to me.

Do anybody had the same problem ? Do I need a coach or friendly go-friends to play against ? I tried ASD League but I could "force" me to play at least 4 times a month (just incredible).

You would probably say to solve tsumegos, tesujis, ...

I can discuss about that here, MP, mail, KGS, ....

Thanks alot for your help.

I find tsumego easier to fit into life than real time games with a wife and kids. Your mileage may vary though. For instance now, I'm minding a 5 year old (if it was just him I could fit a game in as he likes to watch me play) but my 2 year old daughter could wake at any time so I can't play anything. So I'll do a few tsumego instead this morning and might try to get a game in later when my wife is minding the kids. I've a pretty understanding wife though who doesn't mind me going off for an hour to play a game of go.

At the club, well to improve you have to get games in against stronger players as well as giving the beginners a game. If you just play beginners in 9x9 all the time your 19x19 game is going to suffer compared to if you're playing sdks in 19x19 and watching what they do and why they beat you.