Life In 19x19

oren wrote:Why would you want an account when you don't play go?

One doesn't have to play Go to enjoy a healthy interest in Go, as I've abundantly demonstrated with my portfolio of games, several of which make use of the goban, including my Go variant, Redstone.

I'm a designer. I.e., not someone who needs to justify himself to mere players.

MarkSteere wrote: ...mere players.

-.-

I'm a god. I.e., not someone who needs to justify himself to mere mortals.

A designer huh? Interesting reading material...

http://mancala.wikia.com/wiki/Mark_Stee ... l_views%29

What happens when us "mere players" never play your "games" ?

Neutron wrote:What happens when us "mere players" never play your "games" ?

I guess it means the games need a higher intelligence than mere mortals players have.

Neutron wrote:A designer huh?

If I'm not a designer, tell me who is. My games are played on 16 servers, far more than any other designer.

The obviously biased "critique" was written by an extremely jealous, fellow designer who never amounted to anything.

A little perspective on Ralf Gering.

Neutron wrote:What happens when us "mere players" never play your "games" ?

Never?? lol My games have been played many tens of thousands of times, including a few times right here in Life in 19. Howdja miss that?

Neutron wrote:A designer huh? Interesting reading material...

http://mancala.wikia.com/wiki/Mark_Stee ... l_views%29

Wow... Makes me almost jealous of his fame

MarkSteere wrote:[..] The obviously biased "critique" was written by an extremely jealous, fellow designer who never amounted to anything.

I assume your harsh critique is not biased, right?

A little perspective on Ralf Gering

“little”, indeed.

BTW on the same page, near the top you write about Redstone:

REDSTONE I accidentally designed a Go variant, something I don't normally do. I almost didn't release it but I'm glad I did because it made a huge splash in the Go community.

“a huge splash”? When was that? I missed this.

MarkSteere wrote:One doesn't have to play Go to enjoy a healthy interest in Go, as I've abundantly demonstrated with my portfolio of games, several of which make use of the goban

Everything else aside, this is a non-sequitur.

One could compare go to a literary tradition. Just because you make use of a pen and paper, doesn't mean you have any appreciation of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. The essence of go is in the actual patterns of stones, not in the simplistic rules or equipment.

Bonobo wrote:“a huge splash”?

Huge is a relative term. Just getting the time of day from Go lifers is significant. Getting very favorable reviews from topazg, Bill Spight, et al to me is huge. The fact that Redstone might be "deeper" than Go... Name one other Go variant with that credential.

How many games have you guys designed?

[chirping crickets]

Exactly.

This topic has veered far off course, mostly due to the imprecations of a single poster. I request that the forum moderation intervene.

MarkSteere wrote:How many games have you guys designed?

How many games have you played?

[chirping crickets]

Xa17u wrote:How many games have you played?

Of Go? A few. I haven't completely given up on Go, btw. I just need the right instructor. Getting completely annihilated, from the first few moves onward, while receiving zero instruction is not real helpful, believe it or not.

Maybe I'll be inspired by Kaya if I ever get my free account. And assuming the lag isn't too bad. I find any degree of lag totally unbearable.

I think they intend to open up for more accts on monday, so be sure to watch it. And yes, getting zero instructions is really not helpful. Is this the reason you are (= seem to be) displeased by Go? I could understand this.