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Re: I like Japanese Go. How about you?
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:39 pm
by tchan001
What I really like about Japanese go is the craftsmanship of their higher priced equipment.
What I don't like is using the word "go" to search for things related to the game. I get much better results on search engines with "weiqi" and "baduk" when I want to research the game.
I play mostly on KGS using mostly Japanese rules. It's the default and most people use it on that server.
There is an interesting quote from JF's Introduction in his book "Gateway to All Marvels" which brings light to why the rules were changed in China:
In any case, the game itself also seems to have suffered some sort of upheaval in China soon after the GTAM, in Ming times, when the rules were changed from what we now call Japanese rules (territory counting) to modern Chinese rules (area counting), a revolution which may well have its roots in whatever burst of activity seems to have taken place in the 13th and 14th centuries. The available evidence suggests it might have been simply to stop cheating (by fiddling the number of prisoners). We do know that cheating became prevalent as go became more widespread.
Re: I like Japanese Go. How about you?
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 10:04 pm
by billywoods
Kuopio wrote:It feels weird to say , hey man, let us go to paly go.
It doesn't really feel weird to me. But, admittedly, some English speakers
who don't know the game agree. After they've heard it and used it a couple of times, it starts sounding natural. (Most people I know have made one go pun and then got bored immediately.)
Re: I like Japanese Go. How about you?
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 5:06 am
by tekesta
Re: I like Japanese Go. How about you?
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 8:10 am
by Bonobo
tekesta wrote:Kraftwerk?
Nah,
Hot Butter<edit>BTW when I was around 13 or so I drove my math teacher crazy cause I played this on my teeth with a pencil, and he could never find out where this came from
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Re: I like Japanese Go. How about you?
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:11 am
by skydyr
billywoods wrote:Kuopio wrote:It feels weird to say , hey man, let us go to paly go.
It doesn't really feel weird to me. But, admittedly, some English speakers
who don't know the game agree. After they've heard it and used it a couple of times, it starts sounding natural. (Most people I know have made one go pun and then got bored immediately.)
I don't know... I'm not sure I could ever get used to palying
Re: I like Japanese Go. How about you?
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 10:29 am
by illluck
skydyr wrote:billywoods wrote:Kuopio wrote:It feels weird to say , hey man, let us go to paly go.
It doesn't really feel weird to me. But, admittedly, some English speakers
who don't know the game agree. After they've heard it and used it a couple of times, it starts sounding natural. (Most people I know have made one go pun and then got bored immediately.)
I don't know... I'm not sure I could ever get used to palying
Please don't joke about the OP's spelling, it's what led to his ban on the Chinese forum in the first place.
Re: I like Japanese Go. How about you?
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:27 am
by hyperpape
I'll admit, I found this thread hilarious, but can we lock it? I feel the same sort of regret that I'd feel if I were gawking at a bad accident on the freeway.
[admin]
Based on this public request, and similar private requests, I'm locking this thread.
The OP won't be joining us for the rest of his life.
JB
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