Re: What is your Goal in Go?
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 6:51 am
Before, I commented:
So far, this works out fine: As my opponents in the local Go club and in the Go Workshop (which I instruct at the local school, voluntary work) get stronger and stronger—and whew, how fast those kids get stronger: recently four of ’em cleared away prizes in Hamburg at a 9x9 tournament for beginners <happy ’n’ proud>—I simultaneously get better at playing against handicap stones
Bonobo wrote:My first goal is to have fun playing with people In Real Life™, not on servers. [..] I spend more time with getting people hooked [..] than with getting stronger myself, so as to get more and stronger opponents on the real board[..]
So far, this works out fine: As my opponents in the local Go club and in the Go Workshop (which I instruct at the local school, voluntary work) get stronger and stronger—and whew, how fast those kids get stronger: recently four of ’em cleared away prizes in Hamburg at a 9x9 tournament for beginners <happy ’n’ proud>—I simultaneously get better at playing against handicap stones