How Do I Stop This Dragon?
-
pocketMAD
- Dies in gote
- Posts: 24
- Joined: Sat Aug 06, 2016 9:05 am
- Rank: OGS 18 kyu
- GD Posts: 0
- KGS: pocketMAD
- OGS: SpencerKraisler
- Online playing schedule: OGS 19-21 PST
- Has thanked: 2 times
- Been thanked: 4 times
How Do I Stop This Dragon?
I have a tournament tomorrow, so I hope I can get a review in beforethen.
In the game, my opponent annoyingly played a dragon, and I foolishly failed at stopping it. I am also wondering if my global strategy was good or not. Thank you!
-
DrStraw
- Oza
- Posts: 2180
- Joined: Tue Apr 27, 2010 4:09 am
- Rank: AGA 5d
- GD Posts: 4312
- Online playing schedule: Every tenth February 29th from 20:00-20:01 (if time permits)
- Location: ʍoquıɐɹ ǝɥʇ ɹǝʌo 'ǝɹǝɥʍǝɯos
- Has thanked: 237 times
- Been thanked: 662 times
- Contact:
Re: How Do I Stop This Dragon?
I did not see a dragon in the game but I did see some pretty bad comments and language from you which indicates you don't really have good manners. So why should we help you?
Still officially AGA 5d but I play so irregularly these days that I am probably only 3d or 4d over the board (but hopefully still 5d in terms of knowledge, theory and the ability to contribute).
-
pocketMAD
- Dies in gote
- Posts: 24
- Joined: Sat Aug 06, 2016 9:05 am
- Rank: OGS 18 kyu
- GD Posts: 0
- KGS: pocketMAD
- OGS: SpencerKraisler
- Online playing schedule: OGS 19-21 PST
- Has thanked: 2 times
- Been thanked: 4 times
Re: How Do I Stop This Dragon?
DrStraw wrote:I did not see a dragon in the game but I did see some pretty bad comments and language from you which indicates you don't really have good manners. So why should we help you?
Isn't a dragon a long squiggle of stones waving throughout the board?
-
DrStraw
- Oza
- Posts: 2180
- Joined: Tue Apr 27, 2010 4:09 am
- Rank: AGA 5d
- GD Posts: 4312
- Online playing schedule: Every tenth February 29th from 20:00-20:01 (if time permits)
- Location: ʍoquıɐɹ ǝɥʇ ɹǝʌo 'ǝɹǝɥʍǝɯos
- Has thanked: 237 times
- Been thanked: 662 times
- Contact:
Re: How Do I Stop This Dragon?
pocketMAD wrote:DrStraw wrote:I did not see a dragon in the game but I did see some pretty bad comments and language from you which indicates you don't really have good manners. So why should we help you?
Isn't a dragon a long squiggle of stones waving throughout the board?
Yes.
Still officially AGA 5d but I play so irregularly these days that I am probably only 3d or 4d over the board (but hopefully still 5d in terms of knowledge, theory and the ability to contribute).
-
Koosh
- Lives with ko
- Posts: 202
- Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:26 pm
- Rank: AGA 2 dan
- GD Posts: 54
- Location: Raleigh, NC
- Has thanked: 94 times
- Been thanked: 53 times
- Contact:
Re: How Do I Stop This Dragon?
@pocketMAD: Your E15 stones are what we might call a dragon. By the way, if W had played move 53 at E17, it would have been a short game for you.
You seem to think that dragons are an annoying way of playing Go. I remember a similar feeling as a beginner, but it's wrong. In fact, crawling a dragon across the board can be a very legitimate way of playing, especially when your opponent's shape is thin. You can't always stop a dragon (you'll spend a good amount of time learning why). Learning how to ease off is an important skill.
Unfortunately, I also have to mimic DrStraw's comment. Don't curse at your opponents, especially when you yourself have only a vague idea of what's happening on the board. Unless that opponent is someone who has personally wronged you, your mother, or you're playing the game to avenge the murder of a loved one, of course.
Go is fun; getting cursed at by a stranger (or friend) isn't. You're unintentionally(?) driving people away from the Go community when you do that.
You seem to think that dragons are an annoying way of playing Go. I remember a similar feeling as a beginner, but it's wrong. In fact, crawling a dragon across the board can be a very legitimate way of playing, especially when your opponent's shape is thin. You can't always stop a dragon (you'll spend a good amount of time learning why). Learning how to ease off is an important skill.
Unfortunately, I also have to mimic DrStraw's comment. Don't curse at your opponents, especially when you yourself have only a vague idea of what's happening on the board. Unless that opponent is someone who has personally wronged you, your mother, or you're playing the game to avenge the murder of a loved one, of course.
Go is fun; getting cursed at by a stranger (or friend) isn't. You're unintentionally(?) driving people away from the Go community when you do that.
Ko is the best solution.
With Ko, I can keep eating and drinking until I am full.
Visit >>>Koosh's Study Journal<<<
With Ko, I can keep eating and drinking until I am full.
Visit >>>Koosh's Study Journal<<<
-
Uberdude
- Judan
- Posts: 6727
- Joined: Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:35 am
- Rank: UK 4 dan
- GD Posts: 0
- KGS: Uberdude 4d
- OGS: Uberdude 7d
- Location: Cambridge, UK
- Has thanked: 436 times
- Been thanked: 3718 times