pcock Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Ive got a set, me and my friend had vague notions of sitting off in armchairs smoking joints and being all intellectual playing Go but never got round to it. as being me aswell, i bought a proper nice set aswell, big fat marble table with glass beads. I know the rules but i dont know how to play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deep Fried Everything Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 i have a friend who is supergamesmaster (kind of guy who spends his life on WoW), he's good at pretty much everything and sometimes frustrating to play as usually only an advanced player would have a chance in hell of competing, and part of me thinks he's just wired that way, but i really do see your point tftt... All this guy does is play games. that's it. do you know any more details on the "study of the expert minds"? i'd be really interested to read that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ten fingers ten toes Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 do you know any more details on the "study of the expert minds"? i'd be really interested to read that. Here ya go: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-expert-mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 they have the baduk channel over here. Guys do nothing but play baduk (Go) and then the commentators hop in and talk shit about what possible moves there are. You can see old dudes playing it everywhere. I never really got into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I played my entire school time playing 5-in-a-row (Gomoku), it's not Go but close. The first player always had obvious advantage so it was the loser of the previous game. After getting bored I started playing Renju Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaarg Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 So a year has passed and I'm wondering, has anyone here started go yet? I've played The Tuss on the KGS server and as AphexTwin I was greeted as the electronica god a few times lol. It was fun, but I'm now playing as gaarg again, it was too much pressure, pretending to be That guy. also: Fred, didn't you say you was gonna give it a try? Oh, the fun we'd have... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Babar Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 i used to play go during the philosophy course at school. But it was too much pressure for me. I was a poorly skilled player, though, something like 50 kyu lol. (the computer's still beating me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Really, if you want to be good at Go, be Asian. More spefically, be South Korean or Chinese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokoon Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 gaarg, what rank are you now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaarg Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 I'm still a lousy 3kyu in EGF (European go federation). 1kyu on Kgs (Kiseido go server). I'm not progressing anywhere even though I've been like playing for 7 years now. It's all because there's no close friends playing so we could take progress together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Babar Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 hey gaarg, still planing to go to carcassonne ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba69 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I've played a bit of go, but I actually prefer pente as well as 5-in-a-row and 6-in-a-row. I haven't learned to appreciate the subtle strategical aspects of go yet. I prefer tactical sparring, which I understand exists somewhat in go, but I haven't learned too much of that either. I'm just knee deep in chess which is still very rewarding for me to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 My friends only want to play connect-4 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaarg Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 hey gaarg, still planing to go to carcassonne ? Yes! I've been thinking about asking some more stuff about France and all in that topic I had. So, probably I'll do just that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaarg Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 I've played a bit of go, but I actually prefer pente as well as 5-in-a-row and 6-in-a-row. I haven't learned to appreciate the subtle strategical aspects of go yet. I prefer tactical sparring, which I understand exists somewhat in go, but I haven't learned too much of that either. I'm just knee deep in chess which is still very rewarding for me to play. This is why I play video games like Puzzle quest and Diablo. A lot of spontanous tacticism whilst go can also be like that if you play like me (10 games a day with not much brain involved), but if you take your time and think there's all the subtlenes you'll ever need in this amazing game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Only white crackers play Chess, GO is where it's at. Crackers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Dabbled a bit over the past couple of years, never really got any good at it. More of a chess player, but I love all traditional games and will give anything a try! These days I'm mostly into dominoes and card games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fox Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 i love go but never had anyone to play with/against. will try the kgs you mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rabid Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I tried learning, I was absolutely horrible and lost all the time. I'd play and it would look like I'm winning and then I would lose and I'd have no idea why. I read up on it a lot and knew everything about the game but the strategy part of it never clicked with me. I ended up getting so pissed off that I swore I'd never play again I'm gonna give it another try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest assegai Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Didn't read the thread (will later) but I always wanted to learn Go (play chess regularly). A couple friends and I tried to learn a couple times via google however nothing ever transpired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba69 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Its really hard to learn go on your own, I find. I think it is much easier just to start out playing OTB with somebody who knows a lot about the game already. You learn A LOT more that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokoon Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Its really hard to learn go on your own, I find. I think it is much easier just to start out playing OTB with somebody who knows a lot about the game already. You learn A LOT more that way. so very true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDO Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 got to 5k on KGS then dropped to 8k right now i'm 7k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaarg Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 Having somebody to tutor you is always best. Remember the times we were figuring out the basics of go, kokoon? Those were the lols... Gordo, what's your nickname on KGS? Lets fight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDO Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 TheTuss but i don't remember playing you as either aphextwin or gaarg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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