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What the hell is HUAS HUAS HUAS? That's not even convenient to type?
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May 6, 2009 18:57
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Pillow Face posted:What the hell is HUAS HUAS HUAS? That's not even convenient to type? That's what I was wondering. Unless Brazil doesn't use QWERTY. I'm guessing it's a thing in Brazil. Maybe some kind of sound effect of a brain being blown.
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May 6, 2009 19:50
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its the sound of a donk-rear end brazilian booty being slapped repeatedly
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May 6, 2009 19:54
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His English was also pretty poor. Shortly after that he said something like "I'm going to take my sister, lets have some fun later." After a few questions I realized he was taking her to school...
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May 6, 2009 20:15
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I remember the S being silent sometimes in Portugese, and the H being hard (and R is a soft H). It might be pronounced KWA KWA KWA!! . . . gotta look that up.
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May 7, 2009 16:37
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Go party!  Hey Helsbecter what did you mean by that villainous statement? Is woss on hiatus?
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May 8, 2009 03:05
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qxan posted:Go party! I was looking through the baby name book with the lady and right there on the first page, "Sebastian." On the one hand, if we named the baby Sebastian it would be in good company, but on the other, we don't plan on it being a miserable baby forever.
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May 8, 2009 07:12
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Price info for 2009 go congress is up: https://www.usgo.org/congresses/2009/faq.php#costquote:For adults over 22 the registration fee is $260 22-and-under price isn't too bad. If any of you guys can make it out to DC but can't cover the registration fee I might be willing to help out, PM me here or nexterh on KGS. ps hi qxan are you 9d yet
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May 8, 2009 13:23
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xau posted:For youths 22 and under the fee is $130 drat it I had to go and turn 22 three years ago. That is a decent price compared to an adult. What I don't understand is what more is a 23 year old (or a 25 year old) going to be getting out of the congress that is worth paying an extra $130. I mean room and food aren't even included. xau posted:
You, sir, are a pip. Even though there is no way I can go I'd like to thank you for this offer. Blendy fucked around with this message at 15:12 on May 8, 2009 |
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May 8, 2009 15:05
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Way too much money for go con.
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May 9, 2009 19:55
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FYI: ITGO just got admin'd for lewd language. The room info got removed and they stuck us in the new room division. We just got warned by the man. EDIT: We just got put back proper room status. Blendy fucked around with this message at 20:26 on May 9, 2009 |
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May 9, 2009 20:14
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Guys, itgo is a family room ok, cut the crap
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May 9, 2009 20:36
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Question about materials. I just got a set from ymimports.com, shin kaya, yunzi stones, about $90 or so. I love it, it's pretty, yadda yadda. Kiseido says, "Another wood that is being used for go boards is spruce. It is marketed as shin-kaya, but it is a very inferior wood to be used for go boards. It is a soft wood and, after a short time, small dents will be made by stones striking the surface. The boards initially look very nice, but the wood deteriorates rather quickly." Now... are they saying this because they're selling Katsura boards and want you to shell out the $350 it'll take for one? Or is shin-kaya (alaskan or tibetan spruce) really that terrible?
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May 10, 2009 20:02
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I probably have that same board or very similar, and while it's not something that's going to get you a lot of wows at a go club, its perfectly usable and is basically the best cheap option for a board that looks and feels decent and isn't a ton of money. It's an "inferior" wood compared to real go boards, but real go boards are way out of the price range of most players. TLDR: I have a shin-kaya board and I'm perfectly happy with it. The sections started splitting a little bit but thats because I left it in the trunk of my car for a winter, I think.
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May 10, 2009 22:02
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Quad posted:Question about materials. Yeah, spruce is a terrible material for a go board in the sense that a go board is supposed to be this sublime masterwork that you can pass down for generations. At the go club where I play, we've got about a half a dozen shin kaya boards that have been rather indifferently cared for in the ten years or whatever that they've been in service, and only one of them is really hosed up to the point where you might consider grabbing another board. As long as you aren't obsessed with slapping your stones down like some sort of stunt spectacular, it ought to be alright. You wanted something to play on, after all, not something for your tea ceremony.
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May 10, 2009 23:00
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smacking down stones is fun and having indents on poo poo like common opening points is sort of cool imo also just to remind anyone new, when you go into the SA room make some noise and one of the regulars will let you into the super secret cool kids club (SSCKC)
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May 10, 2009 23:33
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Anyone who was in there previously has to rejoin because some kgs admin took the room down to remedy the INAPPROPRIATE/LEWD SPEECH in our room description. Never mind that because it was a private room only people who had access could see the INAPPROPRIATE/LEWD SPEECH; the only way the admin could have possibly noticed is if he went down the list checking the hundreds of rooms for INAPPROPRIATE/LEWD SPEECH like some kind of busybody human being.
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May 11, 2009 00:07
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I stumbled upon this: http://www.361points.com/go_videos/ Neat to see a fansub of Chinese game commentary on Lee Changho vs. Cho Hunhyun. The double-digit kyu workshop is nice too. Go is about sharing and being nice 
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May 11, 2009 00:09
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So I'm looking to get a copy of Attack and Defense and I was just checking amazon to see had any copies (which I don't know why I did, they never do). Three sellers however had copies. Have you seen what they are charging? http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/4871870146/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1242014363&sr=8-1&condition=all
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May 11, 2009 05:04
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I just got done playing my first two games (KGS) of Go since high school (which were played against equally clueless players using graphing paper and glass "stones"). Thanks Helsbecter for pointing me in the right direction really opened my eyes on how this game works. Hopefully sometime in the future I won't get as demolished. 98 games to go...
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May 11, 2009 07:05
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Pillow Face posted:I stumbled upon this: The subtitled commentary is really cool, hopefully he translates a couple more
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May 11, 2009 10:20
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Blendy posted:So I'm looking to get a copy of Attack and Defense and I was just checking amazon to see had any copies (which I don't know why I did, they never do). Three sellers however had copies. Have you seen what they are charging? Just order it directly from Kiseido(http://kiseido.com/go_books.htm). $18
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May 11, 2009 11:03
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I'm going to come and hang out with you guys on KGS for a while. I played a little bit of Go a few years ago but have since forgotten all but the most basic rules. Unfortunately I'll be stuck offline for a couple of days so will try and get back up to speed with GNU Go before coming online to get absolutely demolished. I'd like to be one step ahead of "placing stones randomly" before wasting somebody else's time!
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May 11, 2009 13:21
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Zeiros posted:I'm going to come and hang out with you guys on KGS for a while. I played a little bit of Go a few years ago but have since forgotten all but the most basic rules. I'd recommend coming on and playing the low-level rank bots. They aren't as good as actual people, but at least we can see your games and help you. And besides, KGS maintains a pretty good population of beginners - even brand new players can usually find a game that will be rewarding for all parties. EDIT: and yeah just get kiseido books from kiseido, they have sort of an archaic order system but I've done it twice with no complaints.
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May 11, 2009 14:33
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GoBob posted:Just order it directly from Kiseido(http://kiseido.com/go_books.htm). $18 I did, I just thought it was interesting that they're selling copies for $200+
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May 11, 2009 15:47
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Blendy posted:I did, I just thought it was interesting that they're selling copies for $200+ My guess is that they are the original Ishi Press copies, despite Amazon saying the publisher is Kiseido. I know Ishi Press versions tend to sell for insanely high amounts.
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May 11, 2009 15:53
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kgs players are big fukkin pussies got banned for callin someone a fag
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May 11, 2009 16:14
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Pillow Face posted:I stumbled upon this: This is a great video and it's actually pretty funny too: "What shall we call this shape... I'm afraid we can only call this White shape... A shape that wants to cry but can't produce tears."
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May 11, 2009 19:09
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as halfway crooks posted:kgs players are big fukkin pussies got banned for callin someone a fag bans only last 48 hours so in two days you can start making GBS threads the place up again
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May 11, 2009 22:04
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Blendy posted:So I'm looking to get a copy of Attack and Defense and I was just checking amazon to see had any copies (which I don't know why I did, they never do). Three sellers however had copies. Have you seen what they are charging? I had an original copy of that. Lent it out to friends, pages got torn out from the poor binding, and all I can remember is wanting that entire book back because I am 100% positive it explained everything I am currently lacking.
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May 12, 2009 12:54
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Azazel posted:I had an original copy of that. Lent it out to friends, pages got torn out from the poor binding, and all I can remember is wanting that entire book back because I am 100% positive it explained everything I am currently lacking. Was it the Ishi press or Kiseido printing? I'm wondering if the Ishi press is any different. I'm guessing not. Edit for stupidity: I'm guessing by original you mean Ishi. Have you seen a Kiseido copy? If so have you noticed differences? Blendy fucked around with this message at 16:20 on May 12, 2009 |
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May 12, 2009 16:14
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Blendy posted:Was it the Ishi press or Kiseido printing? I'm wondering if the Ishi press is any different. I'm guessing not. The only differences(as far as I'm aware) between the Ishi Press and Kiseido editions of the books is that the Kiseido versions fixed a lot of the errors in the Ishi versions. At least that's what I gathered from looking at my Kiseido copies of L&D and Tesuji. If anyone is looking for some out of print books, Kiseido has released some old books as downloads or all five on a DVD(http://www.kiseidodigital.com/kdb.html) * What's Your Rating?, by Miyamoto Naoki: 50 full-board problems with detailed explanations. * Kato's Attack and Kill, by Kato Masao. Fundamentals, problems, and game commentaries on Kato-style middle-game fighting. * Enclosure Josekis, by Takemiya Masaki. Dictionary of josekis for attacking and defending corner enclosures, an oft-overlooked topic. * All About Thickness, by Ishida Yoshio. An easy-to-understand, visual explanation of the crucial concept of thickness. * The Breakthrough to Shodan, by Miyamoto Naoki. Commentaries on three- and four-stone handicap games for the low-kyu player.
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May 12, 2009 16:30
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I was doing some reseach on Ishi Press this morning (looking up their publishing list and what not) and I'm now kind of confused about Ishi and Kiseido. In particular I can't find any information on when Ishi stopped printing (though they released a few books in 2007 under the Ishi label, so maybe they are still publishing?). Also I can't find any information why Richard Bozulich left Ishi and founded Kiseido. Invincible was printed first by Ishi and then by Kiseido but according to the info I found Kiseido printed it while Ishi was still in business!?
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May 12, 2009 17:33
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So I realized I hosed up buying my goban. I got a neat shin-kaya Japanese board which is totally off the hook and Chinese yunzi stones which are off the hook. I'm sure a lot of people reading this see the problem. The stones are too big for the board. Not by much. Ever so slightly. But it's enough to bother me when I play on it. I have to readjust the stones as every move maligns other stones. Woe is me. tl;dr: 
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May 13, 2009 23:28
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I'm in the room as mkarr. I'd like to start playing--I've only played maybe three games before. Looking forward to seeing you guys.
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May 14, 2009 00:00
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qxan posted:So I realized I hosed up buying my goban. I got a neat shin-kaya Japanese board which is totally off the hook and Chinese yunzi stones which are off the hook. I'm sure a lot of people reading this see the problem. The stones are too big for the board. Not by much. Ever so slightly. But it's enough to bother me when I play on it. I have to readjust the stones as every move maligns other stones. Press '8' to toggle the shrink ray.
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May 14, 2009 00:03
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qxan posted:So I realized I hosed up buying my goban. I got a neat shin-kaya Japanese board which is totally off the hook and Chinese yunzi stones which are off the hook. I'm sure a lot of people reading this see the problem. The stones are too big for the board. Not by much. Ever so slightly. But it's enough to bother me when I play on it. I have to readjust the stones as every move maligns other stones. Post a picture, stones are supposed to be slightly too big
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May 14, 2009 03:01
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 Unfortunately, this is a picture of 19 stones. As you can see, they line up perfectly with the lines of intersection. Not. The black stone in the center is perfectly positioned, and, as you can see, the stones only get worse and worse from there.  So can we throw my pity party now? I'll bring the dip. 
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May 14, 2009 20:53
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Honestly, I'd still play with it. You aren't often going to see these huge solid fields of stones where that will become that noticeable.
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May 14, 2009 20:56
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qxan is your goban slotted together? The photos kind of make it look like 2 parts slotted together (which I've seen but I can't tell if this one is or if the photo is just weird). Also is that a carrying case in the background? If so how is it?
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May 14, 2009 21:32
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