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Mez posted:oh god KGS is down. My life in ruins I had thought it was just me. Luckily, it's back up.
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I don't understand this. Half of ITGO is in Europe or Australia, and a good chunk is in middle America. Why would we do New York? Does anyone in ITGO even live in New York or near it?
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Aug 28, 2009 20:47
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Peantoo posted:I don't understand this. Half of ITGO is in Europe or Australia, and a good chunk is in middle America. Why would we do New York? Does anyone in ITGO even live in New York or near it? Lovely lives near it, but we can't stay with him. Qxan lives in Philly, I think? Which is kinda closer to NYC? DON'T ASK ME I INVITED ALL YOU JIVE TURKEYS TO MY HOUSE! I guess if the 7 people that voted for NYC would like to explain their vote it would help us dumb Midwestern ITGOoons.
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Aug 28, 2009 21:54
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I voted for England. I think there are more votes than there are people in ITGO as well.
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Aug 28, 2009 22:29
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Nobody's going overseas to meet a bunch of super nerds from an internet chat room, just have separate meetups for separate continents sheesh.
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Aug 28, 2009 22:53
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I only put an England option there since Exar wanted it. It's also why the votes only count 1/3rd of a normal vote. Also it's a trick because there is a Sheffield area in Chicago and I'm counting them as votes for Chicago...Okay not really...but I thought about it.
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Aug 29, 2009 00:30
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I voted New York because I am in Baltimore, and it's easier to get to New York than Chicago.
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Aug 29, 2009 00:42
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I voted NYC because I am in Delaware. Really, us mid-Atlantic goons should goonrush a club.
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Aug 29, 2009 00:43
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Peantoo posted:I don't understand this. Half of ITGO is in Europe or Australia, and a good chunk is in middle America. Why would we do New York? Does anyone in ITGO even live in New York or near it? Yeah, I would like to see who organizes a NYC meet considering nobody actually lives there.
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Aug 29, 2009 04:11
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Under 15 posted:Yeah, I would like to see who organizes a NYC meet considering nobody actually lives there. Just saying...
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Aug 29, 2009 08:00
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you know we could always have multiple meetups
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Aug 29, 2009 08:04
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Urban Renewal posted:you know we could always have multiple meetups LIES Et tu, Brute? That being said. Mini meetups are an option.
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Aug 29, 2009 08:14
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Blendy posted:That being said. Mini meetups are an option. We could just have everyone get on goonmap.com and then make an ITGO group and see where the best spots might be.
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Aug 29, 2009 17:21
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geographically it would end up being 3 miles due north of Cow Tongue, Nebraska.
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Aug 29, 2009 21:13
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Do the goonmap thing. It would be the middle of the ocean. Which ocean? I don't know.
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Aug 30, 2009 07:23
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qxan posted:Do the goonmap thing. It would be the middle of the ocean. Which ocean? I don't know. I created an ITGO group on goonmap, but it doesn't seem to actually make a map of the locations of the members in the group. I guess goonmap is no better than just using a private Google map (shared to people in ITGO, I guess). Edit: If you want an invitation to the ITGO map, just say an e-mail address in ITGO (or here I guess, if you're not paranoid) and it'll be invited. dirby fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Aug 30, 2009 |
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Aug 30, 2009 16:20
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I live in PA 45 minutes north of Philly. Screw NYC, let's just pick a place somewhere near Philly if this actually happens.
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Aug 30, 2009 21:28
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helopticor posted:I created an ITGO group on goonmap, but it doesn't seem to actually make a map of the locations of the members in the group. I guess goonmap is no better than just using a private Google map (shared to people in ITGO, I guess). blendy.coffee.sa@gmail.com
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Aug 31, 2009 00:43
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Blendy posted:blendy.coffee.sa@gmail.com Invitation sent. However, we're not going to get very far if no one uses it.
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Aug 31, 2009 01:34
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I have played a small amount of go very poorly and so if this meetup happened somewhere close to me I would consider going, but that seems unlikely.
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Aug 31, 2009 03:03
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KGS is not reliable in my area of Japan, so I haven't played online in ages. I've gotten apathetic about go in general, but while in China a few weeks ago I played some games at a go school in Chengdu and got utterly, terribly schooled. I'll be headed back to the States in a few weeks, so be looking for an "augustine" to roll up into the goon room.
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Aug 31, 2009 17:24
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I added a bunch of people to the map whether they like it or not!!
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Aug 31, 2009 18:44
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xau posted:I added a bunch of people to the map whether they like it or not!! It looks like there should be a Philadelphia meet, perhaps.
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Aug 31, 2009 22:35
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helopticor posted:It looks like there should be a Philadelphia meet, perhaps. The algorithm says we're meeting in Bumfuck, Idaho. If you don't like it, swim to merry old England 
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Sep 1, 2009 02:30
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Under 15 posted:At the low ranks, you can gain 3-4 stones a month with a little effort and it's pretty rare to just find someone who is currently at 15k, almost as hard as it is to find a boyfriend-free girl. Under 15 posted:The algorithm says we're meeting in Bumfuck, Idaho.
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I'm currently at 15k...because I just suddenly decided to stop for a couple weeks and now the semester is starting up and I have so much crap to do and oh god
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To Hopkins: I read the map wrong. I can't make it to Rockford! No public transit makes it that far. Maybe once I have a car D: I wanted to play some go irl today...
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helopticor posted:Hey, I'm currently at 15k. I guess I should lose some games to fix that. I beat a 13k with two stones by 0.5, which pushed me up to 14k. Let's see if I stay there.
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helopticor posted:I beat a 13k with two stones by 0.5, which pushed me up to 14k. Let's see if I stay there. Riding the rank line is just the best
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Real life go problems time! I am white in this game, and black has just passed. After losing a large group in the upper left, I managed to make a big capture in the lower right, nearly evening out the game. As the game stands now, I lose by around seven points, but I found the move that gave me a fighting chance and led to the win. Can you spot the move? (Spoil your answers so everyone can play!)
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Sep 4, 2009 10:58
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Urban Renewal posted:I am white in this game, and black has just passed. After losing a large group in the upper left, I managed to make a big capture in the lower right, nearly evening out the game. As the game stands now, I lose by around seven points, but I found the move that gave me a fighting chance and led to the win. Can you spot the move? (Spoil your answers so everyone can play!)
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Is it F3? If not, then I guess I'll have to go into ITGO and ask where my reading went wrong. (late edit: mystes pointed out where I went wrong) Edit: mystes posted:Is it G3? I don't think that works: If black follows up with G4, you capture the E3 group, but if black follows up with, say, F3, then the only reasonable move for white seems to be G4. Then G5 is in atari. If black responds to save the stone, then white gets to capture the J4 (or, if F3 were a move to protect the J4 group, then the E3 group). Therefore, blsck shouldn't try to save the stone. White gets to capture, which starts a ko, and even if white wins the ko, it doesn't give enough points. dirby fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Sep 4, 2009 |
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helopticor posted:Is it F3? If not, then I guess I'll have to go into ITGO and ask where my reading went wrong. Edit: If white does f3 [edit: I meant as the very first move in the problem] then can't black do G1 and successfully respond to anything after that? vvv mystes fucked around with this message at 15:53 on Sep 4, 2009 |
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Sep 4, 2009 15:28
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mystes posted:I was thinking of a slightly different sequence but I'm not sure if it works. If black does G4 then I would have white do F3 next. That's exactly what I said: helopticor posted:If black follows up with G4, you capture the E3 group However, I tried to argue that black has a better response than G4, which means this line doesn't affect how many points white can guarantee. Edit: mystes posted:Edit: If white does f3 then can't black do G1 and successfully respond to anything after that? Well, if you were right, then that means that your suggestion of G3 is wrong from the get-go. However, if the plays go G3, G4, F3, G1 then they continue on to white F1, black F2, white G2, black F1, white H1 and white does successfully capture the E3 group. dirby fucked around with this message at 15:38 on Sep 4, 2009 |
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Sep 4, 2009 15:32
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helopticor posted:That's exactly what I said: Edit: I mean after F3. Here's the whole sequence [edit: I mean for my answer to the problem]: 1: G3 If 2: G4 then do 3: F3 and go for the E3 gorup. If 2: F3 then 3: J2. If 4: H2 then do 5: G4. And If 6: H3 then do 7: F5 And If 6: F5 then do 7: H3 Otherwise (if 4 not H2) do 5: K1 and take K2 group. mystes fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Sep 4, 2009 |
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Sep 4, 2009 15:36
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mystes posted:Edit: If white does f3 [edit: I meant as the very first move in the problem] then can't black do G1 and successfully respond to anything after that? Now that I understand what this is in response to, I think that my initial answer of F3 to the problem was wrong. mystes posted:Here's the whole sequence [edit: I mean for my answer to the problem]: It looks that it's still the case that the most white can guarantee is capturing that one stone which I think isn't enough points, but I'm kinda lost now so maybe it is enough in this variation, or maybe there's a move in a completely different region of the board. dirby fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Sep 4, 2009 |
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Sep 4, 2009 15:56
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I live dangerously how about W O4
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helopticor posted:Now that I understand what this is in response to, I think that my initial answer of F3 to the problem was wrong. Edit: Argh what I wrote made no sense. I have to see if I just wrote messed up writing down what I was thinking or if it was just wrong. vvv mystes fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Sep 4, 2009 |
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Sep 4, 2009 16:23
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Argue posted:I live dangerously how about W O4 That's so much simpler and I think it works. dirby fucked around with this message at 17:00 on Sep 4, 2009 |
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One more try at my sequence: 1: G3 If 2: G4 then do 3: F3 and go for the E3 gorup. If 2: F3 then 3: J2. If 4: H2 then do 5: G4. And If 6: H3 then do 7: G2 If 8: H1 then do 9: F5 If 10: F1 then do 11: G1 (you get one of the two big groups) Or if 6: J1 then do 7: G2 If 8: G1 then do 9: F5 If 10: F1 then do H3 If black doesn't do J2 then do J2. If black does 12: J2 then do 13: G5 If black does 14: H1 then do 15: L1 (I think whatever black does you can take their big group) Otherwise take the E3 group And If 6: F5 then do 7: H3 Otherwise (if 4 not H2) do 5: K1 and take K2 group. mystes fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Sep 4, 2009 |
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