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I bought this set from YM Imports http://www.ymimports.com/p-2411-bamboo-34-go-board-double-convex-yunzi-stones-w-bamboo-bowls.aspx#.UqlOZJFhOFI I bought it on Cyber Monday and missed that they were doing a 15% off coupon, but I emailed them asking if I could still get it and they refunded me the 15% discount. When I got the board (pick up since I am local) I noticed it was slightly warped http://imgur.com/a/dlAAo I emailed them about it with the pictures and they said that since the warping was slight I could get an additional 15% refund, or I could exchange for a new board. Since it's my first board, I'll be carrying it around a lot, and it wasn't too expensive, I figured I'll just take the discount. Just wanted to share my experience. The board is beautiful and the yunzi stones are very nice--I wasn't planning on oiling them but once I got them and washed them it was obvious they desperately need to be oiled or else they look terrible. Considering the board by itself is $50 and the same stones in slightly nicer bowls are $70, I think I got a pretty good deal for an ending price of $70. e: beauty shots http://instagram.com/p/hplUKnEnyr/ http://instagram.com/p/hmE1dcEn7C/ http://instagram.com/p/hmFls2kn8S/
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Someone might be interested in this.
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Dec 13, 2013 01:06
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Scheduled Delivery: Friday, 12/13/2013, By End of Day Oh boy, I'm so excited.
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Dec 13, 2013 08:34
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Here's pictures of that $101 floor goban from YMI http://imgur.com/a/5dt90 The playing surface is the only real "bad" part of it. So I just put my bamboo board over it: http://imgur.com/a/7n1Cz
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Dec 13, 2013 21:52
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You went out and bought it?! It looks really nice.
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tonberrytoby posted:So, I just found a go ranking test: http://play.baduk.org/ It gave me a rank of 5k. Given that I've played very little (3-5 9x9 games) of Go ever... E: I didn't notice this post was a month old  On a more recent topic, is KGS still a pretty decent place to play for a beginner?
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KGS is great! The only real complaint I have is that there's no sound when you place a stone. That test also gives me a European 7k which is like a 4k in Japan. I'll take that as a compliment. 
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Dec 13, 2013 23:46
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Kheldragar posted:KGS is great! The only real complaint I have is that there's no sound when you place a stone. The no stone clicks thing is a Java-related bug: https://www.gokgs.com/help/Java.html
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Dec 14, 2013 00:08
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h_double posted:The no stone clicks thing is a Java-related bug: https://www.gokgs.com/help/Java.html
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Kheldragar posted:You went out and bought it?! It looks really nice. They have more if anyone else lives in the LA area and wants one.
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Xom posted:There are two ways to get the sound back: The second one works for me. Now I just have to wait until monday to get my board. 
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Dec 15, 2013 16:31
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Haha, holy poo poo, what's wrong with Lee Sedol: http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/38938
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The only experience I have with go is when I was working at a beach traveller camp in turkey and one night I was setting out dinner and noticed a huge amount of dorky looking awkward fucks in the queue and wondered what the gently caress until someone told me they were holding a go tournament over the weekend and these guys proceeded to goon the place up being antisocial and complaining about the music in the night bar and asking for skrillex and only drinking water or soda so gently caress go
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Uncle Jam posted:Haha, holy poo poo, what's wrong with Lee Sedol: I think anyone who studied the rules of Go for 5 minutes would play D12 for move 371. What he played is beyond a beginner mistake.
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Dec 16, 2013 03:57
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are there phrases you can shout when doing certain moves like in mahjong to psyche out your opponent
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Dec 16, 2013 04:58
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yes. yes there are. HANE
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Uncle Jam posted:Haha, holy poo poo, what's wrong with Lee Sedol: Does anyone have any more info on what went down, that game was nuts and the ending, well,
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Lee is way behind. White has like nine more captures than white, so it's even worse than it looks. Maybe Lee just got pissed at b6 or something; a move like that seems like a suggestion on W's part that he ought to resign.
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I read that after Lee resigned they finished and counted normally, and he lost by 1.5. The sgf released by wbaduk is actually this non official version. Really weird in either case.
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Kheldragar posted:KGS is great! The only real complaint I have is that there's no sound when you place a stone. Going back to this, I think there's a huge difference between "Pick anywhere on the board" and "Pick the best that's these 5 places."
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Uncle Jam posted:I read that after Lee resigned they finished and counted normally, and he lost by 1.5. The sgf released by wbaduk is actually this non official version. Really weird in either case. 
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PrBacterio posted:what, how so? I mean, if you mean the count before the missed atari and loss of that gigantic black group. that huge white group in the lower left corner is dead, which makes it look to me like black should have been in the lead by a fair amount ... you know maybe I should just count the score myself, but if I missed something obvious I can save myself the effort
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PrBacterio posted:what, how so? I mean, if you mean the count before the missed atari and loss of that gigantic black group. that huge white group in the lower left corner is dead, which makes it look to me like black should have been in the lead by a fair amount ... you know maybe I should just count the score myself, but if I missed something obvious I can save myself the effort They say the game actually ended at move 366.
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The package arrived!  Here's the package:  Stones + mousepad   The actual board itself; it even has a 13x13 on the back!  Now if only I can figure out how to place stones correctly, because proper technique is hard.
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Kheldragar posted:The package arrived! nice package... for a nerd 
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Livingtrope posted:nice package... for a nerd go is for warriors!!!
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Lee is definitely behind, no matter how you cut it. Sometimes a pro will do weird things at the end of a game to resign or suggest that their opponent should; it used to be relatively common to do something like play two stones at once or retake a ko illegally to indicate that you were done. That said, I wouldn't trust a wbaduk transcription, they make tons of mistakes and weird poo poo. The game probably ends at 366.
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Dec 17, 2013 03:15
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amiantos posted:Here's pictures of that $101 floor goban from YMI  Super jealous. You could probably fix the top, depending on how damaged it is you might have to be up for learning the proper way to put lines on it. (Or don't care if the lines are the same as they were before you fixed it).Also, Dang Lee Sedol, Dang. 
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Kheldragar posted:The package arrived! Supposed to hold/place the stones like this. It might seem a little weird, but it does let you easily place a stone in the middle of a bunch of others without messing it up. 
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Apogee15 posted:Supposed to hold/place the stones like this. It might seem a little weird, but it does let you easily place a stone in the middle of a bunch of others without messing it up. I think I got it down now; it was just so awkward at first.
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Are boards ever made with tiny, shallow indentations at each vertex to keep the stones more stable, or is that considered uncouth?
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^Look at this loving gaijin
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I used to think they were built like that; you mean they aren't?
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They don't move around that much. If you want to be a freak about it, though, you can get a go board for the blind where there are indeed 361 cubbies you can put a stone in, which let you feel out the board without loving it up.
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Under 15 posted:They don't move around that much. If you want to be a freak about it, though, you can get a go board for the blind where there are indeed 361 cubbies you can put a stone in, which let you feel out the board without loving it up. Can you imagine playing Go without actually being able to see the entire board?  That's insane; are there any really good blind go players?
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Kheldragar posted:Can you imagine playing Go without actually being able to see the entire board? imagine playing go like no board chess "play on d 17" it would take quite a bit of brain power
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Kheldragar posted:Can you imagine playing Go without actually being able to see the entire board? I once read about a blind player at a go tournament. Playing sighted opponents she was 25k or so. When she played blindfolded opponents, she beat dan players. mdemone posted:Are boards ever made with tiny, shallow indentations at each vertex to keep the stones more stable, or is that considered uncouth? Aren't Chinese stones flat on the bottom?
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House Louse posted:Aren't Chinese stones flat on the bottom? Yeah they are, and I hate them for play. Though I do wish I had a set of Chinese stones for teaching purposes. You can just put them on the board upside down for showing things, then remove them to where you left off. Edit: Also plastic "stones" are terrible too. They get so greasy and oily so fast and just feel gross. Yunzi stones are fantastic though.
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mdemone posted:Are boards ever made with tiny, shallow indentations at each vertex to keep the stones more stable, or is that considered uncouth? If you're fine without the lines being laid down properly as lacquer applied from a katana then YEAH I GUESS YOU COULD RUIN THE WHOLE THING GOD YOU USELESS GAIJIN. (That is actually the traditional Japanese way to do it, and as a result the lines are slightly raised from the board. I have not seen any chinese or korean goban makers, but I assume it is similar processes because tradition. I'm having trouble finding it at the moment, but there's an old japanese book that details the process. I've been trying to pick it up for a while just for the nifty factor --it's in japanese, so hard for me to use as instructions--, but amazon.jp sellers won't ship it outside of japan )
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Yeah the japanese have this aesthetic thing for poo poo that's broken so they don't much care for a totally ordered board with all the stones equally placed, something to do with this or some poo poo
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