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Argue posted: (I guess anyone else is free to move. Whoever gets there first.)
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What are you using to place the stones?
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Oct 6, 2008 06:08
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JayMax posted:What are you using to place the stones? MSPaint, gogogo.
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Oct 6, 2008 06:09
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It could get interesting when it's time to take stones away. But whatever, do it on a real Go board and take a picture. 
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Oct 6, 2008 06:15
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 I don't have one of those fancy 9x9 boards. 
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Oct 6, 2008 06:28
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hope this works edit: it didn't 
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Oct 6, 2008 06:35
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ok:
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Oct 6, 2008 06:50
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Oct 6, 2008 08:33
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D4 seems good for black, no? I'd like to see some commentary/analysis from a stronger player, if they don't mind.
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Oct 6, 2008 16:02
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Pillow Face posted:D4 seems good for black, no? I'd like to see some commentary/analysis from a stronger player, if they don't mind. I would do D2. The lower left black stone is in trouble, and is about to be sealed off, giving up that corner. Black at D4 would let white seal it off at D2. Then there would be no way to save that stone.
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Oct 6, 2008 16:23
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w+r guys. It's over.
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Oct 6, 2008 17:30
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E4, threaten to cut but actually just increase right side influence.
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Oct 6, 2008 17:53
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Oops.
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Oct 6, 2008 18:25
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Well, no one in the SA room wanted to play a beginner, so I went off and lost some games in other rooms.
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Oct 6, 2008 18:27
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Phyzzle posted:Well, I'll try this. I think one of those two lower left black stones can be saved. The bottom right doesn't match up with the previous ones. quote:Well, no one in the SA room wanted to play a beginner, so I went off and lost some games in other rooms. I would have played, but I'm at work.  Does anyone know of a good turn-based go server which you can play through email? All the turn-based servers are blocked at my work.
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Oct 6, 2008 18:30
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people idle a great deal in SA, particularly around hours that are not 9pm - 5am EST. better chance of getting teaching games then
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Oct 6, 2008 22:40
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Pillow Face posted:Does anyone know of a good turn-based go server which you can play through email? All the turn-based servers are blocked at my work.
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Nodrog posted:Facebook has a Go app if thats not blocked. It is not. Thanks 
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Oct 7, 2008 01:59
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sensual donkey punching posted:people idle a great deal in SA, particularly around hours that are not 9pm - 5am EST. better chance of getting teaching games then I just thought I'd emphasise this. The SA channel is really just for idling, say something in the channel though and someone should show up.
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Oct 26, 2008 12:23
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Posting ITT. Currently a KGS 19k but I've been sandbagging the hell out of people for the last few days. Also, the games I've lost I've been able to figure out why I've lost them, which is a small victory.
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Oct 27, 2008 18:07
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I posted in the thread they've got in tradgames discussion, but this one seems to be a bit more official. I've been meaning to get more into Go for a while now; I've played approx. 1 game every two months for the last year or so, and that needs to change. I'm on KGS as BaseCase; gonna try to log some time on there this weekend. Here's a random stupid question that I haven't been able to find an answer for: In game records, does 'B+R' mean that Black won or lost? I know it means the game ended with a resignation, but I'm so new to the game that I can't tell who won just by looking at the ending position. I'm sure it doesn't help that I just grabbed some random pro games to read; those can be pretty hard to understand for someone without much experience. I think I'll hold off reading any more games until I play enough of my own to know what's going on.
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Nov 7, 2008 21:38
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^^^ It means black won. Also, don't worry about playing through games until you're close to single digit kyu. From what I've been told, you don't really worry about studying pro games until dan level.
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studying a pro game isn't very helpful for a new guy because the pros are going to play the most wide-open poo poo they feel like they can get away with. At that level it's almost a game of chicken because the pro who made the move is basically saying "I dare you to let me get away with this you human being" A lot of times you will see descriptions of corner sequences that have a line like, "this is the common amateur continuation but in professional games this is played." Replaying games to advance through some sort of subconscious osmosis is a good idea if you are already dan-level, but I think the whole arrangement falls apart if you get more than a few ranks away from the material you are replaying. It's just too different from your in-game experience. basically if you have a kgs account you should come to SA room and dick around, talk to some people who arent a bunch of greybeard faggots or animus, and enjoy yourself enough to get over the initial, brutal learning curve and start playing for real
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Nov 8, 2008 04:48
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BusError posted:does 'B+R' mean that Black won or lost?
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Nov 8, 2008 16:36
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Wow, this is a pretty hard game to grasp. I started playing a 19x19 game yesterday before I realized that I may as well have been randomly placing every move, so I tried 9x9 which was a little more manageable though I still lost terribly. Hopefully I'll start to get the hang of some basic idea of the game at some point, though I don't think I'll be putting too much effort into it since I'm studying chess a lot at the moment and I don't have time to really get into another game of that magnitude. I'll get in the SA channel at some point, though.
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Nov 9, 2008 13:40
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Just don't give up man. It's tough to grasp, but once you do, it's probably one of the most rewarding games you'll ever play. You'll never be the best and there will always be a challenge out there, but you'll be better than a lot and can puff out your chest when you get a single digit kyu rank.
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Nov 14, 2008 17:56
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Posting to say Go is pro-click and I want some newbies to come around so I'm not the lowest-ranked guy in the channel Remember, you have to play 100 games before you start to have any idea what's going on, so go through them quick! Also, would there be any interest in getting an actual play-by-post 19x19 going between two strong players? It might make for interesting thread material.
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Nov 24, 2008 08:32
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maybe it would be better to just play out a game then post it in commented sections like a go book
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Nov 24, 2008 08:53
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I like to play go when I'm bored. Make sure you don't play it when depressed or you will lose. This game depends greatly on your state of mind.
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Nov 28, 2008 05:16
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Let's play a game Sensual Donkey Punching: 16-17?, KOMOKU!
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Nov 28, 2008 06:24
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D16, edit hte graphic 4 me
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Nov 28, 2008 06:37
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16-3 Hikaru! Komoku!
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Nov 28, 2008 06:46
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D4
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Nov 28, 2008 12:31
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OK I will enclose the corner with 17-17
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Nov 29, 2008 04:03
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are we allowed to comment on this or what
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Nov 29, 2008 04:43
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Sure. W will typically approach the bottom right corner somehow next move, or maybe Woss will be a human being and do one of his side extensions. Feel free to ask anything :p
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Nov 29, 2008 05:51
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At around 3k to 4k should I be learning joseki? Players my strength and weaker don't really know many but it seems like the 1k+ players tend to know quite a handful.
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Nov 29, 2008 07:56
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Well, personally I only started studying joseki around the 1d level, but it shouldn't hurt to start. I'm sure you're aware of some results just from playing. Be careful not to just memorize combinations of moves, and try to understand why the moves are played in the order they are, and what each move accomplishes. I believe a complete understanding of joseki would allow someone to play the move that best fits their global strategy and provides an even result of influence/territory in the corner.
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Nov 29, 2008 08:03
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I've been meaning to get into this game so I've just signed up on KGS as "mardraum". Where's the best material online to help get me started? I've taken a little look around at http://senseis.xmp.net but that's about it.
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http://playgo.to/interactive/
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