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Picked this game back up a few days ago and I love it as much as always (despite my awfulness). I really just enjoy the floaty push-pull of the pieces and the pleasant conversation it envokes. But wow do I suck. I'm qxan at KGS so if anyone good wants to message me and help, I would be grateful.
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I would have ended up hating Go if it wasn't for the great SA community on the KGS server. Great people. I'm telling you. PS Come play Go.
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Jul 16, 2008 17:47
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Nope. I'm not letting this topic die. Everyone should go play Go right now. Just loving go and do it. PS. I knew you were Helsbecter, Under 15. I knew.
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Sep 16, 2008 18:52
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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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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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 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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Yeah, I play on it all the time and it's usually okay with me. Just a pet peeve. I'm not about to break out thirty bucks to solve the problem. Urban, who are you on KGS? Blendy, yeah it's a slotted goban plus carrying case. I like it just fine. The case is mighty convenient, but I feel awkward carrying it anywhere public for fear of people thinking I'll whip out a machine gun or something. 
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May 14, 2009 23:28
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No, the slot doesn't give me a problem. Remind me to take a picture of the reason it was a hundred dollars off if you ever want a good laugh. The smallest break I have ever seen. By the way, if I wanted to buy some cheap cute lil' appropriately sized stones, how much would that run me?
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May 15, 2009 00:18
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Under 15 posted:suppose the real reason the board was 100 dollars off is because they made it too small Good heavens. 
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May 15, 2009 15:07
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Blendy posted:11k Come on, rival. What are you waiting for? 
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May 17, 2009 18:52
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Under 15 posted:Waiting for you to play some ranked games and drop back to 11k I just won a 9k game today thank you very much! 
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May 17, 2009 20:09
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Blendy posted:The ghost of shusaku to become my buddy I played from July to September and now May. Nice try.  Useful information Edit: I heard the Life and Death book from Elementary Go stinks too.
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May 18, 2009 05:09
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The closest club I can find to myself is in the middle of gently caress yourself no where an hour out from where I live. Two old guys run it. It is pretty sad if I'm considering going. I'm going to get shot.
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May 25, 2009 05:00
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Bizarro Buddha posted: Dear lord, that is wonderful. What's the occasion? Also, are you on KGS? I like to know the Go goons.
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May 26, 2009 02:38
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Pillow Face posted:Any of you in Philly? Me and a couple buddies play on our lunchbreak. I am in the suburbs around West Chester, so it's sorta a distance to head into the city. Are in in Philly? So close yet so far.
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Jun 3, 2009 19:08
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Under 15 posted:'Tesuji' and 'Attack and Defense' are kings of books, they tell you a bunch of stuff that would otherwise take forfuckingever to figure out otherwise Hels, what is 'Lessons in Fundamentals of Go'? I've never heard of it before just now. Is it about real basic stuff that people mess up? Because I could use that, I'm sure. Tell me your secrets.
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Jun 10, 2009 04:35
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I wanted a usable description of the book. Like, if it was a good read. I looked it up on Sensei's Library/amazon, thank you very much.
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Jun 10, 2009 18:17
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So would I be the gayest motherfucker in the world if I got a go avatar for SA? 
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Jun 12, 2009 19:05
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Lyon posted:I am near Philly lol I had no idea there were so many go goons near Philly! We should find some halfway point between us so we can play a game someday. In person.
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Jun 20, 2009 17:19
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Under 15 posted:...I do admit if someone tutored themselves to shodan on a 9x9 they would be a loving force to be reckoned with... This seemed like a fun idea for a second. Can you imagine? But then I realized I actually can't. It seems like global strategy would be integral for someone to reach shodan. And while fighting is paramount on a 9x9 board, the fighting is different than an intense bout of fighting on, say, the full board. Groups don't run on a 9x9. This is such a derail but it stuck out at me. Let me get back on topic. helopticor posted:Since I don't really like any other games of strategy, I'm finally giving Go a real shot. Go's more like a way of life!!!  I feel your pain, though. It takes a long time to be okay at Go. I've been playing for like a year and I'm pretty much certifiably "below average." Keep at it, though. Go is really entertaining.
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Jul 4, 2009 06:19
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Under 15 posted:if a dude seriously made it to shodan playing 9x9 his life and death will be way better than anyone he plays and so will his endgame. One read of Attack and Defense later and he would probably jump up to 3d Disagree. It's all about well planned strategy and style. The Korean kids just are much better at that than us, too!!
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Jul 4, 2009 20:29
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Rated PG-34 posted:I always get quite tense during matches. Assuming this isn't totally abnormal, how do you deal with the pressure? Yeah, don't worry. Sometimes I psyche myself out of playing games because I get the fear, but it really happens to everyone. Do what xau said. It is good advice. You might also want to try a few Free games as opposed to Ranked ones and going "I can lose this and life will go on."
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Jul 5, 2009 16:41
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Everyone should play Go.
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Jul 13, 2009 19:37
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Under 15 posted:It took me until about 8 kyu to really realize how much I sucked at go. You think you know how bad it is up until then but then at some point more doors are opened and you are just like "fuckkkk where do I even start" I've been like that every step of the process. Just when you think maybe, just maybe, you're starting to understand the game, it hits you with its giant cock of "You don't know loving poo poo about Go gently caress you." And that's the best part of this game! There is endless room for self improvement. You will never master this poo poo. You can just pretend not to suck now and again.
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Jul 14, 2009 02:36
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Under 15 posted:I am reading breakthrough to shodan and its way better than I thought it would be. Cybermg posted:gently caress, I feel like I essentially lost a game I could have won because the other guy was too insistant on ending the game, and I didn't try invading.
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Jul 19, 2009 02:21
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Happy US Go Congress Day! Wish I could be there.
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Aug 1, 2009 15:45
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Pillow Face posted:Haha, go made the Philly paper. Any of you goons in this article? So this morning, being Saturday and all, I decided to head up to Phoenixville's farmer's market in order to find the person this article was based on. I found him. Turns out he was around 6 kyu. And I beat him. First real life game of go. Against a total celebrity. Oh yeah, baby.  Turns out they have a club every Wednesday. I'm glad I found out just in time to leave for college. I might start a club at Boston University. Very much considering it. Does that poo poo look good on resumes?
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Aug 16, 2009 07:56
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Pillow Face posted:The Chinese guy, Craig Brown, or the 7-year-old? Bonus points if you humiliated a 7-year-old. Craig Brown's friend, actually. I embellished a bit. Craig Brown wouldn't play me because he insisted he was much weaker than me. Maybe like 10k? His friend was 6k. I was content.
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Aug 17, 2009 01:00
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Pillow Face posted:Great job! Can you say Rengo?
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Aug 17, 2009 03:15
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I am crying
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Aug 18, 2009 05:55
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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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Bravo, Hels
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Sep 8, 2009 20:03
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Blendy posted:ARG my editor didn't catch that!!!!!!!!!! I will now lose points Hope you're wrong about losing points because I noticed a couple dependent clauses and appositives that needed commas. 
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Sep 27, 2009 05:57
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Pillow Face posted:Philly goons (qxan and Scatter I think?) how are your schedules looking for an after work go happy hour these next couple of weeks? I am at school in Boston until Christmas. College and all. Sorry, pillow.
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Oct 4, 2009 20:24
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Prodigious posted:i won against breakfast, party at my house Did you talk poo poo at him? Move to America and become a 3p.
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Oct 13, 2009 15:21
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Hi guys miss me I might play over Winter break gently caress college I know you missed me guys I took that quiz and got European 13k not too bad it's like what I was when I stopped playing but a little shittier which makes sense because I probably suck now okay looking forward to having you guys kick my rear end give me a few weeks before finals are done okay bye
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Dec 3, 2009 18:01
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In my absence from KGS I have IMPROVED TWO STONES. Thanks, MIT Go club nerds.
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Rated PG-34 posted:I improve sometimes without even playing. Nah, that's happened to me before but KGS deleted my account. So I had to start over. And ended up higher ranked. Maybe KGS has lost prestige in the time I spent off it.
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