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uranus posted:shape up! for beginners Dang. Looks like a good read.
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dirby posted:I think you tried to PM me (I can't receive PMs), but I'm like 18k on kgs and would play when you're up for a game. Just message me on KGS or email me (see sig). Yep, noted. Course, part of the problem is lack of time to play. 
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uranus posted:i played a tournament at the seattle go center. here are some pictures: Nice! Especially that first one, the photo of you doing the vulcan greeting.
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giogadi posted:Apparently a pretty big game is going on now between Ke Jie and Lee Sedol for the Samsung Cup. Missed it, supposedly video'll be up in a few hours since it was a longass stream.
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Nov 3, 2015 15:33
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dirby posted:I'm confused. I thought I was watching the video two hours before you made this post Sorry. I missed the live video. The replay should be up at some point, since it is a long-rear end stream so needs time to upload.
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Nov 3, 2015 18:18
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dirby posted:In US time zones, the live video was last night, and the replay is at https://youtube.com/watch?v=quOHkhwBHWg and has been for at least 5 hours. Unless I watched the wrong video or something. Nope, I'm guessing that the information I was looking at was very wrong or a few hours out of date. Thanks!!
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Nov 3, 2015 18:41
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Hooray! I played the guy I always play at the once a year convention, he gave me 9 stones last year and beat me by 50-60, so his 4 kyumeans I'm probably around 20 kyu. This year, he spotted me 9 again, and I trapped a big group in the center and he resigned. Sooooo I am probably better now? Who knows! Also played shogi love that game.  (I kinda wrecked him because we're both lovely at castling)
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Nov 13, 2015 16:36
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AdorableStar posted:As a 4 kyu I'm going to say I have no clue how to play against 4h, much less 5+. Pretty much; he knows how to attack attack attack, and eventually either overplays (as in that game) or doesn't (the previous year's game). I do think I've gotten a bit better at playing solid moves, even when they're in gote, because then suddenly my shape doesn't look insanely bad and oh well I gave up one of my 9 free moves at the beginning, that's okay.
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Nov 14, 2015 15:02
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That's called peeping, right?
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Jan 3, 2016 01:42
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IMlemon posted:Nope, although its similar. White 4 would be considered a peep if white 2 wasn't there. Connecting is a must, read this if it isn't obvious http://senseis.xmp.net/?LameDuGo Ah, cool, thanks.
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Jan 3, 2016 02:05
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toodles posted:I've lost my marbles
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Feb 15, 2016 23:18
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Booyah- posted:Is there anywhere on the forums to discuss the live alphago games or is this it? This is p much where to go. Ha ha. Go. Also it's way too late on the east coast, friggen Korea.
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Mar 10, 2016 04:59
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I honestly agree, I think 5-0 is likely. Much much better games than the other match, but man.
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Mar 10, 2016 15:36
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Yeah I'm curious how much of it is a show and how much is he's reeeeeally not 3d. I had a professor in college who was dry like redmond. Best prof I ever had, his soft monotone drone made you fall asleep and he gave the most interesting lectures on operating systems.
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Mar 10, 2016 22:24
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Holy god the daily show has gotten so bad.
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Mar 22, 2016 21:29
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sunaurus posted:This is probably a dumb question, but how do you check someone's post history in a specific thread? Press the little question mark below to the person's avatar.
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Mar 31, 2016 22:00
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Do you normally try to read it on the page, or put the stones out and read it on-board, or either? I kinda want to start setting up stones because it's so much easier for me to read l&d on an actual board.
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AdorableStar posted:I did it a lot on the go so I did it on my phone screen. I see what you did there. Thanks, I might set up my board just to, y'know, feel the pieces once in a while. Just staring at the problems were making me feel like I couldn't go through all the variations in my head.
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Apr 16, 2016 00:57
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totino boy posted:no, i did meet her though (see above pics) but she didnt play any games, just a brief q&a. it was this workshop with Li Hai. There ended up being only three of us playing him at once, the other two were only a bit stronger than me and we took 4 handicap each. I felt like i was ahead up until late in the midgame which was a shock, then i lost a giant group and resigned and balance was restored haha. It was really awesome, mostly cause I learned I was not intimidated, i didnt feel afraid to make mistakes, and if i can play a pro without feeling afraid then I can play anyone! That sounds super amazing, to be honest.
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May 8, 2016 18:09
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Played two games live at the con I just went to, first against a 14k in an even game and lost by 40-50 points. Then against a 5k with a 9 stone handicap and lost by...40-50 points. So I guess I'm in something like the high teens range! Better than I expected, to be honest, given how little I play, but hey, that's something. Gotta get on OGS and actually play. But live is so much more fun...
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Nov 14, 2016 16:20
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Pilsner posted:Question: Does it make sense to try play Go with my 4½ year old son? I'm not aiming at him being the next child prodigy, but for fun and company's sake. I am a complete newbie also, so to speak. I'd peruse http://senseis.xmp.net/?TeachingMethods#toc12
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Nov 25, 2016 20:51
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derp posted:The supposed 6k level of crazy stone ai played out an obvious ladder all the way across the board. Starting to have doubts about this thing Maybe it thought it was a ladder game.
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Nov 26, 2016 15:03
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Finally saw a game that was remotely my skill level and relatively useful (19x19, 10 minutes plus 30sx5, 23k). Completely obliterated him, and I don't think I was playing especially well, just reading a little and making mostly okay moves while he made useless or worse ones. Still, it's a good indication that 18k is probably a decent estimate, which I got from a couple of live games with some friends at a boardgame con. Enjoyable, to say the least, though live is so much better. I should probably play against some lower ddk and see how badly I lose by.
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Nov 30, 2016 05:28
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empty whippet box posted:why do people go on servers and purposefully get their rank low just so they can challenge people that are much, much lower ranked than them without handicaps? Like...why would you do that. It has happened to me 3 times today. It's incredibly obvious when people do this, and it's really frustrating because I hate having my rating tanked like that. Oh well, I guess people will be dicks about literally any game, even go. It's called sandbagging, and people do it with everything everywhere all the time. Though yeah they could just play drunk half the time. Also stop caring about your rating.
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areyoucontagious posted:What does your go schedule look like? Do you play every day? Read books every day? Do tesuji every day? I'm trying to get back in, and I'm trying to figure out how to stick with it this time. Look at OGS Wish I had time to play go, or mental energy. Sigh, disgusted that I've wasted another day with things that aren't go. Repeat.
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https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/1756668/kgs-update
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Overwined posted:I mean that's the AI equivalent of flipping the board and beheading your opponent because he beat you so soundly. Sounds extremely historically accurate to me.
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Jul 10, 2017 21:48
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Luigi Thirty posted:I’ve been programming an iPhone board game for the past week and it really made me want to get into Go for some reason. Oh well, time to download KGS. I’m also on Chapter 4 of Integrated Chinese so I’m practically a scholar-gentleman already. Aw hell yes thread overlap. This guy has been programming random poo poo on the most ridiculous of platforms.
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AdorableStar posted:Isn't it like that because it's defined to be that way? I think they're exclaiming at how accurate the system works. Like, sure, it's designed to work that way, but it can frequently predict how badly you'll lose, not just that you'll lose.
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Xom posted:I dreamt this morning that I went to a Go meetup where they were learning the game on boards like this: 
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I played a non-handicap game against someone (my yearly shogi opponent I usually also try to play a game of go with). He beat me by 140 or so, which is not surprising, I think he's 6k and I'm probably in the high teens. Love playing live though, even so.
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It's a loving hard game that basically requires a lifetime to get even remotely decent. It's also one of the best games ever.
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Is this new knowledge about your existing girlfriend, or a new girlfriend, or did you teach her and she likes it?
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derp posted:hey any GOons who also play chess, what would be the 'fundamentals of go' of chess? if there is such a thing. i dont want a bunch of problems, there are endless apps for that. looking for big ideas, maxims, 'proverbs' etc. anything come to mind? sorry to post about chess in here but didn't know how exactly to ask what im asking to someone who doesn't also play go. Things like "the center four squares are vital", "develop your bishops and knights", "don't park a knight on the edge", "castle, you fool"? Nothing wrong with the chess thread tbh. Really you're asking for just high level strategy. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3490241
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Let's say I want to watch go being exhibited, not taught; anywhere that I should check for "here's some live commentary in english"? Like twitch, but for go.
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Awesome thanks. I mostly want to listen in the background at work or whatever so I'll check all of that out.
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Sep 16, 2019 15:26
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have you read the "children's" book Really Big Numbers? The author uses examples kinda like that to explain googols, plexing, etc to kids, it's adorable.
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Jan 26, 2020 20:45
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Also "After a week of playing every evening, I could maybe consider myself a beginner"
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Great read, thanks
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Finally the 6yo was willing to learn first capture with me, obviously I let him double atari me a couple times, surrounded him a couple times, then arranged a ladder and he thought chasing me all the way across the board was funny as gently caress So, a success! How would I go about teaching him a small area version, what do folks use to cordon off most of the board?
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