I was wondering if anyone here plays/hasplayed the Japansse game Go. Iwas just curious and was looking for some ideas on a good way to get started.
Posted by Human (Member # 2985) on :
I used to...it's pretty dang hard. I'd read the book 'Learn to Play Go' by Janice Kim. Good stuff.
Posted by The Wiggin (Member # 5020) on :
Ya ive read some stuff on it but im just trying to see what other people have done andwhats worked and not etc.
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
Yes, and I totally kick @$$ at it, thank you very much. Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
If I pass this thread, do I get $200?
Posted by The Wiggin (Member # 5020) on :
That one doest deserve a responce Chris.
Opps i just did.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
quote: - The ancient Japanese saw the GO board as a microcosm of the universe. Although when it is empty, it appears to be simple and ordered the possibilities of gameplay are endless. They say no two GO games have ever been alike, just like snowflakes. So, the GO board actually represents an extermly complex and chaotic universe. And that is the truth of our world Max; it can't easily be summed up with math, there is no simple pattern.
- But as a GO game progresses the possibilities become smaller and smaller, the board does take on order. Soon, all the moves are predictable.
- So, so?
- So maybe, even though we're not sophisticated enough to be aware of it, there is a pattern, an order underlying every GO game. Maybe that patterns is like the pattern in the stock market, the Tora, this 216 number.
- This is insanity Max!
- Or maybe it's genuis.
Hobbes Posted by The Wiggin (Member # 5020) on :
OKKKKKKKK..........
Posted by snow (Member # 5804) on :
I do, and im ok at it. Id be willing to play online sometime and give you a few pointers on how to play.
p.s. AIM screenname:xzxsnowmanxzx send a message my way sometime when you want to play
[ February 26, 2004, 11:40 PM: Message edited by: snow ]
Posted by The Wiggin (Member # 5020) on :
Ok. Can you e-mail me info onhow to play online and all that good stuff and i'll give it a try. My e-mail is nelsonsnelson@msn.com.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Hee hee, the game GO is permanently tied in my memory to the movie Pi, and I just had to quote that part of it.
[EDIT: More to the point, I've played GO a few times and the strategy of it completely alludes me. I find it fascinating, but I'm just too bad at it to pursue it further]
Hobbes
[ February 26, 2004, 11:46 PM: Message edited by: Hobbes ]
Posted by The Wiggin (Member # 5020) on :
Since I haven't seen the movie that would explaine my confusion.
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
I would LOVE to play Go with my fellow hatrackers. I think its way better than chess.
I have a really nice Go set with the board made of japanese wood and the bowls a nice polished Cherry color wood, with glass stones.
No one will play me though.
Its okay playing online, but is there anywhere better than yahoo?
Anyway, while I beat those I have played pretty badly, I am not that great against those who know what they are doing. I need to sharpen my skills against a real opponent.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
I've never played Go, but I'm interested in learning.... Only because I read Hikaru no Go, a manga about Go. Ehehehe... Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :
Somebody gets Shonen Jump...
[ February 27, 2004, 02:25 AM: Message edited by: Taalcon ]
Posted by The Wiggin (Member # 5020) on :
Thats where i learnd about Go myself. LOL
Posted by The Wiggin (Member # 5020) on :
If theres anybody who leaves in the San Antonio, TX or Albuquerque, NM areas and wants to play let me know and maby we could get together and play.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Don't they have this game on Yahoo? Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
A (much) better place to play than yahoo is KGS (there are many others as well). My handle there is ibis, though I don't play there very often (I wish I had more time!). I'd love to play go with some Jatraqueros -- just send an IM (QuaternionMonkey).
If you're new to the game, here's a good place to start. Most questions you'll have will be answered at the Sensei's Library wiki site. If you're looking for local clubs where you can play in meatspace, there's a listing at the American Go Association's site (though it appears to be down at the moment -- try the google cache).
Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
Such a fun game...I love go, alas...I suck and don't get to play much.
Posted by Marvin K. Mooney (Member # 6245) on :
[ April 16, 2004, 04:44 PM: Message edited by: Mike ]
Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :
Bernard's father got him a really nice Go board... which is currently in my dorm, as he left it here when he was visiting last...
We play each other occassionally on Yahoo! Games, and he got a really good downloadable version for my laptop (ask him for it, I can't remember the name). There was also a really nice Go tutorial he showed me.
I can kick his butt.
But he usually kicks mine.
Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
No problem Satyagraha
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
amateurs.
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
I just registered on Kiseido. Its WAY better than yahoo.
My first game was very fun there .
So everyone come join me some night! My name there is PhilMeyer.
Posted by sarahdipity (Member # 3254) on :
The game was actually taken out of the benchmark used to compare computers because its branching factor was so bizarre. I'm sure you all wanted to know that.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Go rules.
To the current players: always be aware of your vulnerabilities.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
Go is an awesome game. My little brother Mikie and I read about it and made ourselves a board, using marbles for stones. (We bought some of those kind they sell for vases or aquariums). We played about 10 games, 9 of which I won even though he read a book about how to play and I didn't. That bummed him out, so we never played again. It's a great game, though. I'd love to learn how to play better.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Oh yes I play. Its amazing how much skill level matters in Go, and how much skill level is telegraphed by the earliest moves.
For instance, I can tell you with high certainty who is going to win this game if it is played through to a finish.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
Yeah, this game might take a while. But that's ok with me. We can even play a 9x9 on the side (fugu, you in? ).
Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
If you want you can follow it along on a real board, so it's easier to see. (By the way, you'll note that the coordinates I'm using skip the letter "I". Just so we don't get confused later on.)
Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Are you guys learning Binary or C++?? is this just a game?? I really don't understand these lttle dots and @...
@.@ Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
They are mimiking the Go board with . and + and the go stones with @ and o's. If you are unfamiliar with go, try here. Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
You can pretty much ignore what i write down because I'm completely and utterly unable to recite the alphabet...nor can I count. Satyagraha
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
This has been fun to watch. I don't always enjoy playing Go, but I'm intrigued by the intuitive strategy.
Mike and I are considering doing a teaching game (mike: teacher. suneun: low pupil) after this one. Should be interesting.
Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
My ex-boyfriend has a beautiful Go board. It was a present from his best friend, who was stationed in Japan. He bought himself some lovely stones and bowls to go with.
He tried to get me into Go, but I panicked every time we tried playing. Too much pressure, I think.
I've read The Way to Go, and did the Interactive that someone else posted earlier. And I enjoy doing Go problems. I'd like to get better, but I don't feel ready to play against humans yet. Still too much pressure. I tried igowin, but it doesn't seem to be registering some of moves, which is very annoying. Can anyone recommend another Go program (preferably free)?
[ April 23, 2004, 11:39 PM: Message edited by: xnera ]
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
Karen: here you can find a list of go-playing programs. I recommend gnugo, which is text-based, but has several graphical front ends written for it ( Goban for Mac OS X, cgoban 1 for unix/X11, not sure about Windows, but check Sensei's Library's gnugo page, which might have some info on that). And here's another list of programs.
And you should try playing on kgs some time. They're really friendly to beginners. Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
A couple of boards I was thinking of buying a couple of years ago, but I couldn't justify the $700-$800 pricetag:
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Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
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Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
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Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
R9
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . . @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . . . O . . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . . @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . . . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . . . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . . O . . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
Q0
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . . . O . . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . . @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . . . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . . . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . . O . . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
P8
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . @ . O . . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . . @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . . . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . . . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . . O . . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
R7
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . @ . O . . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . O @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . . . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . . . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . . O . . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
S8
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . @ . O @ . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . O @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . . . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . . . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . . O . . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
R10
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O O O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . @ . O @ . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . O @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . . . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . . . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . . O . . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
M3
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O O O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . @ . O @ . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . O @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . . . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . . . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . . O @ . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
K3
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O O O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . @ . O @ . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . O @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . . . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . . . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . O O @ . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
N5
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O O O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . @ . O @ . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . O @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . . . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . @ . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . O O @ . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
N15
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . . . . O . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O O O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . @ . O @ . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . O @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . . . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . @ . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . O O @ . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
L15
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . . @ . O . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O O O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . @ . O @ . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . O @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . . . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . @ . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . O O @ . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
L14
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . . @ . O . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O O O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . @ . O @ . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . O @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . . . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . @ . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . O O @ . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mind me for being slow this week, I'm busy with finals and packing my dorm. Satyagraha
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
K15
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . @ @ . O . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O O O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . @ . O @ . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . O @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . . . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . @ . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . O O @ . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
No problem with playing slowly. Take your time. Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
*bump* So, got time to play this week? How were finals?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
[oldster voice] I remember when we played by sending moves back and forth through the mail. Why, it took us weeks! [/oldster voice]
Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
N6
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . @ @ . O . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O O O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . @ . O @ . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . O @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . O . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . @ . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . O O @ . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Oh...they went, I'm glad they're over, though I'm sad everybody is gone...now I'll be working on campus with pretty much the whole school to myself, tis a smidgen sad but quite peaceful.
Rivka, it must have been expensive too! Satyagraha
[ May 17, 2004, 12:52 PM: Message edited by: BYuCnslr ]
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
M15
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O O O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . @ . O @ . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . O @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . O . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . @ . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . O O @ . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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It wouldn't be too expensive if you played several games at once! Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Nah, wasn't that expensive once we realized it was easier not to mail the whole board back and forth.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
rivka: Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
M14
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . O O . . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O O O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . @ . O @ . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . O @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . O . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . @ . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . O O @ . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Posted by Erick the Great (Member # 6527) on :
I learned about Go from the book "Game Over".
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
N14
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . O O @ . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O O O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . @ . O @ . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . O @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . O . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . @ . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . O O @ . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
N13
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . O O @ . . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . O . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O O O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . @ . O @ . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . O @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . O . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . @ . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . O O @ . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
O14
code:
. . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ O O . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . @ + @ O @ @ @ + . . . . . @ . @ . . . O @ @ O . O . @ @ @ O . . . . . . . . @ @ O O . . . . O O @ @ . . . . . . . O O @ O . . . . . . O . . O . O . . . . O @ O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . @ . @ + . . . . . O O O . . . . O @ . @ . @ . . . . . . O @ @ . . . @ . . @ O @ . . . . . . @ . O @ . . . . @ @ O O O @ . . O . . . . O @ . . . @ O O O . . @ . . . O . . O O @ . . . . @ O . . . O @ @ . @ . . O @ . . . . . @ O . . O . O @ . . . O O @ . . . . @ O O . . . . O O @ . . O @ @ . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Sorry, I didn't see your reply until now.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :