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Anyone who is awesome is playing Go.
Belruel
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Go uses the most elemental materials and concepts -- line and circle, wood and stone, black and white -- combining them with simple rules to generate subtle strategies and complex tactics that stagger the imagination.
- Iwamoto Kaoru
Text from Sensei's Library, 'What is Go'.Go is an ancient game that originated in China, with a definite history of over 3000 years, although there are historians who say that the game was invented more than 4000 years ago. Its name comes from the Japanese name Igo, which means "surrounding boardgame".
In this game, each player tries to exert more influence on territory than their opponent, using threats of death, capture, or isolation. Although at heart an abstract strategy game, Go has variously been said to be a symbolic representation of war, colonization, settling a frontier, capturing market share, having a debate or a lively discussion in a specialized language, and probably many other concrete situations. Go has always been one of the most played games in the world. Worldwide competitions can make a top player a millionaire.
KGS has a great tutorial for teaching new players the game, link here.
The very most basics are that two players take turns placing white and black stones on the intersecting points of a grid. The purpose is to surround territory. Each intersecting point is one point of territory. If you completely surround your opponent's stones on all sides, then you remove those stones, claim that territory, and keep those stones as 'prisoners'. The point of the game is not to capture stones, but capturing stones is a part pf the game.
We'll be playing internet go, on KGS.
To play a game on KGS, you sign in as a guest with a name you choose (you can figure out how to register your name if you'd like) and navigate over to the SE++ room by going to 'Rooms' -> 'Room List' -> 'New Rooms' and then scrolling down until you see one titled 'SE++'. (Sometimes the room is not showing up. You can either make your own, or just let someone know what rooms you can be found in if you want to play.)
To start a game, click on 'custom game' in the upper right corner, and then set your board size and give the game a name if you'd like.
I recommend starting out on 9x9 games because it is easier to learn on them, and you can finish a game in around/under 20 minutes. A full 19x19 game usually takes over an hour to complete, depending on how fast the players make each move.
When you have no more moves to make on the board, you hit 'pass', when both you and your opponent pass in a row, then the game comes to an end. You mark any 'dead stones' that are left over, then click 'done'. The game score will then be presented to you.
If you realize that you have lost the game before the board is played out, then you can click 'resign' as well.
You can also watch other people's games in progress, though they can't see what you typed until the game ends.
There are also bot games you can find on KGS, if you look around the rooms there is one made up for people to match up with bots.
This is a what a full 19x19 board looks like on KGS.
Player Names:
(Post your in-game name, tagging me in the post to be added to the list)
-Belruel
-Pharezon
-Crawford
-RMED - Romanian My Escutcheon
-TeslaSun - nightmarenny
-Jarofmayo - Uriel
-kanadood - Kana
-Tofy - Tofystedeth
-kazhiim
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I really should do that
And is a fundamental game if you want to really be a good game designer, since it is a simple game that the mastery level is extremely high.
Used to play on KGS, in fact
Link? Really I am a beginner at Go. I played for about a month nearly half a year ago, and I am just getting back into it and I have forgotten everything but the most basic concepts.
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it was the name of an episode of the sarah connor chronicles and it has something to do with Go but I've never known enough about Go to really understand it
As far as I can understand it, it's basically a weird proverb that's meant to describe a specific set of circumstances during a game, like a "seven ten split" in bowling.
essentially it talks about how proper utilization of playing a corner can win a capturing race.
EDIT: I'm in, can you see me?
In the case of pop culture it's probably meant as some kind of jusxtoposition for fighting when you're backed into a corner, or something to that effect.
But not with forumers yet, I'm super duper rusty
I was always trying to capture everything and attack attack attack, which tended to implode spectacularly in the midgame
Ayo check this out
damn you Bel
Yeah I had heard about Seattle's Go center, and I am really jealous of it. I mean, I am not good enough to warrant a membership to a go center anyways, but still.
Stop by the thread sometime
@Rorus Raz Yeah, I haven't watching this morning's episode yet though. I have it taped.
Likin' this a lot.
yeah I am straight up living in a Spike Lee movie
me and big Eddie Norton hang out talking shit
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No but seriously Go seems cool, I have a friend who's learning from a ~master~ and stuff. But it's way beyond me I think. I'm awful enough at chess.
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