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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21247 Posts
On April 04 2010 09:05 Athos wrote: Chess is my game because I love searching for tactics. Really, all I do now is just chess puzzles. chesstempo.com ftw! Go's much more general and applicable in terms of searching for tactics or strategy. To be honest, I think Go is a much closer game to Starcraft than Chess. | ||
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Archaic
United States4024 Posts
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JohannesH
Finland1364 Posts
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thedeadhaji
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Judicator
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Luddite
United States2315 Posts
On April 04 2010 11:56 Judicator wrote: Seriously, I don't know how you are going to define "better". Well... of course you can't come to an exact definition, but the word does have some meaning here. I mean, suppose someone asked you, which is a better game, chess or Tic Tac Toe? Or Starcraft vs. Minesweeper lol? I think almost everyone would agree which one is better, even if we can't exactly explain why. My feeling is that Go offers more variety, and more space for creativity. Whereas Chess is more about just playing solidly, and just trying to avoid making any mistakes that'll cost you a piece, because once you lose a piece in chess you're at a significant disadvantage. Whereas losing a piece in Go is not really a disadvantage (other than the points lost), so you can easily make a comeback later. However I suck at both games so I can't really say. | ||
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kainzero
United States5211 Posts
On April 04 2010 14:00 Luddite wrote: Well... of course you can't come to an exact definition, but the word does have some meaning here. I mean, suppose someone asked you, which is a better game, chess or Tic Tac Toe? Or Starcraft vs. Minesweeper lol? I think almost everyone would agree which one is better, even if we can't exactly explain why. Chess outnumbers Tic Tac Toe in game possibilities on an exponential level. Tic Tac Toe was solved in 1952. Starcraft vs. Minesweeper is comparing two completely different games; one is a fixed single-player game, the other is a dynamic multi-player game. Arguably, single player Minesweeper can be more fun than playing Starcraft against the CPU. Neither Go or Chess is better than the other. Both require a lot of memorization, logic, and require lots of endgame calculation to win by the slimmest of margins. Just play what you like. | ||
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DreaM)XeRO
Korea (South)4667 Posts
tried to teach me when i was younger  i didnt like it at allalways had the impression he was messing with my mind | ||
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Caller
Poland8075 Posts
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
American football is better then European football because i said so. Not a great concept for discussion (if you dont want to end in flame wars). | ||
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Klockan3
Sweden2866 Posts
On April 04 2010 14:00 Luddite wrote: My feeling is that Go offers more variety, and more space for creativity. Whereas Chess is more about just playing solidly, and just trying to avoid making any mistakes that'll cost you a piece, because once you lose a piece in chess you're at a significant disadvantage. Whereas losing a piece in Go is not really a disadvantage (other than the points lost), so you can easily make a comeback later. You obviously don't know anything about chess... I don't play either game but thinking like that is how the sub amateurs do it... | ||
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Luddite
United States2315 Posts
On April 04 2010 17:31 Klockan3 wrote: You obviously don't know anything about chess... I don't play either game but thinking like that is how the sub amateurs do it... if you don't play either game then you really don't know what the fuck you're talking about, do you? | ||
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konadora
Singapore66364 Posts
Nothing to do with being azn. | ||
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Zozma
United States1626 Posts
On April 04 2010 14:00 Luddite wrote:My feeling is that Go offers more variety, and more space for creativity. Whereas Chess is more about just playing solidly, and just trying to avoid making any mistakes that'll cost you a piece, because once you lose a piece in chess you're at a significant disadvantage. Whereas losing a piece in Go is not really a disadvantage (other than the points lost), so you can easily make a comeback later. I don't think that's true. If you're looking for creativity in chess, then check out the games of Mikhail Tal or Paul Morphy.Solid play is important in chess, but it's the same in Go; it's certainly not a good idea to lose your groups through careless moves, right? | ||
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baller
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Tenryu
United States565 Posts
I dont know how big Chess is around the Asian countries. Is it as big as Go or even bigger? | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
It shows only a poor/lack of development in machine intelligence theories in the application of Go, rather than provides a deterministic view on which game is superior. | ||
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Wiser
United States11 Posts
On April 04 2010 09:46 Archaic wrote: I like Chess, I enjoy it's complexity. But Go's simplicity, combined with its depth makes it intriguing. I don't play either competitively, nor well, but if you were going to learn one, I'd suggest Go. Chess seemed too repetitive to me, though it has quite a bit of potential for interest. Yeah...Chess is so repetitive that people have been formulating new openings, puzzles and strategies for it for centuries now... Oh, not to mention the 50+ books that have been written on Chess theory and strategies... So far, Go and Starcraft are so ;complex; (they are not complex) that only one book for each has been developed concerning their ;theories; and ;strategies;. | ||
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Wiser
United States11 Posts
On April 04 2010 09:16 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: Go's much more general and applicable in terms of searching for tactics or strategy. To be honest, I think Go is a much closer game to Starcraft than Chess. Thank you, finally someone else who knows how to use his\her brain has posted. | ||
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