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^ That is one of many possible applications of a Go Board such as the one pictured here:
However, the uses for a Go Board that I am interested in involve playing go and looking aesthetically pleasing (not that lesbians can't do this; don't get me wrong). Pellucidity and I played a couple of games of go on kgs http://www.gokgs.com in response to the Go thread.
Pellucidity mentioned that he was interested in a Go Board, but that the good ones were hella' expensive. We started researching online about different go boards, and I felt like writing about it a bit.
Go boards come in several varieties:
1) Travel sets (basically toys)
2) Flat boards (meant for use on a table)
3) Floor boards (best; meant for positioning on the floor; usually has legs; taller=better)
Prices: In a quick summary, I'll say that the first category, travel/portable sets, go for up to ~100 dollars. The second category, table boards, start at ~100 and go up to several hundred. The third category, floor boards, start at several hundred, and go up in price rapidly depending on the quality of the board. A well made, kaya board, will probably run you a few thousand dollars!
After browsing a few sites, Pellucidity and I decided we both really liked the following item:
"[04:18] <Pellucidity> wow that board looks amazing
[04:29] <Pellucidity> Yes it's gorgeous!
[04:32] <Pellucidity> The carvings are so pretty
[04:46] <Pellucidity> yes it's gorgeous
[04:35] <Pellucidity> Pfff cars, I don't intend on buying a car, ever  "
It's made of bamboo which is not the traditional wood for go boards though. I'm not sure how much less desirable that should make the item. It goes for Price: $975.00 Now $495.00 plus ~$55 shipping. Compare that to the more basic item shown below that costs 184 dollars:
I'm seriously considering buying a Goban! 碁盤
+ Show Spoiler +The title of this thread was suggested by Pellucidity when I mentioned we should think of a way to draw TL readers into this blog!
 
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Clearly I am a marketing genius.
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isn't bamboo a very cheap alternative to wood? :s
was expecting pr0nz, got ... wood.
1/5
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ABORT MISSION
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On July 17 2008 18:38 paper wrote:
was expecting pr0nz, got ... wood.
Standard.
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How many 1 star ratings do we need to give to nuke this blog?
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wow pellucidsfidsfyt u are a marketing genius. i bow down to your skills.
hope u guys get to buy that sick Go thingy
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I was thinking about buying a Go board too but then I realized that no one in my area plays it.
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On July 17 2008 19:14 .MistiK wrote:
I was thinking about buying a Go board too but then I realized that no one in my area plays it.
Isn't Pellucidity in the same area as you? :3
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aaa Go. Do you already know how to play, or are you just learning? I tried learning it once, but when there wasn't anyone that would play, I decided to not attempt playing myself.
I have a board and pieces actually and they are pretty ancient looking. The picture of 2 would look similar to mine if you were to throw it against a brick wall 40 or 50 times.
Just buy a cheapish one and if you really love it, buy the sexy one.
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false advertising, shame on you
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5/5
The drawing factor of this is infinitely win.
I will seriously play some go after reading this lol
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Now i hate Go. And i don't even know how to play.
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intuition told me there wasnt going to be any hot lesbian sex in this thread
but you still suck 
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I play go, but it's not easy..  though i beat everyone at my house..
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hahaha you had me going....
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i have a 1.3 inch shin kaya board, with a set of old yunzi. fucking beautiful stuff ^^
I also have 8 mm japanese double convex glass stones, not so bad, but the single convex is definetly my preference.
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Personally, I think go is a very hard game to play.
When i try to play with my nooby friends, we also end up arranging our pieces in a line. The pros usually set their pieces on more strategically.
I have a freind who plays Go rather competitively in Hong Kong. We always play Chinese chess and "linking to five" chess (dont really know how you call it)
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nice title
Personally, I think go is a very hard game to play.
When i try to play with my nooby friends, we also end up arranging our pieces in a line. The pros usually set their pieces on more strategically.
I have a freind who plays Go rather competitively in Hong Kong. We always play Chinese chess and "linking to five" chess (dont really know how you call it)
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I don't think I can express my disappointment at this clearly fraudulent advertising in words....
Bamboo is a nice wood though
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It's lame attracting people this way. I didn't buy it, but I wanted to see what were you going to talk about.
If the title involved "Go", I'd check it out anyway...
As for the topic, that table looks helluva nice. If you have the money to spend, and the will to play Go so much that it's beneficial to buy that table, go for it.
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i knew there would be no lesbian sex here but i went in anyway=(
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The foldable ones are probably cheaper, but the floor ones are cooler
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technically go is hot lesbian sex on a table
its two people trying to stick things into little holes surrounded by black and white
O.O
ebony and ivory living together in harmony... hmm.
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On July 17 2008 19:58 Gokey wrote:
false advertising, shame on you
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I play go as well. I was wondering what this thread was and was pleasantly surprised. I am about 10-15 kyu so I'm not all that good. Um... how good are you?
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I have a board with drawers and stuff. Its not made of kaya or shin kaya Idk what it is. Its just but I think I might get another one cause there drawers are stiff.
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How much do you want to spend and how good are you are the really important things i think.
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Go is a fucking awesome game. The reason why the legs are usually short is because, as you probably know, most people played it sitting on the floor.
I loved the Go board in Hero (Jet Li), the one that was huge and stone and had to be played with one of those sticks that looked like shuffleboard sticks.
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I just had a brilliant idea. Buy a good looking table at a garage sale for next to nothing, then draw the go lines in it. It'll look good, it'll have your own craftsman's touch adding character and uniqueness to it, and you won't pay a fortune for a piece of shit like some tool.
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my grandfather's a professional chinese player, i think he's 8dan... but yeah, i used to play for fun and then i played him and then i quit. haha ;\
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No pedo trap here? shame on you micronesia
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I have a generic flat board @ my house, as well as one for shogi.
butttt we dont really know the fundamentals of the game so it's rarely used.
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sex. wow what a novel concept. i've never seen that one used before. pure genius.
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lol
On July 17 2008 18:37 Pellucidity wrote:
Clearly I am a marketing genius.
Depends if your goal was to get people to read, or to rape my blog rating XD (Not that I write in anticipating of good ratings, as my history will show)
On July 17 2008 18:38 paper wrote:
isn't bamboo a very cheap alternative to wood? :s
was expecting pr0nz, got ... wood.
1/5
I believe it's a cheap alternative to wood, but I think it's not bad?
Well you wanted porn... and you wood, which is the male counterpart, which is your preference, so no need to complain.
On July 17 2008 18:40 arb wrote:
......erection..failed
ABORT MISSION
That dragon go board should arouse you more than a couple of ugly 300 pound lesbians covered in sweat from being too warm.
On July 17 2008 18:41 LosingID8 wrote:
i suspect that this blog will have a very low reply:view ratio
Doesn't seem that way since people love to complain when they feel they were wronged about their immature desires that they are obviously entitled to.
On July 17 2008 18:58 zgl wrote:
How many 1 star ratings do we need to give to nuke this blog?
No solution, because this blog will still be awesome.
On July 17 2008 19:03 RowdierBob wrote:
No actual lesbians.
F-
If I actually put lesbians in this thread, you wouldn't be happy... believe me.
On July 17 2008 19:06 alffla wrote:
wow pellucidsfidsfyt u are a marketing genius. i bow down to your skills.
hope u guys get to buy that sick Go thingy
Lol I think what he did wasn't that big of a deal, but it does seem to be successful. If I go find some pictures of lesbians, will people send me small amounts of money to contribute towards the purchase of a go board?
On July 17 2008 19:14 .MistiK wrote:
I was thinking about buying a Go board too but then I realized that no one in my area plays it.
Definitely play online for practice... it's been a positive experience for me... and it keeps track of your rating :3
On July 17 2008 19:52 kNyTTyM wrote:
aaa Go. Do you already know how to play, or are you just learning? I tried learning it once, but when there wasn't anyone that would play, I decided to not attempt playing myself.
I have a board and pieces actually and they are pretty ancient looking. The picture of 2 would look similar to mine if you were to throw it against a brick wall 40 or 50 times.
Just buy a cheapish one and if you really love it, buy the sexy one.
As I said before, it's very easy to learn and practice online. I'm 20Kyu and I've never held a go stone. I'm considering buying a cheapie just for now yeah... good suggestion.
On July 17 2008 19:58 Gokey wrote:
false advertising, shame on you
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The shock value from realizing what this is about is far more worthwhile of happiness and laughter than pictures of lesbians... and go is awesome.
On July 17 2008 20:32 jhNz wrote:
you got me! TT___TT
Not until you buy me a Go board.
On July 17 2008 20:38 Sp1ralArch1tect wrote:
5/5
The drawing factor of this is infinitely win.
I will seriously play some go after reading this lol
For starters sign up at www.goksg.com and join the teamliquid channel :p
On July 17 2008 20:49 Xiberia wrote:
Now i hate Go. And i don't even know how to play.
If the title of this thread had been "Hot gay man sex on a table" would you hate go even more right now?
On July 17 2008 20:56 Gene wrote:intuition told me there wasnt going to be any hot lesbian sex in this thread but you still suck
When a guy does free contract work for your company designing spreadsheets to do data analysis, don't expect him to provide you with pictures of lesbians having sex on a table. Didn't your mother ever teach you that?
On July 17 2008 21:21 wo0py wrote:I play go, but it's not easy.. though i beat everyone at my house..
Yeah after a bit of playing you figure out how to beat 30kyu newbies :p
When I played pellucidity the first time I felt so strong because I had so much control over the board, even though I still am pretty new to the game myself. Maybe the fact that I won by over 150 moku had to do with it though :p
On July 17 2008 21:37 GenericTerranPlayer wrote:
hahaha you had me going....
I know the pictures in the OP are pretty hot, but I needed a few more to satisfy manly guys like you completely.
On July 17 2008 21:54 kefkalives wrote:
i have a 1.3 inch shin kaya board, with a set of old yunzi. fucking beautiful stuff ^^
I also have 8 mm japanese double convex glass stones, not so bad, but the single convex is definetly my preference.
What's the difference between those two types of stones? Is glass particularly inferior to real stones? BTW, how much less nice is a thin board like the one you have versus a full sized floor board?
On July 17 2008 22:31 HaFnium wrote:
Personally, I think go is a very hard game to play.
When i try to play with my nooby friends, we also end up arranging our pieces in a line. The pros usually set their pieces on more strategically.
I have a freind who plays Go rather competitively in Hong Kong. We always play Chinese chess and "linking to five" chess (dont really know how you call it)
I think they mention that game 'connect 5?' in the first episode of Hikaru no Go. Yeah it's been interesting seeing how my piece placement evolves as I learn to play less simplistically. This is partly just from observing other players (real and anime characters :p) and also from trying things out or reading about it.
On July 17 2008 22:43 FR4CT4L wrote:
I don't think I can express my disappointment at this clearly fraudulent advertising in words....
Bamboo is a nice wood though
How can you complain about a thread being misleading and then admit that you like wood. But seriously, I am trying to find out how much of a letdown it is for a board to be made out of bamboo, or if it is okay.
On July 17 2008 23:22 quirinus wrote:It's lame attracting people this way. I didn't buy it, but I wanted to see what were you going to talk about. If the title involved "Go", I'd check it out anyway... As for the topic, that table looks helluva nice. If you have the money to spend, and the will to play Go so much that it's beneficial to buy that table, go for it.
If by lame you mean hilarious, then I agree with you 100%. You weren't supposed to buy it, so you win! I wish you could have enjoyed the experience a bit, but eh enough people have that it's no big deal if you don't. I agree the board looks very nice. Is it worth spending so much on though? I mean, it might be worth that much just for aesthetic reasons, even if you don't play on it much!
On July 17 2008 23:30 Sfydjklm wrote:
i knew there would be no lesbian sex here but i went in anyway=(
If you loved go, this would be a non-issue. You know what you must do.
On July 18 2008 00:33 Purind wrote:
The foldable ones are probably cheaper, but the floor ones are cooler
Yeah that's more or less what I said in the OP; I agree.
On July 18 2008 00:49 Caller wrote:
technically go is hot lesbian sex on a table
its two people trying to stick things into little holes surrounded by black and white
O.O
ebony and ivory living together in harmony... hmm.
Um... sure.
On July 18 2008 01:31 DamageControL wrote:
I play go as well. I was wondering what this thread was and was pleasantly surprised. I am about 10-15 kyu so I'm not all that good. Um... how good are you?
On July 18 2008 01:33 DamageControL wrote:
I have a board with drawers and stuff. Its not made of kaya or shin kaya Idk what it is. Its just but I think I might get another one cause there drawers are stiff.
On July 18 2008 01:35 DamageControL wrote:
How much do you want to spend and how good are you are the really important things i think.
Not sure why you needed 4 posts lol. I'm 20kyu on KGS after playing maybe half a dozen to a dozen rated games, so I think I'll improve quickly if I keep at it. How much I'm willing to pay is very flexible which is why this is a tricky decision for me. Thanks for linking to the go board; what do you think of a go board with draws? Do you like it as compared to the categories in the OP?
On July 18 2008 01:56 fanatacist wrote:
Go is a fucking awesome game. The reason why the legs are usually short is because, as you probably know, most people played it sitting on the floor.
I loved the Go board in Hero (Jet Li), the one that was huge and stone and had to be played with one of those sticks that looked like shuffleboard sticks.
Yeah I agree. I'm gonna go re-watch Hero now that you mentioned that since I didn't know much about Go back then.
On July 18 2008 02:02 PsycHOTemplar wrote:
I just had a brilliant idea. Buy a good looking table at a garage sale for next to nothing, then draw the go lines in it. It'll look good, it'll have your own craftsman's touch adding character and uniqueness to it, and you won't pay a fortune for a piece of shit like some tool.
What kind of table? I did see instructions online for making your own go equipment, so I know it is done to some extent. I also think the high prices of go boards is a deterrent, but not a rip off per say.
On July 18 2008 02:19 iLjh wrote:
my grandfather's a professional chinese player, i think he's 8dan... but yeah, i used to play for fun and then i played him and then i quit. haha ;\
Wow! Can you ask him to play/teach me? :3
On July 18 2008 02:36 minus_human wrote:No pedo trap here? shame on you micronesia
Lol. Actually, you'll never see me post anything on TL that's highly graphic because of the trouble I could get in :-/
On July 18 2008 02:46 thedeadhaji wrote:
I have a generic flat board @ my house, as well as one for shogi.
butttt we dont really know the fundamentals of the game so it's rarely used.
Lol Haji you have all this stuff at your house that your family doesn't use. Can I have some of it? Learning the fundamentals of the game is easy if that's really the only reason why you don't use it. For starters check out http://playgo.to/interactive/
On July 18 2008 03:23 crabapple wrote:
sex. wow what a novel concept. i've never seen that one used before. pure genius.
How come nobody complained the other 23490857348905673498563749568 times it was used in even more reputable places? :-/
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hmm. i havent used a traditional floor board before but i HIGHLY recomend just buying a thick table board instead. purely for practicality. You'll be able to take your board elswehere with relative ease, whereas if you buy a huge bamboo board you'll have a shitload of trouble (bamboo is very very heavy). if you feel comfortable spending that much money you should just buy a 2" kaya from ymimports.com. fantastic site with amazing customer service.
2 and 3/8" kaya board, traditional japanese size: http://www.ymimports.com/Items/yn-tk001-a?&caSKU=yn-tk001-a&caTitle=Kaya - 2-3/8'' Go Board (Japanese Standard Size)
Hmm, yunzi stones are traditional chinese stones. japanese traditonal stones are slate and shell (Super super super expensive). the chinese stones are alot more practical, i.e. single convex ^^.
its all preference. i do highly recomend yunzi however, as the double convex yunzi they make are very very sexy.
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On July 18 2008 08:27 kefkalives wrote:hmm. i havent used a traditional floor board before but i HIGHLY recomend just buying a thick table board instead. purely for practicality. You'll be able to take your board elswehere with relative ease, whereas if you buy a huge bamboo board you'll have a shitload of trouble (bamboo is very very heavy). if you feel comfortable spending that much money you should just buy a 2" kaya from ymimports.com. fantastic site with amazing customer service. 2 and 3/8" kaya board, traditional japanese size: http://www.ymimports.com/Items/yn-tk001-a?&caSKU=yn-tk001-a&caTitle=Kaya - 2-3/8'' Go Board (Japanese Standard Size)Hmm, yunzi stones are traditional chinese stones. japanese traditonal stones are slate and shell (Super super super expensive). the chinese stones are alot more practical, i.e. single convex ^^. its all preference. i do highly recomend yunzi however, as the double convex yunzi they make are very very sexy.
Their different options are a bit confusing... would you recommend one of the complete sets?
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[B]On July 18 2008 05:48 micronesia wrote: If by lame you mean hilarious, then I agree with you 100%. You weren't supposed to buy it, so you win! I wish you could have enjoyed the experience a bit, but eh enough people have that it's no big deal if you don't. I agree the board looks very nice. Is it worth spending so much on though? I mean, it might be worth that much just for aesthetic reasons, even if you don't play on it much! Show nested quote +On July 17 2008 23:22 quirinus wrote:It's lame attracting people this way. I didn't buy it, but I wanted to see what were you going to talk about. If the title involved "Go", I'd check it out anyway... As for the topic, that table looks helluva nice. If you have the money to spend, and the will to play Go so much that it's beneficial to buy that table, go for it.
I did find it funny, but it's still cheating!
I mean, come one, if eveyone starts false advertising we'll have a blog section filled with sex sex pussyhair. If that happens I'm bound to stop checking every blog to find something interesting and I'll stop reading the blog section. Ofc using false advertising here and there can be funny, but let's not loose our sense of humor. 
Aestethically you'd have to see if it fits the other furniture, and where you'd put it. I'd put it in my room even if I didn't play it much if there wasn't the price, as is with everything. Doh. >.<
I actually never played Go, but it tickeled my curiosity for a long time and I've always wanted to learn it - since it's portrayed as a highly skill-dependent and hard, yet fun and "simple" game.
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The drawers suck balls dont do it. I'd love one with legs but they are WAY to expensive. I'm too lazy to edit.
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