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Around 2 years ago I picked up this oriental board game called Go (English) / Igo (Japanese) Weiqi (Chinese) / Baduk (Korean). It is a board game involving Black and White pieces on a 19 x 19 board. Recently, I found out that quite a bit of the Go community is aware of the SC proscene, and some of them are lurking around on TL. I'm starting this thread both to flush out Go players on TL as well as to introduce people to this great game!
I think Go has many qualities which should attract the SC player. Just like SC, it is easy to learn but hard to master. It appeals to those who are relentlessly competitive and seek improvement in what they do. And lastly, Koreans tend to be cho-gosu and have a similarly feared reputation in both games. Its also been said that a lot of the top Korean and Chinese players are more than casual players of SC /WC3 - apparently in a tournament within the last couple months in Korea a lot of the Chinese pros went to play SC at a PC bang in their spare time.
Here are some resources to learn more about Go:
The Interactive Way to Go -
Easy tutorial to learn the rules. Recommended if you are a complete beginner who wants to get into the game.
Sensei's Library
A community maintained wikipedia. A great resource for learning about specific moves, history, or just common go terms.
Godiscussions Forum
This used to be one of the focal points of the community. As of long, it is supplanted by the Life in 19x19 forum (listed below) as the owner no longer had time to maintain the site, which was suffering from chronic technical issues. However, its archives are still a treasure trove of information.
Life in 19x19 Forums
The replacement forum for Godiscussions forums. Most of the veteran members have transfered to here.
KGS Go Server
Great free server to play online go. Very newbie friendly with good community atmosphere , with lots of stronger players willing to help out. There is already a teamliquid room there, but its rather sparsely populated right now. To join go to the Rooms -> Social -> teamliquid.
goproblems.com
Great site for free life and death problems.
If any TLers already play go or wish to learn more about the game, feel free to PM me or ask me for a game on KGS. I'm Aphelion02 on KGS and am 6k in rank, which is by no means good, but it would be nice to play with a fellow SC fan in Go.
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I asked my girlfriend to get me a Go board for christmas a couple years ago, the poor thing looked everywhere to no avail. I'm very interested in a TL Go community, I'm doing the interactive right now =)
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O.O
some of those boards and stones are SO sick, thanks for the link!
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I've been meaning to learn Go for a while now. Ever since I played a few games against a friend a few years ago. Unfortunately by the time I learned about online Go I was consumed by my Starcraft addiction. I might give it a proper chance this time around.
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Stopped playing serious when I reach 1d on KGS because the local go club sucks and I can't see any future with this game in my country. But sometimes I still play for fun, handa on KGS.
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Germany2896 Posts
We already have a thread: TL Go Group!
And we always welcome new players in the TL channel on KGS.
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That thread is rather old, and derailed by the Go vs Chess argument. Lets keep this one open  .
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yess
Go is a very good game.
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On June 07 2010 02:27 MasterOfChaos wrote:We already have a thread: TL Go Group!And we always welcome new players in the TL channel on KGS.
How can I be like Hikaru in Hikaru no go?
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I'm somewhere between 10-15k but I mostly play on 13x13. Mostly because of time, but to me it feels very different to the 19x19 game.
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i used to play a lot of go for like half a year and used to be ~14kyu. but somehow i lost the motivation to play, maybe i'll pick it up again someday.
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On June 06 2010 23:47 fly.stat wrote:O.O some of those boards and stones are SO sick, thanks for the link!
if you're on a budget though, i'd reccomend gettting one of the layaway boards which sell for less.
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I just came off of KGS, Aphelion just helped me learn more about the basics of Go. I'm always surprised at how nice a lot of people on TL are.
LFM
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FREEAGLELAND26780 Posts
Man I used to play this as a child and coach other children in Chinese school.
I'm going to have to start back up again this summer with time :>
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On June 07 2010 08:34 Nytefish wrote:
I'm somewhere between 10-15k but I mostly play on 13x13. Mostly because of time, but to me it feels very different to the 19x19 game.
Have you tried playing with a shorter clock, to fit your time constraints? In fast games, the time spent is about the same as a full length starcraft game.
As you said, the formats make for very different games, and if at all possible, I'd recommend sticking with 19x19. To me, 13x13 is kind of like starcraft without the macromanagement aspect, so there's a lot you're missing out on.
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I've got to start playing again.
Oh - any recommended beginner books? I need to restart from the basics.
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On June 07 2010 20:17 Zona wrote:
I've got to start playing again.
Oh - any recommended beginner books? I need to restart from the basics.
The Learn to Play Go series 1-5 by Janice Kim are pretty good for some one learning the basics. You really only need the first three books though. Graded Go problems is also a good series for practice problems.
This thread on the L19x19 forums has a very comprehensive list of good books, sorted by skill level.
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I got a Go board for christmas a few years ago, but my wife got bored of it after about two games. I know a kid in high school who will play, but he's totally antisocial and will spend like two hours on each move so it's not very much fun.
I tried playing several games on KGS; got to 16k or so after learning the absolute basics and some really basic fuseki. I was impressed with how helpful the go community is compared to b.net (this was before I discovered TL).
I think I'll get back into it this summer after my finals are over and try to get to single digit kyu. What's the TL channel?
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Germany2896 Posts
To join go to the Rooms -> Social -> teamliquid
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