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On May 06 2014 03:59 Torte de Lini wrote:Show nested quote +On May 06 2014 03:53 MrTortoise wrote: cool go players
shall we start a team liquid room on kgs?
What servers do you guys play on? I used to play kgs a lot, recently wbaduk and then a polish friend suggested tygemgo (which actually looks to be suspiciously similar to wbaduk room wise)
Torte i have many accounts for various levels of shitfacedness. I lose against 15k koreans playing blitz when hammered (tbh that game i should never of lost - i usually am about 8k in those games) yet beat 1d in slow games in pubs in uk (on good days) There's already a room on KGS! Look under Social :DDDD I play very slowly ):
I dont go on that much, but when i am ill give you a game or 2 
i made a monster edit btw in previous post.
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On May 06 2014 03:54 Nouar wrote:Show nested quote +On May 06 2014 03:49 Torte de Lini wrote:On May 05 2014 21:35 Nouar wrote: K12? Why? It's too far to be a connection. What happens if I play j12 (then either h12 or j11), or h12 (either capture with j11 or extend with h13 on the next move depending on your answer). No, the correct shape is playing in j12 yourself, effectively protecting both holes. If the opponent tries to play in one of them, he is captured in answer. This shape, you will se often. Oops, I meant J12 as you can block both areas with double atami no? How do I see yoru comments O: Yes about j12. Lower right, click on move numbers around where there are variations (line branching out) and you'll see his comments and suggestions. I agree, for the second game, at what moment did you feel you were in charge ? 0_o Going through it fast, it seems he always has your number and is countering you at every corner, he feels much stronger, I don't get why he got handicap stones. Don't be sad about that game, you didn't stand a chance.
That is so fucking cooooooooool!
Turn 37 I felt had a good handle on things and then I ventured to his corner. What also tricks me up is that sometimes I feel like he's placing random stones and I can't understnad what they are for until it is way too late!
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At turn 37 the game was already hopeless for you.
Have a look at the board. You have about 12 points of secure territory on the upper side, another group at d12 which does not secure any points but influences the left side and the center. Realistically you cannot expect to profit much from the d12 group because it is missing a stone at b10 which makes it hard to build territory on the left side and black already encroached into your sphere of influence in the center with f15. Note that there is no way for you to cut off f15. Black has about 7 points of territory at the left side and two captured stones, 9 points in total. However he completely dominates the right side and the bottom side of the board. None of this positions are already secure territory bu he will be able to make far more points in these areas than you. Meanwhile you aspirations in the center will come to nothing due to f15.
As mentioned above your opponent seems to be far stronger than you, probably a sandbagger.
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On May 06 2014 05:27 Hagen0 wrote: At turn 37 the game was already hopeless for you.
Have a look at the board. You have about 12 points of secure territory on the upper side, another group at d12 which does not secure any points but influences the left side and the center. Realistically you cannot expect to profit much from the d12 group because it is missing a stone at b10 which makes it hard to build territory on the left side and black already encroached into your sphere of influence in the center with f15. Note that there is no way for you to cut off f15. Black has about 7 points of territory at the left side and two captured stones, 9 points in total. However he completely dominates the right side and the bottom side of the board. None of this positions are already secure territory bu he will be able to make far more points in these areas than you. Meanwhile you aspirations in the center will come to nothing due to f15.
As mentioned above your opponent seems to be far stronger than you, probably a sandbagger.
I think the biggest problem I am having is understanding what is my territory, the balance between ensuring I am securing territory over capturing stones.
I feel like I am flipping between the two. On a smaller scale, it is very obvious, but on a larger scale I get confused.
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Looking at your games, I think, you look too far in your search for mistakes  Let's say, there is a scale of how good a move is. Pass is 0, a move perfectly achieving a single purpose is worth 1
There are not many moves worse then pass(so they have a negative value), but some are... And they can also be found in your games a few times. They are pretty easy to avoid, once you know about them, and it immediately makes you a fair bit stronger... Then the next step is avoiding all those moves with a value around 0. This can be easy in some cases, but difficult in others... still.. Again with some explanations it is easy to reduce the ratio drastically.
And if this done... Then the real game starts... Because then it is all about finding the best moves for a certain purpose, finding the most important purposes, and later find moves that actually help with several purposes But first master the basics, before diving too deep here
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On May 06 2014 23:19 mahrgell wrote:Looking at your games, I think, you look too far in your search for mistakes  Let's say, there is a scale of how good a move is. Pass is 0, a move perfectly achieving a single purpose is worth 1 There are not many moves worse then pass(so they have a negative value), but some are... And they can also be found in your games a few times. They are pretty easy to avoid, once you know about them, and it immediately makes you a fair bit stronger... Then the next step is avoiding all those moves with a value around 0. This can be easy in some cases, but difficult in others... still.. Again with some explanations it is easy to reduce the ratio drastically. And if this done... Then the real game starts... Because then it is all about finding the best moves for a certain purpose, finding the most important purposes, and later find moves that actually help with several purposes  But first master the basics, before diving too deep here 
Mm, you're right. Maybe I am a bit too critical. I don't see problems as gradual steps; but key areas that need "fixing" checkmarks of reminders. I should probably change it to more of a scaling point.
I just won my first game, but I had help from my boss: Mr. Lee. He played amateur GO when he was younger and he says he was about a 1 kyu (geup) online and 6 kyu in live matches.
He says his father is a professional Go teacher also, he was a 5dan.
Here's the replay. Can you guess at which move he started to teach me?
http://eidogo.com/#49b7vs3zO
+ Show Spoiler [answer] +
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Torte de lini, do you still play? I picked up this game right about the same time you did. I would love to play you somehow. Cheers!
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What is this? A go thread?
Around 4k when I played casually in college. Maybe I'll make an account on KGS sometime and head over to the TL room.
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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.
I recommend Iwamoto Kauru's "Go for Beginners" - shouldn't be hard to find.
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On June 09 2014 05:08 ToSs.Bag wrote: Torte de lini, do you still play? I picked up this game right about the same time you did. I would love to play you somehow. Cheers!
hey!
Yes, I still play albeit not recently due to more pressing issues! I intend to get back into the swing of things this week :D
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lamo, Tortelini. that game.
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On June 11 2014 07:54 TanGeng wrote: lamo, Tortelini. that game.
haha yeah, it's been awhile since that game; but that match was definitely radical!
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Wow, this thread is randomly active. I still drop in on KGS every now and again to observe games, but don't play enough of it. Still probably somewhere around 10k-1k
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I don't see any automatch option and it's browser based, which I don't like at all. I would say no.
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I love OGS. Browser based means I can play on any computer from anywhere, and the player base is great for beginner-intermediate range. When I first started playing, I started on KGS and the skill level was too prohibitive and the interface is awkward, in my opinion.
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Yeah, I hope so as well! I hope he streams as well because I'd watch that!
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hey guys, I switched to: https://online-go.com/
I prefer it over having to install KGS at work and such and it feels a lot more intuitive, though I understand it is more limited ):
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