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GroT
Belgium3003 Posts
Is there a simple program that will allow people to play via TCP/IP or a server or something? I understand that there is a handicap system, in that case, it should be interesting to play with me even if I have never played before? Does anyone feel like playing this game online with me? | ||
Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
First of all, http://www.playgo.to/interactive - go through this one, it will get you familiar with the rules and some basic concepts. Second, go to http://senseis.xmp.net (it's the most amazing wiki I've seen, regardless of subject  ).As for Go Servers: The two major go servers are: IGS - http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/ and KGS - http://www.gokgs.com/ To play on IGS you need to download glGo (available from the site I linked) and register an account, IGS has quite a lot of users but the average level is pretty high (for a beginner). Still, you can find enough beginners there  To play KGS, you just go to the site and click play go. It's java, and you can play as a guest or register an account. There's many, many other servers (search go servers on senseis.xmp.net for a list and description) - chinese, korean, japanese, but these two should be enough (IGS is international/japanese and KGS international). Other good sites: http://www.gobase.org (message me on msn, you can use my ID) http://www.goproblems.com (excellent practice) I'm not exactly strong myself (I'm 22+kyu on IGS.. which is basically half a step above the starting rank ) with a 60-68 record. | ||
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Shymon
United States620 Posts
bah and reading now i see fa didn't actually explain the handicap/rating system. The lowest rank is 30 kyu, the highest kyu rank is 1 kyu with a 1 stone handicap per level. ie if a 18k played a 16k, he would be black and two back stones would be played on the board to make the game even. above the kyu's are the dan ranks, and they go UP with 1dan being low (but still above 1 kyu) and 9 dan being highest. then there are the professional ranks which go from 1 dan pro to 9 dan pro (all generally considered higher then amatuer 9 dan, but in reality that might not be always the case). pro's get their ranks differently depending if they play in japan korea or china, at the very top level of play it's belived that the koreans are the strongest of the professional ranks of go players. | ||
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GroT
Belgium3003 Posts
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SuperJongMan
Jamaica11586 Posts
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Baduk
France7 Posts
you can also look at http://www.gofed.be/ and http://ffg.jeudego.org if you speak French. It will give you the main internet links, some rules tutorial and the different places where you can play. For those who want to follow the pro scene, you can look at http://igo-kisen.hp.infoseek.co.jp/news.html I personnaly play on KGS (http://www.gokgs.com/), and I can create a TeamLiquid room if anybody is interested and (if I can use the forum name). trombone on kgs | ||
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MarcX
Netherlands772 Posts
diasomi@hotmail.com KD14 on KGS (currently 13k) | ||
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NpG)Explosive
France994 Posts
A TeamLiquid romm would be really nice. | ||
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Solstice[gm]
Korea (South)76 Posts
On November 21 2006 07:11 GroT wrote: Does anyone here play this board game? Is there a simple program that will allow people to play via TCP/IP or a server or something? I understand that there is a handicap system, in that case, it should be interesting to play with me even if I have never played before? Does anyone feel like playing this game online with me? That's actually a bad idea, asking people to play you online. There's a big difference between playing online and playing with your opponent in front of your face. I've played Go for around 3 years now, but you really can't learn the finer points of it without getting a real teacher. I'll play you on Yahoo! Go if you want. I won't be able to teach you much though T_T | ||
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Baduk
France7 Posts
trombone on kgs | ||
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Solstice[gm]
Korea (South)76 Posts
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yare
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jkillashark
United States5262 Posts
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tenbagger
United States1289 Posts
Playing live is easier to teach, but it is definitely doable online. It really helps your improvement when you have someone better comment on each move and the thought process behind it. edit: I signed up for KGS, I'm there right now if anyone wants to play | ||
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
It is the most abstract strategy game of all. It some aspects it puts chess to shame.. It is so abstract there will never be a good AI program out there to even come close to master level, i.e. it is a game the suits the human mind, specially those that are good with abstract thinking and/or math. It is very hard to get good at it, it will take you at least 10 years, and it will eat more of your time than any other game you played before. http://www.ociw.edu/~birk/Golinks.html You will find a lot of useful links here ~ | ||
thedeadhaji
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tenbagger
United States1289 Posts
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17743 Posts
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GroT
Belgium3003 Posts
On November 22 2006 14:58 jkillashark wrote: GroT didn't you want to play chess more competitively? Why are you starting baduk then? Nono, I never said I was trying to play competetively, I am just playing one game per day against a computer opponent (still enjoying it, still never beat him but the games are taking longer every time) The only game I'm trying to be competetive at is poker, and so far I've failed shamefully! (it's very hard just like getting good at chess or go would be) On November 22 2006 20:33 Physician wrote: GroT careful.. It is the most abstract strategy game of all. It some aspects it puts chess to shame.. It is so abstract there will never be a good AI program out there to even come close to master level, i.e. it is a game the suits the human mind, specially those that are good with abstract thinking and/or math. It is very hard to get good at it, it will take you at least 10 years, and it will eat more of your time than any other game you played before. http://www.ociw.edu/~birk/Golinks.html You will find a lot of useful links here ~ Surely I can enjoy the game without spending much time in it, I just want to play it for fun chess and go are just fantastic games and I'd feel like it was a shame if I never played them. Even though I need to play as much poker as I can if I want to accomplish my goals, one game of chess a day and one game of go (maybe less than one a day, it seems the games take pretty long) won't hurt me | ||
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jkillashark
United States5262 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Sorry if that offends anyone, but I am going to refuse to take off those quotations marks until my grave. ROAR | ||
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