1) TegaiS: Meanwhile I’ve read Frederick Pohl’s “Black Star Rising”, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, thank you!
2) This just in, via Go Onuyu on Facebook
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| Author: | BaghwanB [ Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mainstream Go Sightings |
You have to be careful with those pickup games though. Maybe it's due to too many years in club life, but there seems to be a pattern of: 1: "Oh, you play?" 2: "I used to." = 1-3 dan 2: "A little..." = 3-4 dan 2: "Yes." = 6-8 dan 2: "I know the rules..." = 2k-2d Bruce "Rank" Young |
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| Author: | TegaiS [ Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mainstream Go Sightings |
In Black Star Rising by Frederik Pohl there is an episode with a secretary playing Go with computer. And the name of her chief is Manyface. I wonder if this is an accidental coincidence with the Many Faces of Go. |
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| Author: | Bonobo [ Mon Jul 28, 2014 11:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mainstream Go Sightings |
TegaiS wrote: In Black Star Rising by Frederik Pohl there is an episode with a secretary playing Go with computer. And the name of her chief is Manyface. I wonder if this is an accidental coincidence with the Many Faces of Go. Wow, cool find.And thanks, I took that as a recommendation (I’ve read other SF by Pohl before), ordered the book from booklooker.de, a German store for used books, albeit the EN original, $7,67 incl. shipping. Regards, Tom |
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| Author: | Abyssinica [ Wed Aug 27, 2014 2:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mainstream Go Sightings |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRHdIScOMWQ Eh, it appeared. |
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| Author: | Mike Novack [ Fri Aug 29, 2014 6:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mainstream Go Sightings |
TegaiS wrote: In Black Star Rising by Frederik Pohl there is an episode with a secretary playing Go with computer. And the name of her chief is Manyface. I wonder if this is an accidental coincidence with the Many Faces of Go. Why not ask Fotland? |
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| Author: | Bonobo [ Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mainstream Go Sightings |
1) TegaiS: Meanwhile I’ve read Frederick Pohl’s “Black Star Rising”, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, thank you! 2) This just in, via Go Onuyu on Facebook |
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| Author: | Solomon [ Sun Oct 26, 2014 6:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mainstream Go Sightings |
There's a cool Go scene in Misaeng ep. 3 with cameo appearances by Yoo Changhyuk and Cho Hunhyun: |
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| Author: | Bonobo [ Sat Nov 01, 2014 4:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mainstream Go Sightings |
Last night, while zapping TV channels on the iPad, I saw a scene of Largo Winch II (released internationally as The Burma Conspiracy) where for a second or two there was a running game of Go to be seen on the table. Sadly, I wasn’t fast enough to make a screenshot. |
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| Author: | Inkwolf [ Sun Jun 07, 2015 12:04 am ] | ||
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From the opening credits of Kotoura-san: the man on the right is Kotoura's grandfather. No idea yet who the guy in the Jedi-colored kimono is, or whether they play during the actual show. We watched two episodes at our anime club meeting.It seems to jump back and forth between tragic and hilarious. (Like my Go skills!) Will be watching the rest soon... EDIT: No go in the actual series, too bad. 
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| Author: | Mike Novack [ Fri Jun 12, 2015 4:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mainstream Go Sightings |
Question (requiring "vote" of the group?) How about MISTAKEN references to go? In other words, a character in a book is referring to go, knows it is a game played in Japan, but misunderstands what sort of game it is (thinks it is something like three dimensional chess). Should we consider that a reference or not? Notice that this isn't misunderstanding by the author but of one of her characters. |
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| Author: | Inkwolf [ Fri Jun 12, 2015 8:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mainstream Go Sightings |
A reference is a reference.
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| Author: | moyoaji [ Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mainstream Go Sightings |
Such references seem fine by me. After all, that's usually how go is referenced in America in real life. Everyone else thinks it's Othello or Chinese Checkers... |
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| Author: | sybob [ Fri Jun 12, 2015 1:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mainstream Go Sightings |
Nobody here already mentioned author Robert van Gulik? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_van_Gulik. Robert van Gulik is the author of a series of detective books about Judge Dee ('Rechter Tie' in Dutch or 'Meiro-no-satsujin' in Japanese). Go plays an important part in his books, primarily because they were based on (or were translations of) Chinese books. The English language series cover 17 different editions. He illustrated them himself, all in Oriental style. Born in 1910, he was Dutch by birth, later to become ambassador in Japan. He lived in Washington, China, Inda and married a Chinese woman. When I was young (looong time ago), I used to read them. Perhaps it was the seed for my fascination for go? People here heard of him or know his books? |
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| Author: | Mike Novack [ Fri Jun 12, 2015 2:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mainstream Go Sightings |
Well then, in one of Donna Leon's books (mysteries set in Venice). The character is confusing go with 3D chess (thinks 3D chess is called go in Japan). But odd, I don't remember go references in the Judge Dee books. |
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| Author: | Bonobo [ Fri Jun 12, 2015 5:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mainstream Go Sightings |
sybob wrote: Nobody here already mentioned author Robert van Gulik? Thanks, never heard of him before, now I ordered two of his books in a used book store See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_van_Gulik. Robert van Gulik is the author of a series of detective books about Judge Dee [..]
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| Author: | Bonobo [ Fri Jul 10, 2015 6:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mainstream Go Sightings |
Just zapped into “Fist of Legend” (1994, a martial arts movie with Jet Li) on arte (French-German TV) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fist_of_Legend Don’t know about all of EUrope, but French and Germans should be able to view it for the next two weeks in the mediatheque: German, French There’s a Go scene somewhere between 1:10:00 and 1:18:00, maybe there are more that I have missed. |
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| Author: | Bonobo [ Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | âFist of Legendâ, with Jet Li |
Found it on YT: |
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| Author: | Bonobo [ Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mainstream Go Sightings |
okay, seems to be Gomoku rather than Go 
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| Author: | LocoRon [ Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:32 pm ] | ||
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In episode 16 of Shirobako, a character mentions that she was in the Go club in high school, and a bit later there are two brief shots of a Go board.
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| Author: | EdLee [ Sat Jul 11, 2015 2:20 am ] |
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LocoRon wrote: two brief shots of a Go board. Hi LocoRon, very pretty; thanks.Do you happen to remember if the two were completely still shots, or were they "animated" -- with the camera doing more than just 2D panning or rotation ? In other words, any 3D camera movement at all ?Just curious. I ask, because if the scene was CG, then it's trivial to have 3D motion; but if it was hand drawn, then any 3D motion would be a ton of work for the animators.
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