Life In 19x19
http://www.lifein19x19.com/

Hello from Washington State!
http://www.lifein19x19.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=9391		 Page 1 of 1
Author:  goTony [ Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Hello from Washington State!
Greetings and Salutations to all! (Especially all the other recent new members)

I am a GO player in Washington state, no I do not live in Seattle. I am about 5 hours away. We have a small club in town of which I am one of the founders and funders.

I am interested in many aspects of GO history, culture, relationship to life,growing a club and spreading GO and maybe even getting better.

I look forward to meeting you here and over the Goban.

お願いします!

Anthony
Author:  EdLee [ Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:53 pm ]
Post subject: 
Welcome! Are you near Portland, too ? :)
Author:  goTony [ Wed Nov 20, 2013 1:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re:
EdLee wrote:
Welcome! Are you near Portland, too ? :)



Yes I am only 4 hours from Portland! (Only in the NW is 4 hours close). I do not make it to Portland very often. But they have a GO Club there and it is larger and stronger than ours. I believe they do a demo occasionally at the Chinese Cultural Center.

Incidentally I first learned to play GO when I lived in Ventura County at the Simi valley club.

Santa Barbara is a beautiful city hope your enjoying it.

And thank you for the welcome!
Author:  EdLee [ Wed Nov 20, 2013 6:20 am ]
Post subject: 
goTony wrote:
Incidentally I first learned to play GO when I lived in Ventura County at the Simi valley club.
Oh! When were you at the Simi valley club, and who else was there?
Author:  goTony [ Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Hello from Washington State!
Oh it has been a while... We were living in Ventura county and I went 2-3 times to the club that met at Borders. I learned the rules there then moved.... So it must have been about 2007. I do not remember the names. But I appreciate the fact I learned there even if I did not play for some time after. Now I am introducing people to GO.

I miss CA.........

How is the SB doing? I know you had some strong players there.
Author:  EdLee [ Thu Nov 21, 2013 2:00 am ]
Post subject: 
Yes, I also visited the Ventura Go club at Borders a few times over the years. Possibly in 2007, too.
Maybe you met David Whiteside and Ted Drange.
That Borders is still there, but both Borders in SB folded, ~2011. :( SB is raining tonight. :)
Unfortunately, the really good players are probably all hiding, and too busy, in grad school at UCSB. :)
Author:  Rowen [ Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Hello from Washington State!
Welcome!
Author:  goTony [ Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re:
EdLee wrote:
Yes, I also visited the Ventura Go club at Borders a few times over the years. Possibly in 2007, too.
Maybe you met David Whiteside and Ted Drange.
That Borders is still there, but both Borders in SB folded, ~2011. :( SB is raining tonight. :)
Unfortunately, the really good players are probably all hiding, and too busy, in grad school at UCSB. :)


I think it may have been David. One of the old computers with all that contact info died and could not be resurrected.

But I hope I have repaid my dues and my borrowed and not returned GO CD.... Since I have taught about 20 people and introduced the game to at least 30 or so...

I miss the beach at SB, though one of my favorites is El Capitan a little north. If your ever up in WA give me a holler.
Author:  goTony [ Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re:
EdLee wrote:
Yes, I also visited the Ventura Go club at Borders a few times over the years. Possibly in 2007, too.
Maybe you met David Whiteside and Ted Drange.
That Borders is still there, but both Borders in SB folded, ~2011. :( SB is raining tonight. :)
Unfortunately, the really good players are probably all hiding, and too busy, in grad school at UCSB. :)



I forgot to ask what do you do are you a student?
Author:  EdLee [ Fri Nov 22, 2013 6:23 pm ]
Post subject: 
goTony wrote:
I miss the beach at SB, though one of my favorites is El Capitan a little north. If your ever up in WA give me a holler.
Yes, El Capitan is a bit up north. I was in fact in Tacoma, WA in August
for US Go Congress; were you there, too? :) My background is software engineering.
Author:  goTony [ Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Hello from Washington State!
I made it to the first two days of the congress only. It was quite a treat, to meet so many strong players. I had an untarnished record there, truly amazing. Not one victory to mar my string of defeats.

I was playing very poorly. I had learned just enough to know about concepts- thickness, tenuki etc... but not enough to apply it. So I played confused and hesitantly. I lost my initial daring innocence. Plus the stronger players know proper Joseki.....

But hey I got a mug and a tee shirt what more could I want?

( I too miss some of those bookstores. They have closed down all over)

Anthony
Author:  EdLee [ Sat Nov 23, 2013 4:50 am ]
Post subject: 
goTony wrote:
I made it to the first two days of the congress only.
Oh, so for Sunday and Monday mornings, we were both in the same hall. :)
Author:  goTony [ Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Hello from Washington State!
Yes but most definitely not at the same board! I was near the end of the line.....

If I was half as good at playing as getting the word out I would be at least 5kyu....

You need to come visit the Seattle GO center and then come over to Wine country and play with our club!
Author:  EdLee [ Sat Nov 23, 2013 6:13 pm ]
Post subject: 
Tony, my friend and I dropped by the SGC on new year's day 2003.
It was raining. Jon Boley was playing simuls for fund-raising. :)
Page 1 of 1 All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group
http://www.phpbb.com/