i agree, my rough count was about 4 or 5 for me
thank you for the game. you played well, for some time I wanted to resign and really didn't expect to win afterall.
i am looking forward to read through all comments

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Spilling gasoline feels good.

I might be wrong, but probably not.

you played well.
i thought my variation was enough to win. i guess i miscalculated.
sorry about not having much comment on the game.
as you already know..i am currently Malkovich junky.
and full time job and full time dad after work.
if you have any qusetion on the game i will be happy to elaborate best to my knowledge.

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"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown"
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson

Magicwand: i have absolutely no problem with your few comments, i have known your commenting style from your series with kirby (and those series were also for me the reason to play you, it seemed as a big challenge - and it really was). i am looking for playing you again at some point in the future (if you would be also interested), although not right now

ok, so i have read the comments and i can see (even from my own ones) that at some places i was really silly . and funny observation is our feeling about the game until we count - i think i am losing and magicwand thinks he is winning

to the game:

my joseki in the upper right corner

Harlequin, move 24

topazg, move 30

w 75, 77, 79 were very nice and i like and recommend magicwand's comment following them (although i was able to figure those ideas from the moves and my feeling after them)

hane as move 82 - another very instructive idea, still the same mistake from me - being too afraid and caring too much about stones already played, not enough flexible

Magicwand's endless sente - i know i should follow the principle of mutual damage and not follow my oponent over the board but it seems i am bad at it. give me please some example of my least neccessary answers and what would have been better instead of them

Magicwand 116, 118

if anyone wants to comment (or ask about) anything i wrote, regardless who did i address it to, feel free to do so
thank you all for watching and i hope my comments were at least as beneficial and enjoyable for spectators as were spectators' comments for me

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Spilling gasoline feels good.

I might be wrong, but probably not.

116.
i had a feeling that i am comfortably ahead..and you answered all my ending without any effort to create variation.
i was wondering if my count was wrong..(i dont think i was wrong..i guess i played bad ending.. i am not sure..)

118
another move that surprised me. after this i was 100% sure i am ahead. (again.. i dont know how i lost this game. )

i had an idea that you were down about 5 to 10 points and i expected you to try to twist and turn to makeup the points..

i am curious. what was your count at that moment?

moral of the game.. COUNT and COUNT AGAIN!

edit: i was really comfortable until i count at the end.. and realized i was down about 5~8 points.
if i knew early i would have tried to invade the top left corner or something.

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"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown"
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson

Magicwand, move 118:

i counted the score about even (which was precise to, let say, 5 points), so S11-R11 exchange hurted me, but my upper group was (in my eyes) close to death, so i thought R11 to make an eyeshape was unavoidable in order to at least continue and not to lose immediately

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Spilling gasoline feels good.

I might be wrong, but probably not.