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Offline TheBigH
 Post subject: Hello from Melbourne, Australia
Post #1 Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:31 am 
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Hi everyone.

I'm a 29yo male from Melbourne. I learned the rules back in early 2011 but for some reason soon lost motivation. Towards the end of last year I picked the game up again and soon found myself hooked. Since then I've been studying a bit and hanging around on Sensei's Library.

As far as playing strength goes I describe myself as "abysmal", with a vague hope of graduating to "terrible". My knowledge of joseki is nonexistent, I don't know how to judge which plays are biggest in the middle game, I'm afraid of fights, and I find the opening vague and unforgiving. Hopefully I am not the only person who has had these problems as a beginner, and that I can overcome them with practice and study.

Anyway, good to be here.

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Offline tezza
 Post subject: Re: Hello from Melbourne, Australia
Post #2 Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:53 am 
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Hi TheBigH,

Welcome! Good to see another fellow Aussie :clap: .

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Offline TheBigH
 Post subject: Re: Hello from Melbourne, Australia
Post #4 Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 7:02 pm 
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Thanks for the welcome everyone!

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Offline jts
 Post subject: Re: Hello from Melbourne, Australia
Post #5 Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:46 pm 
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Welcome!

Don't worry about not knowing joseki... joseki are fun, but they're not worth stressing over. Being afraid of fights, though - you need to pick more and more until you think it's fun! :twisted:

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Offline tezza
 Post subject: Re: Hello from Melbourne, Australia
Post #6 Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:41 pm 
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Agree with jts re: knowing joseki in the early stages. (I confess I still don't know joseki; try to remember them but... . Sigh.)

By the way, the following thread provides some discussion about areas of knowledge:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5115
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