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Offline Lionmyhkus
 Post subject: Hello :)
Post #1 Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 2:42 am 
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Hi there! Nice to meet you all :D I'm new to Go. I have tried playing a couple of matches online (with both computer and human players), but I definitely feel like it would become much more enjoyable if I actually knew what I was doing :scratch: hahaha.

After years of casual online gaming, I realized that I quickly became bored of the tedious game-play and overly-complex mechanics prevalent in most mmorpgs. But Go seems like the opposite. The mechanics are clean and simple: black and white on wood; yet the game-play is always a bit different. Well, that's what I understood with a couple minutes of research on this game anyway.

I come from a Korean family, so I've been familiar with Go for a while now (we even had a set at home for a time), but I never fully understood it, so I only played omok (four in a row) and "all-kka-gee" (a game like marbles where we try to knock off the opponents stones off the board) :o shame on me :o

Anyway, I would really love to learn how to play Go properly. It would be great if you could recommend me to one or two things that helped you the most in growing as a player. Thanks so much for your time and help; I really appreciate it :)



As a side note, I've been on many different forums for many different things, and so far I have to say that this has to be up on my list as one of the nicest, most civil forums I have ever seen. Maybe it's the age difference or something like that, I don't know. But it sure is refreshing o_o :salute:

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Offline Boidhre
 Post subject: Re: Hello :)
Post #2 Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 2:57 am 
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Welcome. :)

Play games, get them reviewed, do tsuemego and you'll progress nicely. :)
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Offline EdLee
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Post #3 Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 4:11 am 
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Welcome!
Lionmyhkus wrote:
but I never fully understood it,
If you're like most of us mere mortals, you probably never will, either. :)
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Offline Lionmyhkus
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Post #4 Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 12:04 pm 
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Thanks for the replies. I'll try out the free tsumego app on my phone :P

EdLee wrote:
Welcome!
Lionmyhkus wrote:
but I never fully understood it,
If you're like most of us mere mortals, you probably never will, either. :)

I could always go back to omok :lol:
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Offline Twitchy Go
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Post #5 Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 12:21 pm 
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Lionmyhkus wrote:
Thanks for the replies. I'll try out the free tsumego app on my phone :P

EdLee wrote:
Welcome!
Lionmyhkus wrote:
but I never fully understood it,
If you're like most of us mere mortals, you probably never will, either. :)

I could always go back to omok :lol:


Don't let a lack of understanding hinder you from enjoying the game, hasn't stopped me yet. :mrgreen:
If you have iOS device I recommend Smart Go Kifu(it's on sale right now, $10). It is a very high quality app.
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Offline Joaz Banbeck
 Post subject: Re: Hello :)
Post #6 Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 2:16 pm 
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Lionmyhkus wrote:
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As a side note, I've been on many different forums for many different things, and so far I have to say that this has to be up on my list as one of the nicest, most civil forums I have ever seen. Maybe it's the age difference or something like that, I don't know. But it sure is refreshing o_o :salute:

Thank you. I may make this my new sig.

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Offline hailthorn011
 Post subject: Re: Hello :)
Post #7 Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:13 pm 
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Welcome to L19! :salute:

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