How to get bent out of shape

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How to get bent out of shape

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I have nothing to say. I just thought that it would be nice to have thread with this title. ;)
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Bill Spight wrote:I have nothing to say. I just thought that it would be nice to have thread with this title. ;)
Seems to happen a lot in these forums :sad:
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Re: How to get bent out of shape

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Doesn't this thread belong in the KGS forum?
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Re: How to get bent out of shape

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I came here expecting another great discussion about shapes :D
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Sounds like a thread showing people when to make use of empty triangles.
http://senseis.xmp.net/?GoodEmptyTriangle
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Re: How to get bent out of shape

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tchan001 wrote:Sounds like a thread showing people when to make use of empty triangles.
At least 50% of my empty triangles were caused by former misreads. Another >=50% of these empty triangles are directly related to losing the respective games :scratch:
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Re: How to get bent out of shape

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tchan001 wrote:Sounds like a thread showing people when to make use of empty triangles.
http://senseis.xmp.net/?GoodEmptyTriangle
I have no statistics to back me up, but I am under the impression that the likelihood that an empty triangle is the right move to play is directly proportional to how far along you are in the game. Right in the beginning? Usually horrible. Last couple moves? Generally good to get that extra point, as the shape weakness and inefficiency doesn't matter.
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Re: How to get bent out of shape

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My technique to get bent out of shape is to answer my opponent's moves. Is there a better one?
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Re: How to get bent out of shape

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Bill Spight wrote:I have nothing to say. I just thought that it would be nice to have thread with this title. ;)
The contrasting off topic thread title is "How to bend into good shape" and is for sharing yoga tips.
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