One thing I've noticed, and it's probably a sign of weakness in my own play, is Rengo Malkovich is way way way nastier than 1 vs 1. In 1 vs 1, I have a plan, I work it to some level of detail, and then tweak as and if required if variations happen. In Rengo Malkovich, my plans have disappeared every time it has got back to my move, and it's really hard when other playstyles are so different to my own. I tend to rely on developing some form of flow in my game, and I've found it can be very hard to maintain that if your opponent's idea of where the flow's going is "somewhere else"
It's extra hard when partners are not necessarily playing empathetically with regards to followups, and this has been brought home to me with the latest exchange. Don't answer in this thread, because I want to look back after the game, but I have no idea if daniel_the_smith called magicwand's bluff and broke his overplay plan, or possibly played into his hands. Have I played to make the best of a bad situation or blundered? I have to admit, my heart just sank when I saw the double hane, because it screams overplay to me, and that probably meant I went into "ok, I messed up, let's let it go and try for something completely different" mode - either that's a flash of flexible adaptability here, or that's emotional rubbish-play. Either way, Rengo is definitely less like "normal" Go and more like "what's my partner(s) going to do if I do this?" Go.
Not seeing what everyone else is saying is bugging me like hell, especially when other people keep posting hidden comments
On that note, I'm also enjoying it and recommend there's another one going at the same time too
