How many games before you die?
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How many games before you die?
Over a players lifetime, how many games can one expect to play? I am guessing I have 10,000 games in me at my rate of one per day.
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Re: How many games before you die?
I have no idea how many I have played in the last 40 years. It would have to be well in excess of 25,000. And I plan on living another 40 years.
Still officially AGA 5d but I play so irregularly these days that I am probably only 3d or 4d over the board (but hopefully still 5d in terms of knowledge, theory and the ability to contribute).
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Re: How many games before you die?
Hmm, that's active. Average of almost 6 games per day, every day, for the whole 40 years.DrStraw wrote:I have no idea how many I have played in the last 40 years. It would have to be well in excess of 25,000. And I plan on living another 40 years.
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Re: How many games before you die?
I guess it depends how active one is, how many games per day one plays.
Assuming your Go-lifespan is 80 years, to be very generous, it makes for not quite 30,000 days. Sounds reasonable?
I guess, on average, most people play less than once per day... especially if they treat Go seriously. So maybe 10,000 sounds just right.
Assuming your Go-lifespan is 80 years, to be very generous, it makes for not quite 30,000 days. Sounds reasonable?
I guess, on average, most people play less than once per day... especially if they treat Go seriously. So maybe 10,000 sounds just right.
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Re: How many games before you die?
Actually, 625 per year, 1.7 per day.Bantari wrote:Hmm, that's active. Average of almost 6 games per day, every day, for the whole 40 years.DrStraw wrote:I have no idea how many I have played in the last 40 years. It would have to be well in excess of 25,000. And I plan on living another 40 years.
For the first few years I was playing at least one game a day, often more. And in the early days of internet go I was playing as many as 10 fast games a day. And right now I have 9 active games on DGS.
Still officially AGA 5d but I play so irregularly these days that I am probably only 3d or 4d over the board (but hopefully still 5d in terms of knowledge, theory and the ability to contribute).
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Re: How many games before you die?
Yeah, I know what you mean. I used to do 10+ games a day as well, way back when, even in a club setting, over a beer (do those count?) But I had long long breaks too, so I am probably maybe hitting 2K now or so, if i am lucky, over the past 30 years... Far behind you, dude.DrStraw wrote:Actually, 625 per year, 1.7 per day.Bantari wrote:Hmm, that's active. Average of almost 6 games per day, every day, for the whole 40 years.DrStraw wrote:I have no idea how many I have played in the last 40 years. It would have to be well in excess of 25,000. And I plan on living another 40 years.
For the first few years I was playing at least one game a day, often more. And in the early days of internet go I was playing as many as 10 fast games a day. And right now I have 9 active games on DGS.
These days - its maybe 2 games per week, when i feel especially spry.
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Re: How many games before you die?
Not enough!SmoothOper wrote:Over a players lifetime, how many games can one expect to play?...
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