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Funniest Games you have ever played

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This is a thread to see what type of hilarious casual or serious game you have played. Please post games that have funny stories behind them.

Here is one of mine. I lost by timeout as soon as I clicked pass. I find it funny because in this game white (me) whins by 17.5 points.

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Re: Funniest Games you have ever played

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Probably the funniest game I've played in the past few months was against killeryee[5d]. Things go pretty decently until I forget the hidden problems behind move 34 and tenuki. I end up living, only to realize later that the group wasn't really alive due to L8, only to end up living anyways :D - a culmination of big mistakes on both sides.

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[go]$$Bcm34 lol tsumego: N10 to live
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . O . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . 6 5 X . X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 7 X 4 . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 3 2 . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . O . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

Anyways, I then make another mistake with 79, giving up the 5 stones when W plays 80. Initially it was my intention that giving up those 5 stones was fine and dandy since it was just 5, but later I realized that the cost was just a bit too heavy so I decided to change my mind and try to rescue it. Somehow though I end up not only saving it, but killing one of White's groups that pegged my mine....sort of.

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[go]$$Bcm79 From this...
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . . 1 . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . O . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . 2 . . O X X . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X X O X . X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X O O . X O . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . O . . X . O . X . O O . . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . X X O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O O O . . , . . X . X , O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O X . O . . O X X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X O O . . . O X . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bcm103 to this?!
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X O . . . X . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . O . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . O X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . W W B . . O . . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . . W . W X . . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . O . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X W W X . O X X . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X . X X . X X O X . X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X O O . X O . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . X . O . X . O O . . . . |
$$ | . O X . O . . . . . . . X X O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . O . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O O O . . , . . X . X , O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O X . O . . O X X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X O O . . . O X . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

However, thanks to many more mistakes it becomes a ko in a semeai rather than a clean kill. During the ko fight, I make the glaring mistake of 233 ( :bc: in diagram), thinking "Ha ha! There can be absolutely no way White can find a ko threat on this group now!", only to realize that this was not the case at all when White plays M10. I end up giving up 15 stones unnecessarily to land the final blow on White's dragon on the right, but still have a bit of a lead...

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[go]$$Bc
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . X X O X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X O O O X . X . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | X X O X X O X X X X . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | X O X X X O X . O , . . O . X , X . . |
$$ | O O O X X O X X O X . . . O X . . . . |
$$ | O 3 O X X O O O X X . . O . O . O B . |
$$ | O X O X X O O X O O O . O . O O X X . |
$$ | 1 O O O O O X X O O X O . O X X X . . |
$$ | . X X O O X X O O . . O . O X . X . . |
$$ | X X . X O O X O O X X 2 X . X O O . . |
$$ | O X X X X X X X X O X 4 X X . X O . . |
$$ | O O O O O O X X O O . X O . X . X O . |
$$ | O O O . O O O X O O . X . O O . O . . |
$$ | O O X X O O . O . O . . X X O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . O . O O X . X . . . . |
$$ | . X X X O O O O . , . . X . X , O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O X . O . . O X X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X O O . . . O X . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

...Only to make yet again another mistake (I counted, it's mistake #818.) and play :b1: instead of reinforcing the bottom left corner. Near the end, White ends up making a big comeback despite the top left disaster and is holding a 0.5 lead...

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[go]$$Bc sigh...
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . X X . X X X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . X . X . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | X X O X X . X X X X . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | X . X X X . X . O , . . O . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . X X . X X O X . . . O X . 1 . . |
$$ | . X . X X . . . X X . . O . O . O X . |
$$ | . X . X X . . X O O O . O . O O X X . |
$$ | X . . . . . X X O O X O . O X X X . . |
$$ | . X X . . X X O O . . O . O X . X . . |
$$ | X X . X . . X O O X X O X . X O O . . |
$$ | O X X X X X X X X O X O X X . X O . . |
$$ | O O O O O O X X O O . X O X X . X O . |
$$ | O O O . O O O X O O . X O O O . O . . |
$$ | O O X X O O . O . O . . X X O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . O . . O . O O X . X . . . . |
$$ | 6 X X X O O O O . , . . X . X , O . . |
$$ | . 2 5 . X O X . O . . O X X O O . . . |
$$ | 4 3 . . X X O O . . . O X . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

...Until he plays 284 :) ( :w2: in diagram).
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[go]$$Bc
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . X X . X X X . 3 . O O X . . . . |
$$ | . X . X . . . X . X X O O X X . . . . |
$$ | X X O X X . X X X X O . O X . . . . . |
$$ | X . X X X . X . O X O . O . X , X . . |
$$ | . . . X X . X X O X X O . O X . X . . |
$$ | . X . X X . . . X X X O O . O X . X . |
$$ | . X . X X . . X O O O . O . O O X X . |
$$ | X . . . . . X X O O X O . O X X X X X |
$$ | . X X . . X X O O . . O O O X . X O X |
$$ | X X . X . . X O O X X O X X X O O O O |
$$ | O X X X X X X X X O X O X X . X O . 2 |
$$ | O O O O O O X X O O . X O X X X X O . |
$$ | O O O . O O O X O O . X O O O X O . . |
$$ | O O X X O O . O . O . . X X O O O . . |
$$ | O X . O . O . . O . O O X . X . . . . |
$$ | O X X X O O O O . , . . X . X , O . . |
$$ | O O X . X O X . O . . O X X O O . . . |
$$ | O X X . X X O O . . . O X . X O . . . |
$$ | . 1 . . . X O . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

And no, it wasn't blitz (well, 20s(3) byoyomi so it was pretty brisk). Full SGF below:
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Re: Funniest Games you have ever played

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Last Saturday I had a triple ko against a EGF 3d.
It could not be resolved by sacrificing the group(s) involved. It was only the second time I had this in a real game.

Here is a picture of the position. (I played black)

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Here is a close up of the groups involved.
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Sorry for the image quality it's a quick snapshot with my phone.
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Re: Funniest Games you have ever played

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Woah, a 134-point triple-ko at that! That must have been an intense fight.

Edit: I mean an intense fight leading up to the triple ko.
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Re: Funniest Games you have ever played

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Nice one. Who won?
A good system naturally covers all corner cases without further effort.
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Harleqin wrote:Nice one. Who won?

we agreed on "no result"
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Re: Funniest Games you have ever played

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freegame wrote:
Harleqin wrote:Nice one. Who won?

we agreed on "no result"


That would have been so intense I probably would of died under the pressure.
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