Too influence oriented?

[Aidoneus]

Yes, Bill, your comments reinforce my observation that I ignore the corners when I should be contesting them. (Plus lots of other mistakes you point out, thank you.) I guess because I haven't looked at any, and I do mean any, Joseki, I feel uncomfortable sliding in to the corners to fight. (Edit: I guess I am afraid of falling into traps. A legacy of my chess days and playing Sicilian Dragon and Najdorf games where not knowing in advance usually gets you killed! Maybe I should have called my post Too fear influenced...) Perhaps I should study a few basic patterns with 4-4 corners? Not to memorize but to get more of a feel of some possibilities?

In any case, I really appreciate your help, and everyone else who has made observations/suggestions, which have given me some things to think about.

Now if I could just find some opponents 20 plus/minus 4 (what I ask for on KGS) to get some practice. While I did play a few 9x9 on igowin, I only starting playing MFG on 19x19 because of the difficulty in finding other beginners on KGS. I may try Tygem again. (I did beat an 18k there, but probably only because he disconnected. Really annoying--maybe he left after about 30 moves because of the slow 30-min time control I set? My only other game there was Silver Star, which I may try again as it seems weaker than MFG.)

[oren]

Now if I could just find some opponents 20 plus/minus 4 (what I ask for on KGS) to get some practice.

You don't really need to aim so low. Just start assuming you're around 10-15k and try automatches and getting matches around that level. The system will quickly place you into an area for closer games.

[EdLee]

Hi Aidoneus, continue to do your best in your games,
and have them reviewed.

[Aidoneus]

Hi Aidoneus, continue to do your best in your games,
and have them reviewed.

I just noticed this post. Thank you for your encouragement!

For the last week or so I have been studying Bruce Wilcox's Go Dojo discs. After which I plan on playing more partial games with Many Faces of Go. By looking at the built-in scoring of MFG, I can quickly see where I have been going wrong in these handicap games and hopefully improve the speed of my counting territory. I do plan on uploading more games with human opponents eventually, but I just don't want to abuse the community with too many of my games--especially if I keep making the same mistakes.

[emerus]

Hi Aidoneus, continue to do your best in your games,
and have them reviewed.

...... I do plan on uploading more games with human opponents eventually, but I just don't want to abuse the community with too many of my games--especially if I keep making the same mistakes.

I felt this way and keep hearing it from others as well.... but please post as many games as you want. As long as you also put a bit of effort into review and replying to the feedback, there is no such thing as posting too many games. Most of us love helping new players.