hi i'm ericosman meet me on kgs or at mga tournaments

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Boidhre wrote:Othello isn't that common here. :)
Nor here. :)
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In Germany, if you say that you play Go, many people will blurt out: “Japanese board game with two characters” (because they have seen this in crossword puzzles).
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(Forgive me for replying to myself … this time I won’t add those <Ingrid> tags though ;-) )

Actually, EdLee, these here have been used in Go events for kids in Germany long before we knew M&Ms, and even before we knew them as “Smarties”:

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I think you know them as “Peppermint Chocolates”.
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Hi Bonobo, interesting -- haven't seen them before. :)
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