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by Araneae »
Hello everybody!
We have some Go-terms influenced by nature:
* Crab Eyes
* Monkey jump
* Gorilla jump
* Tiger's mouth
* Lion's mouth
* Lion Shape
* Rabbitty Six
* Dogleg Four
* "Raccoon-dog drums his belly"
* Horse Head
* Elephant move
* Crane's Nest
* Butterfly
* Butterfly Seven
* Tortoise Shell
* Bamboo joint
* Diamond Shape
Is there more?
Thanks!
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by Araneae »
Thanks a lot!
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by daal »
There is also a dog's head and and a cat's head:
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by EdLee »
Hi daal,
Interesting that the tiger's mouth (cat's head) reminds me of Mickey
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by Elom »
EdLee wrote:Hi daal,
Interesting that the tiger's mouth (cat's head) reminds me of Mickey
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So we're not really drinking mickey mouse heads, but cat heads or tiger's mouths instead?
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by EdLee »
So we're not really drinking mickey mouse heads,
Hi Elom, sorry, the reference lost me...
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EdLee wrote:So we're not really drinking mickey mouse heads,
Hi Elom, sorry, the reference lost me...
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by Kirby »
Are you talking about move 140? Isn't it just a ko threat?
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Hi Elom, Thanks for the elaboration.
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Kirby wrote:Are you talking about move 140? Isn't it just a ko threat?
The mistake was in the sequence starting from move 39.
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by Elom »
Has anyone thought that Go looks a bit like carbon and silicon atoms bonding?
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"A fine Gotation is a diamond in the hand of a dan of wit and a pebble in the hand of a kyu" —Joseph Raux misquoted.
