Life In 19x19

I've been using this application for the past week or so and I'm loving it. However, aside from solving a lot of problems, I can't really figure out what I'm supposed to be achieving? It feels like I should be growing somehow?

I just completed Intermediate Level -> Lee Changho Basic Training -> Basic Life and Death 220 -> pack 1. I did this in "practice mode" (without thinking too much about that) and accumulated 95 gems along the way. I think I probably got about 90% correct on the first try.

Am I supposed to be solving these problems in the growing section instead?

Growing better tracks progress, and feeds you problems in a semi-random order. You can't step forwards or back or anything, but it will walk you through the section. You get more gems, too. =P

So that's how you got all those gems... I noticed you on the admire page.

I was thinking to myself, how the heck did he get 6000 gems at 1 gem per problem??!

The practice section allows you to view the solutions, whereas growing section does not. Hence, growing section is probably better to use, anyway.

Well, that just lost me an evening that I didn't have ... what fun though