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Get Strong at Self-Atari
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:48 pm
by gogameguru
Re: Get Strong at Self-Atari
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:39 am
by CnP
Um, to be pedantic for the Elementary Go series parody shouldn't that be:

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Re: Get Strong at Self-Atari
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:44 am
by gogameguru
Yes, but it follows the tradition of other quality Ritchie Press titles.
For example:
http://senseis.xmp.net/?GetStrongAtGote
Re: Get Strong at Self-Atari
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:56 am
by CnP
yup, I'm a bad person with a poor sense of priorities but when I first saw those other titles I thought wrong series too. I'm not sure if that's intentional (I don't understand it).
Re: Get Strong at Self-Atari
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 2:05 am
by gogameguru
I think it's part of the joke

. It's a rather shambolic operation, Ritchie Press, you're much better off buying from Kiseido.
Re: Get Strong at Self-Atari
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:13 am
by Tooveli
Unfortunately the title of the book makes some of the problems it contains completely trivial.
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