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Hi hi!

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:55 pm
by shawbee
Hi all!

I'm from Valparaiso, Chile, and i'm gonna tell you my story...

I found about go two and a half years ago looking for a subject to work on my master thesis. My teacher handed me a paper with a survey about AI in games, which was my main interest. Even though I was planning to work on some 'modern' type of game (rts or fps) i couldn't get past the second page where they mentioned this asian game that could not be played well by computers. I was inmediately interested. :geek:

I went to the computer to read about the rules and fell in love with the game the second i saw that picture in wikipedia ^^

Later that afternoon i had ping pong trainning, but i had enough time before it began, so I decided to go change my clothes in the "fancy" dressing room which was far away from my usual path. To my big surprise, walking along this route i shouldn't be walking, i see a small paper in a window... it read: "Go Club". :shock: (fate... anyone?)
There were only three members, but i didn't miss a meeting ever since.

Two and a half years later we have 14 regular members and we are also starting to teach on saturdays in a small "oriental arts institute" downtown. There we have 5 members so far, but hopefully will get bigger soon. There are no other go clubs here, so we have a lot of work to do!

=) Nice to meet you all.

Re: Hi hi!

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:56 pm
by topazg
Sounds awesome - and welcome to the forums :)

Re: Hi hi!

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:18 pm
by Phelan
Welcome, always good to hear about other initiatives going on! :)

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:19 pm
by Chew Terr
Howdy, and welcome! Loved your story and I'm glad you found the forum.

Re: Hi hi!

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:27 pm
by schultz
Welcome to the forums!

And great to hear stories like that! Inspiring for all of us. :)

Re: Hi hi!

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:40 am
by Elesthor
Welcome!

Great story =)

Re: Hi hi!

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:51 am
by Mosdefgo
Welcome. :cool: