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Does anyone else on Dakka play Go?

I might if anyone else played it around here.

No idea what it is. I tried google, but I just get sites on the word go

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)

Ahhhhhhhh now I feel a bit tarded for forgetting that one . No never played it

I assume it was this.



Ninjaed while getting a pic.

Incidentally, ninjas rock at Go.

Ive heard thats true

I've played a few times. It's interesting, but the learning curve is pretty steep.

Fortunately, you can play on smaller boards and start with pieces on the board to even things out. Makes it much easier on new players as opposed to things like Chess.

Grakmar wrote:I've played a few times. It's interesting, but the learning curve is pretty steep.

Fortunately, you can play on smaller boards and start with pieces on the board to even things out. Makes it much easier on new players as opposed to things like Chess.

Yeah, 9x9 & 13x13 are the most common beginner sizes (with 19x19 being the standard game size).

I've heard there's a program that lets you play Go on a sphere. I want to try that sometime, it sounds mindbending. I should probably get a bit better at the standard game first, though.

Looks a bit nerdy, don't think it will catch on round here.

Go is a lot of fun. A friend of mine bought one of the fancy Go boards and brought it over to my house and we sat in the doorway for hours playing it. I'm not very good and haven't played that many times but that is one of those things that takes practice.

notprop wrote:Looks a bit nerdy, don't think it will catch on round here.

I've played computer versions of the game before.

Love go, but like Chess, I'm terrible at it.

Go games go pretty much like Chess games for me. Either, I win easy, or lose badly.

You pretty much have to play it from childhood, to play with serious Go players.

i doooo, i started playing it when i watched hikaru no go, i got pretty good at it, i love it when i played online i played on the kgs