that’s where the goons are |
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yeah i think it’d probably be pretty nice to be able to walk around in lobbies without having to go through the fire and frames lol |
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i’m training for the 2020 US e-Go Congress, it’s been moved online due to the pandemic i’m entering the US Open and the DDK tournaments, both as a 10kyu which i think is probably about right |
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also playing a fuckload of Don’t Starve for some reason |
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oh lol yeah i’m learnin |
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feels like i’m right on the cusp of breaking through into SDK i can occasionally peel a 3 or 4 handicap game off of 1k/1d amateurs but my OGS rank begs to differ |
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lotta stuff lol. especially when i was trying to make a breakthrough in the low DDKs i read a LOT. these days i’m more focused on playing lots and lots of games to let the theory settle in i think the book that woke me up the most was actually not a go book, it was sirlin’s “play to win” kageyama’s “fundamentals” was hugely influential on my play. it’s like my little yellow bible “rescue and capture” is an excellent book of problems that helps me get stones out of bad situations a lot once i started internalizing the situations “fighting fundamentals” by jasiek is also great though it’s a bit technical / mathematical for my current playstyle i also train occasionally with a leela zero setup on my pc. it’s important not to play against AI too much or they can actually just crush your desire to play at all. if you just do like an opening and midgame against one and then review their recommendations afterwards you can get a lot out of it in a short time tho, usually with minimal feelings of puny mortality lol |
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i really can’t emphasize enough though the importance of match experience. more than anything else the thing that’s helped me get stronger has been little doses of theory coupled with LOTS of matches to let it cook into something i can use. after a while you start to recognize good and bad shape, potential places to go, forcing moves, situations where you’re in danger, where you’re alive, etc. but you really can’t fake it |
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YES. reviewing games is crucial. just like watching your own replays in a fighting game, or anything else like this imo. there’s two ways to do reviews i think, with their own merits and flaws you can review right then and there after a game so it’s fresh, and do it with your opponent so you get their perspective too. this is basically impossible to do right now because of the pandemic. this improves your reading and memory though which are important skills for playing on a real board the other way is to take an electronic game record in SGF format and feed it to an AI after you let your mind rest for a while. like a day or two later go over it with the bot and see what they think. bot reviewing gets to the heart of things but can be tough to understand at first since all you see is winrates and stuff. i have a tsumego app on my phone and i’ll do some in my downtime too yeah i love the game so i tend to be thinking about it a lot, going over stuff in my head with spare brain power in my downtime, or wanting to play it a lot lol. i think the game you try to get really good at should be like that, personally, because it’s going to take so much of your time, you’ll want it to be something you’re naturally inclined to want to do anyway. obsession is a plus i go through phases of development where tsumego will help me more or reading books will help me more or playing will, etc i also like goproyeonwoo on youtube, she’s a pretty strong korean pro who does very helpful videos in the post-AI era, i’ve found her analysis really invaluable for learning from the bots https://www.youtube.com/user/goingceo which is key to being strong now ❧ Edited by Applebaps at 2020-07-16 18:13:002020-07-16 18:13 |
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you can definitely play too much, also go in particular is very taxing mentally. i’ve overtrained and gotten to a point where it felt like i couldn’t make moves with any meaning then i had to take a longer rest from the game, sometimes as long as a month where i have to just ban myself from thinking about the game or playing at all until i recover it’s tough to know where your line is sometimes but it’s important to know so you don’t overtrain or overplay |
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yeah our local club here hasn’t met since the pandemic really started hitting us in March. 4 months without touching the stones, ugh. i actually just broke out my set this morning to do some research and just to like, hold and feel the stones again. i really miss it you play chess, eh? i’ve heard that chess and go have both been seeing record numbers of people streaming and watching online lately. like 50k+ for chess on twitch which is unheard of and awesome |
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and thanks! this will actually be my first major tournament so i’m really looking forward to having my ass handed to me lmao. it’ll be valuable experience either way |
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you said you have single convex stones, what material are they? i have yunzi stones myself. love the feel, the weight, and the way they glow in the light
not weird at all! or if it is, i’m also weird. the physicality of go is a big part of what attracted me to the game in the first place |
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think i’m probably 4 or 5 stones stronger on a real board than online |
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aren’t they awesome? i won’t settle for any other material at this point. i’ve played with shell and slate japanese stones even and i prefer the yunzi tbh |
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yeah like, those are THE stones for a super serious retirement set just because of the history but they tend to be quite fragile stones, they chip really easily and they’re also harvested endangered species lol |
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yeah for one thing that’d be the only way to actually afford them lol |
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yeah definitely. same sort of appeal there what kind of board and bowl material do you have? bamboo and ….. shit i forgot what kind of bowls i have. maple? idk. nothing special. i got a yellow mountain imports set a long time ago lol |
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haha almost! these are my bowls: https://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Mountain-Imports-Bamboo-Stones/dp/B0058LTQ1A/ |
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so i guess they’re bamboo |
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i had no idea yunzi stones had lead in them, holy shit i’m looking around now to get more information |
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it says not authorized! is the zone private? |
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jeez. well, i mean, if there’s lead in my stones… i’ve routinely snacked while playing, i’m drinking coffee even right now as i play with my set at home, i’ve played with older people on this set i think i’d like to test my set and see. thanks for mentioning that! no matter how nice they feel or look, if they’re a health risk i’m going to take that seriously
cool, thanks! lemme just pop in there rq |
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sadly, i don’t know if we can really trust test results from a chinese factory tbh. they’re at grave risk of losing face if it gets out that they still have lead contamination so they have a strong incentive to lie i think i’ll get a home testing kit and find out if my particular stones have lead in them or not |
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for anyone reading this who’s not in the baduk zone: i tested my stones, it came back negative |
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update to this: after 120 hours i finally beat Adventure Mode |
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how is that btw, the new super hot |
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lol nice |
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