Any Go players?

[Anonymous No.]

I played obsessively for a few years and reached Shodan or 1st dan rank at one point. Haven't played for a while but it's still absolutely my favorite game. Computer's have mastered Chess, but it's not until recently that computers were able to beat amateurs like me. They still can't beat pros without a handicap.

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

There is a go club in most US cities and regional / national tournaments run by the AGA, There are also a lot of great online go servers

There's a manga and anime based on the game which actually does a pretty good job of capturing the wonder and complexity of go as well as the culture of the go playing community.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikaru_no_Go

[Anonymous No.]

>>12974318
I used to play Go online against people and bots because of Hikaru no Go. That was probably 4-6 years ago though.

[Anonymous No.]

Hikaru no Go was good until Sai deded. Why the mangaka did that baffles me.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12974434
It needed to end probably. Though, why the anime didn't finish is beyond me.

>>12974318
I suck at it, but I love the game. I can't beat the computer on my go app on the lowest difficulty. How did you get gud, OP?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12974417
Same here. I got decent, couldn't maintain my skill level and said fuck it.

It's a great game, but it requires too much dedication. I'll stick to mahjong.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12974318
I've played on and off for 4 or 5 years now, mostly off.

I'm total trash but I do enjoy it, it's relaxing.

My city even has a small Go club of about 8 to 10 people but sadly it's on the same night as my Japanese class. I can't weeb while I weeb!

[Anonymous No.]

四角い宇宙で待ってるよ - EXIT TRANCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqfmTliPk-s

TENPAI SOKU RII 快感 (すちゃらか)
純情アリアリWAREME (でぶっとび)
HINSHUKU RII NOMI URADORA (sanpatsu)
愛情 OYA RII TAKAI YO (おりてね)

スカートひらりと (tamenchan なら)
DOKI DOKI DOKI TSUMO (ウキウキです)
髪の毛さらりと (DORA ANKO で)
ズキズキ TSUMO TSUMO (しあわせです)

(it's /jp/-related because it's the EXIT TRANCE denpa version)

[Anonymous No.]

四角い宇宙で待ってるよ - EXIT TRANCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqfmTliPk-s

TENPAI SOKU RII 快感 (すちゃらか)
純情アリアリWAREME (でぶっとび)
HINSHUKU RII NOMI URADORA (sanpatsu)
愛情 OYA RII TAKAI YO (おりてね)

スカートひらりと (tamenchan なら)
DOKI DOKI DOKI TSUMO (ウキウキです)
髪の毛さらりと (DORA ANKO で)
ズキズキ TSUMO TSUMO (しあわせです)

(It's /jp/-related because it's a denpa version.)

[Anonymous No.]

四角い宇宙で待ってるよ - EXIT TRANCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqfmTliPk-s

TENPAI SOKU RII 快感 (すちゃらか)
純情アリアリWAREME (でぶっとび)
HINSHUKU RII NOMI URADORA (sanpatsu)
愛情 OYA RII TAKAI YO (おりてね)

スカートひらりと (tamenchan なら)
DOKI DOKI DOKI TSUMO (ウキウキです)
髪の毛さらりと (DORA ANKO で)
ズキズキ TSUMO TSUMO (しあわせです)

(It's /jp/-related because it's a denpa version.)

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

I can never get very good at these games because I get into a fight with someone after a few weeks

e.g. someone calls me a sandbagger and I get angry and end up escalating it with mods and they treat me like shit too and then I quit the server

I do enjoy playing it a lot before this happens though

[Anonymous No.]

>>12974318
>Computer's have mastered Chess
The term is "managed to attain a modicum of competence during the midgame".
Chess, like Go is mathematically solvable, it's only a matter of time.