How many years have you been playing go?

Big Duck

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Apr 14, 2008, 9:03:16 PM4/14/08

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Hi,

Here is a nice friendly topic for everyone tonight. I have only been
playing a few years, but the hand that moves my strings has been playing
since about 1979. That's almost 30 years. Probably 20 of them were pretty
dry with out the internet however.

Regards,

Big Duck

PS: I just saw a topic on godiscussions.com called :

"New Stones"

Geez, they are allowing woman to talk about their sex changes over there?
And then have the gall to complain about jb's posts about sam sloan and
chess over here? Gimme a friggen break!

Bantari

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Apr 14, 2008, 10:09:01 PM4/14/08

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I play Go since about 1980 or so...
I will always play Go.
____________
-Bantari
http://www.bantari.net/

Joel Olson

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Apr 15, 2008, 2:20:36 AM4/15/08

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"Big Duck" <hit...@itsallmine.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Here is a nice friendly topic for everyone tonight. I have only been
> playing a few years, but the hand that moves my strings has been playing
> since about 1979. That's almost 30 years. Probably 20 of them were
> pretty dry with out the internet however.
>

Played my first game, against a fellow beginner, about 1966. Second game
was maybe 3 years later against a shodan. A couple years after that I
moved to the East Bay for a few more years and could play more. But after
that I was totally dependent on the excellent work of John Power.

Kirk McElhearn

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Apr 15, 2008, 5:38:38 AM4/15/08

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On 2008-04-15 03:03:16 +0200, "Big Duck" <hit...@itsallmine.com> said:

> Here is a nice friendly topic for everyone tonight. I have only been
> playing a few years, but the hand that moves my strings has been
> playing since about 1979. That's almost 30 years. Probably 20 of them
> were pretty dry with out the internet however.

I first discovered go in 1976, my first year in college. I didn't play
much, but learned to keep my eyes open for the game. In the early 80s I
actually bought a set, but didn't play more than a few games. Then
around 1990, I lived in town with a small go club, and learned a bit
more. Finally, when I got unmetered Internet access in 1995, I started
playing on NNGS, then KGS when it came around.

Kirk
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Read my blog, Kirkville
http://www.mcelhearn.com

richard mullens

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Apr 15, 2008, 10:15:33 PM4/15/08

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Big Duck wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here is a nice friendly topic for everyone tonight. I have only been
> playing a few years, but the hand that moves my strings has been playing
> since about 1979. That's almost 30 years. Probably 20 of them were pretty
> dry with out the internet however.
>
> Regards,
>
> Big Duck
>
>

Hi Big Duck,

I learnt to play in 1969 from a fellow student.
And two weeks ago, I played him again for the first time since the '70s in the bar of the Russell Hotel in London.
We used my new bamboo board to play.

My rather modest contribution to the topic of Fourier "waves" is at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mullens/richard/GraphApplet.html

Richard

tttt

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Apr 16, 2008, 7:46:07 AM4/16/08

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20 years.
Me.

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tttt

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Apr 16, 2008, 7:47:14 AM4/16/08

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no, 21 years

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tttt

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Apr 18, 2008, 3:55:41 AM4/18/08

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bamboo board ?

not a good choice,

Too hard!

bear

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Apr 25, 2008, 4:22:17 PM4/25/08

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Innertesting.

I still don't know how to play go...

_-_-bear
>
>

Timo Sutt

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Jul 26, 2008, 5:16:13 PM7/26/08

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bear schrieb:

> Innertesting.
>
> I still don't know how to play go...
>
> _-_-bear
>>
>>

It's not hard to learn but hard to master.
There are many beginner courses available on the internet
for free, give it a try.

I started to play Go about 3 years ago , but im just 19 years old.

Is anyone playing on KGS ?