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Halfling
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Currently

  • Seeking fellow Texans who are seriously considering attending the European Go Congress in Tuchola next year (never mind, I probably can't go this year unless I lose my job :((( I still encourage others to go--it's not as expensive as the US Go Congress. You can even sleep in the school gymnasium for 2 eu a night! )
  • Finished The Direction of Play (now I'm extremely fearful of the star point)
  • Trying to improve everything
  • Trying to play less brute-force Go (don't know any formal go theory -- started to read books recently at ~KGS 2k)
  • Very Rusty
  • Very Weak
  • Seeking real-life game practice (to accustom myself with 3D boards and stones)

Favorite Quotes

  • "I don't like comparisons such as He is only x kyu so I should win against him. " - maroon on KGS

Where Halflings are Found on Go Servers

Where Halflings are Often Chatting

  • GG - 4504104
  • AIM - Tracey77478

Game Preferences

  • 1/10
  • Slow
  • Intense
  • Thoughtful

I strive to practice the style known as knorrism. (based on the user knorr - the Amazing Tomasz Majeran who planted in me a seed of interest in the Polish language)

Where Halflings are Found in Real Life

  • [ext] Austin Go Club meetings
  • Houston, Texas (relaxing at a hobbit hole in Sugar Land)

Go Buddies (People I Often Played With for the Purest Joy : )

  • Hu
  • Kenar - Robert Herms from Jarosław, Poland
  • Swan - Eric Swaney from Waterloo, Iowa (US)

Random Thoughts

I first became interested in Go when I found my father playing on Yahoo in August 1998. Unfortunately, university studies pretty much distracted me from playing seriously until 2002. : ( I discovered KGS in January 2002 and luckily, it was my last semester. It was because of KGS that I decided to try to reach some strength higher than 25k.

You can see a rough picture of me at [ext] http://www.io.com/~tsu/kgspicture1.

I like to try new openings. You will never see me playing the Chinese opening, though. Recently, I've found fighting games to be fun. I am not a moyo player so if I see a developing moyo, I'll invade.

Join me and Swan for a turn-based game on Dragon Go Server! Just invite the user Swan_+_Halfling. Or you can just play me by inviting the user Smeagol.

I play worst when I am saddest... : (

Join the Texas Go Players room on KGS if you're from Texas and think it's neat to meet go players who live near you. I've met some cool people there.

Computer Problems : (

  • Sometimes, I'm logged on from an old laptop that overheats after an hour of use... : (
  • Or from an old desktop that spontaneously reboots... : (
  • If you chat me and I never respond but appear online, it's not that I am ignoring you. :( My computer or connection simply sucks.

MK: Welcome here! About "Direction of Play" - I read it and it gave me nothing but a strong feeling of confusion.

Stuff from my KGS info:

  • Quotes from KGS:

Carey: Good morning

Carey: I'm really starting to like it when my opponent invades my moyo without a base, then I get to attack him all the way across the board

Carey: I don't even care about capturing anymore

Carey: it's just fun to run them scared :)

Swan: I think of you as a real life friend, and we have never met

  • My tartrate number is 4

tartrate -> solaris -> yoyoma -> Carey -> Halfling1



This is a copy of the living page "Halfling" at Sensei's Library.
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