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Get Strong At Sandbagging
    Keywords: Humour

Find techniques in various Go servers at getting and keeping low ranks whilst trouncing upon newbies.

Learn key phrases to undermine the newcomer's mystique about the nobility of go.

Enjoy all the philosophy that justifies you winning at the expense of the self-worth of new go players.

Master sandbagging's brother technique "self-promoting" where you pretend to be higher than the rank you are. You'll even learn the work-arounds of KGS 10kyu or above must win once rule.

Play Yahoo! 9x9 games with a thirty-second time limit and intimidate newbies.

Real-life sandbagging techniques:

  • Start by walking up to some people playing Go and expressing your interest in "learning."
  • Express great puzzlement as they try to teach you.
  • Do things like making life and killing groups while saying things like, "Oh, so that's an eye," or, "oh, that's what it means for a group to be dead."


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