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Anime Boston 2004 Panel
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DavidDawidowicz and myself (Adam Marquis, Bizmarq on KGS and DGS) have been invited to do a panel on go at Anime Boston 2004, an anime convention. I'd like some input and/or help in planning, so I figured I'd come to the SL crew ^_^. Here is my plan as it stands:

We have a one hour lecture scheduled, during which we've a 19x19/13x13 magnetic board to use. This will be targeted at the beginner, somebody who has just perhaps heard of go.

My thoughts are that one hour isn't enough to teach the game the way I'd like to and so I'd like to use the time to give people the feeling of go. This is how I envision it: 10 minutes on culture and history, 20 minutes on the rules of go (very simple, include some time for audience participation by asking questions like "how many groups are on the board?" "which group is about to be captured?" with some sample simple situations), and 30 minutes on a sample game with commentary. The commentary would not be the traditional kind, but rather one that just highlighted feeling of the game. Which leads to my first problem, in that I need a sample game that is pretty simple.

We will also have a game room for a couple of hours afterwards to get some actual play going. What we do here is largely dependant on what level people show up.

So what I would like from you kind deshi is:
a) comments
b) perhaps an idea for a good sample game (19x19 or 13x13 mind you) that shows off the spirit of the game.

Thanks in advance! ~Adam J. Marquis

Alex Weldon: 30 minutes is not a lot of time to play through a whole game, with comments. I'd suggest 13x13. Easier to understand anyway. To make it more exciting for the audience, maybe instead of having a preplanned game, play a game with a friend, with each of you commenting on the plan behind your moves as you go? Of course, that's conditional on you having a friend with you who can play.

Fhayashi: 9x9 would let you get a demonstration game, and an audience participation game within the 30 min. time frame. Hopefully people will understand the deepness of the 9x9 game, and then be blown away by the implication that the normal game is 19x19.



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