Golden Era of Go
This era of go playing occurred in Japan in the 19th century, probably before the Meiji Restoration.
I think this definition is clearly out of date. When I look at:
- The number of international tournaments,
- Teen-age pros winning titles and driving innovation at a great rate
- Go servers on the internet offering global venues available 24-7.
It is clear to me that the Golden Era of Go is NOW! :-) What does everybody else think? --DaveSigaty
Plop?: The golden era of cars was when they first started coming off assembly lines despite there being more and better cars now, the golden era of radio was pre-TV, despite there being more radio stations and music now. The golden era of go I'd say isn't now despite your valid points
- Dave: I would agree with you on radio. It has since been supplanted by other media forms. If you Google on "golden age cars", I think you will find that most people list the 50's-60's the golden age. Since then the issues of polution, fuel costs, etc. have risen. But in the case of Go, I would be interested in why you think that the insular Go culture of Japan in the 18th and 19th centuries was "golden" compared to now (other than the fact that the Japanese Go houses themselves named it so in writing their own history :-)
- Plop?: Two reasons really, Dosaku and Shusaku's days were probably when the largest strides in go theory were made, and because in those days Go had a lot more prestige
- Migeru: There's nothing wrong with a "Second Golden Era", is there? We don't have the hindsight to see whether or not large strides in go theory are now taking place. I hear that young Korean players are revolutionizing the game not only in terms of titles but also in terms of style...
Stefan: Today we're in the Diamond Era of Go.
Dieter: Ask a Japanese, he'll answer yesterday; ask a Korean, he'll say today. Ask me and I'll answer maybe some day.
GodGinrai?: Many of you make valid points, but the truth is, you don't change history because you like the name someone else is using. You don't go back and change the name of a specific Civil War, just because a more recent one was more bloody. That era should stay the Golden Era of Go. And Stefan has the right idea, just the wrong direction. If you think now is better, name it better! Although Diamond does not go along the track of metals, you could call this era the Platinum Era of Go.