Shinato
My Go Career
Hello fellow Go players! Nice to meet you, I am Shinato. People often call me Shina, Shin, or just plain Shinato! I've been playing Go since late Febuary of 2007. I play on the Kiseido Go Server (KGS) and temporarily have a rank of 1d approximately. I plan to take my Go career higher and become a Go professional one day under the Nihon Ki-in (Japan Go Association). Moreover, I love teaching Go to new players and beginners. To become professional, I study whenever I can by: studying tsumego, viewing professional games, and playing games with myself. If you know of any other helpful tips please recommend it to me! In addition, I use Japanese phrase often when playing, most commonly onegaishimasu. It is a polite Japanese phrase said before playing, but do not be alarmed! As you clearly see, I can fluently speak English. One may greet me with a good luck, or a have fun it does not make a difference. Afterall, Go is Go, nothing can change that.
For KGS Go players, I am also the founder and owner of KGSRooms/Soul of the Meijin under social.
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My Life On KGS
KGS is like my second home! Everyone there is actually alive. I have had many experience on other servers, but it seemed that the chat rooms were superfluous. Most people on KGS are friendly, and everyone is willing to help you improve. The people mentioned below are people who have helped me when I needed guidance, brought my level of play higher, and taught me unforgettable lessons on the Goban. They are people who I am grateful for, respect, and admire.
- My Former Sensei:
- Papabearx3
- Rivals:
- haruto
- Kscnoko123
- Teg
- SPrasengan
- reprobanym
- Friends:
- haruto
- kerugin
- Shiori
- tannguyen8
- NekoFang
- Acknowledgements:
- Papabearx3
- haruto
- shygost
- Anya
- Kscnoko123
Teaching
As a player with a rank somewhere around 1d, I feel it is my duty to teach weaker players. I do appreciate teaching and my students. I teach players 30-8k usually. I'm not a very strict teacher, but I will often ask you what the purpose of your move is, and perhaps critique your moves by saying, 'good' or 'bad'. I tend to be friendly with my students, many of who are my friends, but I expect to see respect and that you are paying attention. If you would like a teaching game, I would prefer it be an even game where I will take control and show the proper moves. If you would like for a review that is also fine, where it is your option whether or not to take a handicap. I am also free to go over anything specific or if you would like to see a professional game. At this moment I am not accepting students. Deshi is the Japanese term for student and you may often see me refering to my students as deshi.
- Deshi:
- Tsushiro
- caprine
- tannguyen8
- FutureGo?
- NekoFang
- kirauchiha
- Shiori
- Helpful Links;
Miscellaneous
Ah yes, Go is simply amazing! Why, ever since I starting playing the game long ago, I could not stop! However, besides my obvious love for Go, there are many facts that you may have not known!
- My Favorite Go Professionals:
- Go Seigen
- Honinbo Shusaku
- Janice Kim
- All My Goals and Dreams:
- To become successful and leave my mark on the world
- To find a meaning to life
- To become a stronger in Go, Art and Life
- Places in the World I Wish to Visit:
- Vienna, Austria
- United Kingdom
- Japan
- Germany
- Spain
- Interests:
- Classical Music
- Art
- Playing Piano and Go
- Writing poetry and drawing
- Teaching and learning
- Music:
- Classical
- Opera
- Japanese (Traditional, Rock and Pop)
My Perspective
I have some interesting views concerning different issues. These views are usually expressed on KGS, but in case you have never met me before, here are some things to take note of.
- Yes, you may see me helping admins by warning people. Many ask, Why? You're not an Admin.... I say, Why not? KGS is my home too! I have realized that what they do is for the sake of the people on KGS, and I am proud to give my support. I am completely aware that I am not an admin, thus I am limited to what I can do and acknowledge that.
- New players deserve our help and respect. In addition, people not familiar with KGS need that same support. When we show them otherwise, we are forgetting that we once asked the same questions. Beginners need our support because without them, teachers would not exist, and we would lack interesting rivals.
- KGS should be able to delete accounts without notice. There have been many instances, where people constantly disobey the Terms of Service (TOS), and thus they should face punishment by losing their account. Moreover, an ability to permanently IP ban, preventing any other accounts from logging on.
- Be careful with whom you trust. After all, KGS is a big community that definitely has people with wrong intentions. To be more specific, one should not hand over passwords to his/her accounts or give ownership to a room. To be frank, my room has been stolen before, and I have been asked in the past for my password just so I could have a picture. You can never be too sure, especially over the Internet.
- The fastest way to become stronger is to play stronger players in even games. I usually play people about three or four stones stronger than me. Furthermore, I keep my rank as [-] so I can easily embrace losing and forget about a possibly declining rank. I understand the importance of rank, however I have seen many players focused more on their rank than their games.
Guestbook
If you have a Sensei's Library account leave a comment with your name here!
artboy598{8k}: Hi, I'd love to be a student of you since you teach (8k)s.
I'll study whatever you say to get to your level someday
Shiori: *glomps* Shii-nii!!!!!!!! *Clings* I will definitely surpass you one day...*though its merely a dream now* Love ya~
Narushi aka Kerugin: Gah! Shii-nii-kun is mine all mine!!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!! Hiya, honey. *gives shii-kun a box of pocky*
Tan: Care full, I haven't punish him for stealing my sake, Give It Back To Me!!!,*drinking sake**sing like crazy*
Tan: Shinato, ur #1 on my hit list of ppl that I want to beat!! so get ready, I'm coming to get u!!!
thanatos13:Hi Shinato, I was wondering you don't only live on KGS do you? I noticed that you don't have a country o.O, but i admire your work to helping the KGS community to be better.