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Marble stones any good? [#821]

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AlexWeldon: Marble stones any good? (2007-01-04 19:25) [#2907]

On the main page, it's mentioned that go-gamestore.com sells marble stones, and Yutopian used to. Yutopian no longer sells them and go-gamestore.com has them heavily discounted.

Has anyone used these stones? Were they removed from Yutopian and discounted on go-gamestore.com for a reason? Do they chip, for instance, or scratch the goban? Or are they simply not big sellers because people are suspicious of them for no good reason?

I already have some decent bi-convex yunzi stones, but I'm in the market for a set of single convex stones, and if marble stones are nice, I may grab a set at go-gamestore since the price is so low.

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blubb: Re: Marble stones any good? (2007-01-04 20:31) [#2910]

I've once seen them being used, and (on another occasion) talked with a Chinese who was familiar with them. I also considered a purchase but decided to take Yunzi instead. Beside the independent arguments pro Yunzi, I abandoned my ambitions for two reasons:

  • marble stones are rather glossy, which can make prolonged play taxing the eyes a bit.
  • even though there was no clear evidence, some hints suggested that child work might be involded in their production, which I wouldn't like to fund.
 
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