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167.127.163.203: Regarding: Go Pics (2005-10-21 16:08) [#221]

Nice though these are, it is probably a bit bandwidth heavy for storing on SL though? Or am I wrong... :) I'd prefer a link meself.

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malweth: Re: Regarding: Go Pics (2005-10-21 16:40) [#223]

These pictures aren't stored on SL (except for the first - it's the front page image).

However, linking to pictures that are not on your own site is a bad idea - it uses other people's bandwidth and the images are usually copyright by the original owner.

I will share one image of mine, however:

Yugen no Ma

I took this when on my 2-day layover in Tokyo (I was returning from business).

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Hikaru79: Re: Regarding: Go Pics (2005-10-22 18:05) [#226]

Malweth, that is a photograph? If so, that's the smoothest one I've ever seen. I was convinced that was computer-generated.

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malweth: Re: Regarding: Go Pics (2005-10-23 03:03) [#228]

yup... it's the real Yuugen :) such a cool place - they asked me if I wanted to sit, but I couldn't do it - I'd love to sit there for a game someday, but that's very wishful thinking (since I'd not only have to be very good but also join the Japanese Pro organization).

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Hikaru79: Re: Regarding: Go Pics (2005-10-23 15:13) [#229]

=o They let mere mortals in there? Was this a tour of the Nihon Ki-in; how did this visit occur?

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malweth: Re: Regarding: Go Pics (2005-10-23 12:21) [#230]

You can ask to see it in the Go museum - the museum director spoke pretty good English, so I asked - we went up to the shop and asked if any games were going on (there was a match the day before or day after, I think).

Playing there was fun too... it costs a bit less for foreigners (1100 I think it was). The Kiin ranks are quite overinflated because they sell certificates - I wiped the floor with a 2d and they kept asking if I was an "internet" 3k ;) Oddly enough, the 1k I played was a tougher match (though I still won).

I also saw someone that looks a bit like Cho Chikun (because of the mustache), though it probably wasn't actually him since it was Sunday (not a game day). He and the person with him (who also looked a bit familiar) were in suits, though.

And I bought a ton of go books... in English! Also a Go Seigen and Takao Shinji fan (asked for Takemiya, but I must have pronounced it wrong) :) Now I have very little left I can buy from Kiseido!

 
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