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2006-03-02
Still alive - My youngest has shown an interest in go.

2004-11-03
Just finished a major renovation of the bathroom in my house. The house is over 100 years old and all walls are sheathed in 1" pine(?) boards. I now have several pieces of quarter sawn 12" wide 1" thick knot free pine. One table board coming right up.


2004-09-23
Unhappiness is taking 7 stones from GnuGo and still losing - but only by 18 points instead of 180.

Happiness is finding the Dragon Go server. Nice relaxing game.

Having had a really good look a poplar, I find it too has a very coarse grain. More thinking to do. A friend has promised me whatever I can get from a massive poplar on his property if it ever comes down. Assuming not too much heart rot, there should be enough for several full sized floor gobans with masame grain.


2004-09-01
I still have a life thus no time to get onto any Go servers. However, I had an epiphany the other day and began to really understand playing "lightly" karui. Very exciting for all the hotshot players out there I know, but pretty damn cool for me all the same.

Started on a 19x19 practice Goban yesterday. Nothing spectacular - just particle board with pine veneer. Although the pine is too grainy, other veneers are available which may look better. Still working out the aesthetics of the folding board. I am now thinking of a butcher block style poplar board with the undersides routed out.


According to most computer programs I'm around 17 kyu on 9x9 but I regularily get pummelled by human opponents no matter what the board size. I was first exposed to Go many, many years ago as an adjunct to my highschool chess team.

I was an "old school" [ext] Otaku quite a while ago (Macross, Orguss, Dirty Pair, Dr. Slump all in Japanese). My interest has been rekindled through my children (Hamtaro, Sailor Moon et al. and of course Miyazaki). I have not yet seen or read Hikaru no Go so I can't blame it for my poor play. The intro to Go sessions at Anime North 2004 got me interested in the game again.

Right now, I would say my interest in Go is more aesthetic than competitive. Its simplicity and complexity are appealing but it is the view of Go as a conversation between players that I find most intriguing.

Thanks to MAsterdam for dropping in the links. I especially liked the [ext] Otaku definition. I was offended by the definition for a few seconds then realized that I had spent many hours watching bad recordings of anime from Japanese TV without understanding a word of Japanese - so yes I was Otaku but I'm better now.


Kosh: Do you have pictures of your Goban(s)?

Yes. They're not the prettiest boards by far but they do the trick. More details [ext] here

http://www.inkpotproductions.ca/pgraphics/99goban.jpg

http://www.inkpotproductions.ca/pgraphics/1919goban.jpg


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