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The Right Way to Resign
Piggoro: yay, now he can resign!
Piggoro: in sente!
A Little Obsessive
One name has been changed to protect the innocent.
FB: won't be able to make it for few weeks
FB: after this Friday
FB: wedding and all that jazz
meditation: oh!
FB: (my wedding.)
meditation: oh!!!
meditation: congrats!
FB: thanks
FB: even if I'm away from go...
If You Don't Like Ko...
OrangeKyo [26k]: you know... the winner of a ko battle only gets like 1 more pt than the loser right?
Saint Sente
PhilipGlas: what about the saint?
PhilipGlas: mentioned earlier
Djon [12k]: the saint mentioned earlier has a personal page athttp://senseis.xmp.net/?Sente
Leasing Territory
Ubiquity [?]: look at all that black territory
Ian2 [?]: I'm just leasing it
Ian2 [?]: and I had to pay a two-corner security deposit
A KGS Haiku
Meririm [?]: honinbo matches
Meririm [?]: can be found in magazines
Meririm [?]: not captain's games ^^
Beginners Can Come Up with Great Questions
senile: Can somebody help me please?
volcane: what's the problem?
senile: I have a problem and not sure where to report it
senile: to the maker of this program or to sun
senile: it's a graphical problem
senile: the stones never land in the squares
chewbacca: lol
senile: any idea?
chewbacca: the stones are placed on the intersections
senile: ohh u 2 have the problem?
chewbacca: yes
volcane: yes its very common
senile: i'll try another server then, thanks
Bad for Both
(A thinking too loud ... and in writing)
A: Black this ..., then that and ...
A: However White then ... and ...
B: A, by your reasoning both are doomed!
Fundamental Lamentation
(After solace met an attractive woman)
Eternauta: your fault
solace: ahhh noo!!
Eternauta: ask phone number is priority!!!!!
solace: i didn't know
Eternauta: that was urgent move
Eternauta: urgent moves first
Overheard in a Rengo Game
Ubiquity [?]: why did you let this horrible thing happen to black
(after partner tenukis)
Ubiquity [?]: oh, good, the stones are in the depths of hell
Ubiquity [?]: and left to rot
Haiku Players?
During Guo Juan's Ing Go School? Lectures (20050619)
olczyk [16k]: Haiku players?
muarw [-]: high kyu
Jakobicek [9k?]: lol
liquis [15k]: heh
Irony Is a Tasty Fruit
Move 32
meditation [3k]: hehe
meditation [3k]: captain just played "life"
meditation [3k]: now he plays "lifesucks"
Move 34
Cuda [7k]: yes, hilarious isn't it :P
meditation [3k]: now that is humor
Kilograms?
ewatran123: what dos KGS stand for? Kilograms???
Coalis: LOLLL
ewatran123: i'm serious! what is it?
Concwhatever
Nu0li [2k]: I've tried to teach my 8-year-old brother, but he cant concentrate :P
zedi [19k]: ive been trying to teach my 20-year-old friends, but they cant concentrate either :)
Easy
utwig: ah, the universe is pretty easy, it just goes clockwise
Worthy Advice
(Sunday morning, 3 a.m.)
liza: hu everyone
liza: how arou?
Kakashi53: hello everyone
Kakashi53: how r u all on this very fine day?
liza: ium uok
impulse: hello liza
liza: hedlpo
impulse: don't spill your drink on the keyboard
liza: ok
liza: oi wotnt
Picnic
Move 1
lowhand [3d]: hi
Move 2
dezomb [2d]: hi
Move 3
lowhand [3d]: where are you from?
Move 5
dezomb [2d]: earth
Move 7
lowhand [3d]: where are you go?
Move 16
dezomb [2d]: picnic
Truck Drivers
dadada: i thought nugy was a 40yo truckdriver living whit mom
nugatory: 45yo truckdriver, but i killed my mother before i could drive
Trouble in the KTL
(After UTDE's T game offer had been accepted by Mef and Drim)
UTDEspy: Would anyone who is Not trying to sandbag me, who is between 13 and 20k, like a teaching game?
romanwahoo: i'm 15k
UTDEspy: I hate you all
romanwahoo: i can play like a 15k if you want
NannyOgg: i am 16k!
UTDEspy: So full of endless hate
Go Doctor
Empiror: i am a doctor of go
Uvas: O.O
Uvas: doc, my tesujis are killing me!
Aurak: let me take a peep
Nyanjilla: take three stones and see me in the morning
Empiror: eat a dragon, u will be cured
what: afraid your HMO only covers sabaki
Joslem: rofl
Most Debatable Move
The longest kibitz discussion during a single move's interval that I can remember was no. 162 in the fujitsu tournament game
bigbadwolf vs. kcaly22 on 2006 Jan 29th. There were so many comments (all concerning the actual move) that the bold line "Move 162" was shifted out of the CGoban text buffer before move 163 was played. (Unlike disrupted games where a player has left and hence the discussion is open-ended, the game was ongoing, and intense!)
What Is PST?
Hu: PST = Pacific Standard Time = California, Oregon, Washington State, British Columbia
aussiemate: PST is what you get when you drink too much
OhMichel: PST?
aussiemate: can also mean angry, I'm told
pel: PST is also an attention seeking sound :)
KGS Oldies
xevad: stop drinking water gain many stones
xevad: big sharp and painful ones
Pampero: stop drinking and get liver stones
aussiemate: micrometeorites make hardly any sound at all
Pampero: but they hurt
aussiemate: true but not a lot
jackmani: the sound is working now but i turned up my speakers full volume and my computer is full volume too. I can hardly hear thesound
aussiemate: hmm
aussiemate: weird!
aussiemate: you have wax in your ears?
beeblebrox: wait, kidney is liver now?
aussiemate: maybe if you take off the head phones you might hear better?
aussiemate: I think he meant Gall stones, Beeblebaby
aussiemate: no, maybe you are right
aussiemate: you might get kidney stones if you stopped drinking
DrStraw: you are flooding
aussiemate: ^_^
beeblebrox: but if you don't drink, nothing would pass through the kidneys to construct these stones
lighthand: lol chat kops are so funny
aussiemate: DrStraw says you have to flood your kidneys though I think he meant flush
DrStraw: DrStraw says you are not too old to be booted
aussiemate: <oops>
Women
NannyOgg: it's amazing how they allow women on the server nowadays
Nyanjilla: yeah....
Nyanjilla: without chaperones, too
NannyOgg: it's a shame!
Nyanjilla: and we can show our limbs, too
The Wife
paccap [3d]: thanks
paccap [3d]: My wife came in at this moment, so I had to switch to another window
JeffChang [9d]: oh...
I Hate...
DrOlczyk: You know what I really hate? Those ballless wonders that play to the end, then try really cheesy invasions-- you know the kind that work only when the other guy makes three mistakes in a row. Then go to the count, and resign when they see the count goes against them.
Lynx: nah.
Lynx: I find them funny.
Lynx: I hate it when they then escape.
Lynx: Or win.
Mef: Indeed
Mef: I hate those guys who play the stupid invasions that only work if you make 3 stupid mistakes......and then you make 3 stupid mistakes
GameFAQs: :)
mayk: don't hate them. hate yourself. helps to improve ;)
Mef: oh I hate myself too
Mef: I just like being bitter
The Nug Effect
Drimgere: well with you (nugatory) it's always an odd game, so it matters not how i play, just how you play
Drimgere: if you want to win, you'll win, if not, i'll win
Drimgere: my will is irrelevant when playing you
Economics Specialist
masaaku: I majored in econmics? does that give me some credentials?
otofreq: so you can count (I hope)
True Intentions
Reviewer: Anyone need a review?
mersault: i neeed
Reviewer: Upload it to the server and I will be glad to heap abuse on y- i mean I will be glad to assist.
And What Affects YOUR Games?
dv: ever wondered if the music that you play on the background has influence on your game?
Ganpachi: ever wondered if crippling hangovers has influence on your game?
The Difference
mexyz: with beginners, it is hard to tell a misclick from a no-brainer
mexyz: with strong players it is almost impossible to tell
Get Strong at Tactics
sinful1: btw, like my entire thought process during a game is "please dont play there, please dont play there, phew!"
Tastes Vary
tetris: espy!
tetris: *chomp*
JMEdwards: eating espy?
tetris: espy routinely says *chews on tet's arm*
tetris: this is my first attempt to return the favor
JMEdwards: ah well... carry on then
Stronger Players
[Name Withheld]: many times, when a lower ranked person plays a higher ranked person - they seem to be stronger than they appear - this is most likely due to the fact that the lower ranked person isn't used to bad moves, while the high ranked person wouldnt make the same bad move
Seen During a Game
Move 190
KoKs [-]: but i'd like to continue fighting
shygost [-]: game almost over
Move 192
KoKs [-]: i lose for sure
shygost [-]: well, I would hope so... I am supposed to be better than you
The Name of the Game
Fingathing: (after winning a game) oh, well, we can call it a draw
desuetude: haha
desuetude: as minue says, you can call self-atari an attack, but you do get captured
Pretty Out There
godspeed: that sounded like cat stevens
ImNoSensei: you know he went crazy?
ImNoSensei: denied all his work, including the rights on his songs
godspeed: i knew he went muslim, but crazy, no
ImNoSensei: well, he went pretty far muslim
ImNoSensei: like integrist muslim
godspeed: o_O
WellDuh: they believe in the integers?
On Cuteness
Shibori: L7 is a cute move
godspeed: meaning you don't like it?
NHK
miles: i watched NHK, this pro comes in to wild applause
miles: two tiny giggling girls ask respectful questions
miles: i thought, how like them to show a pro surrounded by bimbos
miles: turns out the bimbos are also pros hehe
Fun
tigger: anyone else for fun fun fun fun
tetris: good evening, everyone! :)
tigger: good evening
tigger: ^_^
tigger: tetris up for fun?
tetris: hmm dunno if we mean the same thing by fun
tigger: fun is fun
tigger: and tigger know best about fun ^_^
tetris: no, i guess we don't
In the Nick of Time
sinful1: woot, successfully prevented another game from entering yose!
Lynx: resigned?
sinful1: yeah
MrShintou: phew
Fate and Geometry
TheProject: suet
desuetude: lol whenever someone says my name all by itself on a line, i know an insult is on its way
TheProject: the full triangle is a *bad shape* and should *never be used*
TheProject: In fact, in ancient times, creating a full triangle was equivalent to forfeiting the game.
TheProject: It was considered the honorable way to resign
desuetude: lucky if they didn't cut your head off
TheProject: this is go history! only 4k and up know about that
Game of the Gods
akahi: moving stones is physical activity
wicket: not sure i'd call go or poker a sport really
skywalker: go is greatest mind sport
reprisal: if sitting still for a few hours is your definition of physical activity
reprisal: i should start telling everyone that jogging and pushups are how i got my 2d
akahi: just like rocky :)
Punishment
Truc: escapers should be forced to expand KGS acronym until they reach the end of recursion
Big Problem
ScudRunner: i never get the people on crack or toking on drugs.... all my opponents are completely conscious and that really holds me back sometimes
In Search of the Obvious
elefunt: I entered "tesuke" on Google, and it asked me, "Did you mean tppuk?" -- that was an interesting question
elefunt: "Whyyy yes -- I did mean tppuk, thanks"
Epigram
XNtrick: Oblivion isn't big enough.
WellDuh: That's a beautiful remark.
WellDuh: Plus! It's especially enjoyable to enter a room with absolutely nothing but that remark in the chat window yet.
XNtrick: Believe me, it almost made sense in context.
WellDuh: It makes sense now!
WellDuh: You just don't know your own strength. :)
Music Hath Charms
dsaun: strange watching go and listening to 1812 overture
dsaun: it's the cannon sections - make you want to see a really big move :)
Subliminal Go
Lynx: In the middle of a game, casually lift up a sheet of paper with "YOU ARE LOSING" on it in bright pink...
Lynx: then pretend as if nothing is happening, and put it down a few minutes later.
Muttley: no, I think you should say I am going to the your bar group would will you die like a drink too?"
Time to Play Go
JMEdwards: rayen you up in the meantime?
rayen: w00t ?
rayen: gmt ?
JMEdwards: ..(a) match
rayen: oh sure
Rooting for Eternity
Move 51
tetris [-]: b seems to be in trouble at the top
Move 61
tetris [-]: eternity, the top! the top!
Move 62
tetris [-]: look at the top!
Move 64
tetris [-]: you have just built w a nice thick wall facing--THE TOP
Move 72
tetris [-]: he'll be ok :)
Move 86
JMEdwards [9k]: calm tet
Move 89
JMEdwards [9k]: lest I be forced to jump in with drunken go commentary
Move 97
JMEdwards [9k]: and who wants that?
Move 111
tetris [-]: me! me!
Move 112
tetris [-]: i want that!
Move 113
JMEdwards [9k]: heh
tetris [-]: i dare you!
Don't Anger the Admins
Eternity (after a server crash): huh, what happened here? the server feels so... empty
sweety: a mass booting...
Lyceum: perhaps it was shut down and just came back up?
JMEdwards: and this is why we don't anger the admins
Just Don't Play Bad Moves
Cab: I can teach you how not to play and then you just do the opposite and you'll be a pro!
ketchup: i can do that too :)
ketchup: would it work though?
Cab: I don't know that... it's a tricky one :)
ketchup: just remember what not to play:
Nyanjilla: ah... but it takes talent to do it constructively
Dogs and Go
Solid30k: *+-//**--/*+/-------0*8+2
DrStraw: ?
Solid30k: opss sorry
Solid30k: dog foot print :P
Arcane Reference
birdmw: I imagine the Idiotbot to be suited like a magritte with bowler hat and perfect posture making inside jokes only other Idiotbots would get.
birdmw: What I would pay to understand those jokes
Meaning
Edaen: what does the ~ mean?
DudeG: The ~ means that player takes black too frequently (2/3 of all games, I believe).
Uberdude: no, ~ is about weaker players, not black
Uberdude: [Quotes the relevant help page]
DudeG: Ok, so the help page does mention it as being because the person doesn't play enough weaker players. However, I still believe it is based on the ratio of color played as.
DudeG: I could perform an experiment to either prove or disprove this, but it'd be easier if we could just get info from an admin.
Uberdude: or not care =)
Sweet Dreams
dsaun: frankly, if i could go back to 19 and in college, i'd do it in a heartbeat, if i could retain what i know now
dsaun: hmmm, 20 might be better :)
tigger: dont think it works that way
A Great Confusion
oenava: Anybody wants to play a Game I started go about 1.5 months ago
netsangha: oenava, you would have better luck in the Beginners' Room (under Lessons in the room list) or the KGS Teaching Ladder (under Social)
Nyanjilla: uh... this is the Beginners' Room
oenava: wow thanks
netsangha: eek
JasonD: haha
Nyanjilla: hehehehehe
netsangha: haha
netsangha: damn
Nyanjilla: that happens often--don't worry about it
JasonD: !!!!
netsangha: gotta get some sleep one of these days
Applies to More than Go
Mef: Scud - Just like you can't make anything foolproof... cause fools are so ingenious
Sacrificed
Warfreak2: in go, it is good when you benefit from your stones dying, so surely the poetic thing would be "it's good he is dead"
blitzkrieg: well i dunno, i wouldn't want to be sacrificed
blitzkrieg: even if it does mean i get thickness on the outside
Lost in the Wilderness
impulse: it's very very quiet
katzu: hi
katzu: ^^
impulse: too quiet
tetris: i've got a bad feeling about this
impulse: I think we should split up. that way we can search faster
tetris: i wish i'd listened to you last time, you're right
impulse: nite aslan
tetris: we wouldn't have lost katzu
impulse: we lost katzu?
tetris: oh! there he is!
tetris: sorry, my mind was wandering
tetris: guess this heat is getting to me
impulse: *turns on the air conditioner for tetris*
tetris: *sighs blissfully*
tetris: so glad we brought that thing along
tetris: heavy as it was
kikos: lol
impulse: peddle faster tetris, the batteries are dying
Oops
[Name Withheld] [1k]: and B has good position
[Name Withheld] [1k]: cut at A is waiting
zinfandel [?]: what does that cut do?
[Name Withheld] [1k]: it merely kills the center
zinfandel [?]: it does? how?
zinfandel [?]: can't w just run?
[Name Withheld] [1k]: oh, yes--
[Name Withheld] [1k]: in that case W will run while B makes LOTS of territory!
On Flooding--Conclusion
wayward: okay, I'll stop flooding
tetris: me too
tetris: though i normally speak in four-sentence bursts for some reason
wayward: four sentences sounds about right
wayward: 1. thesis, 2. antithesis, 3. synthesis, 4. lol omg
tetris: haha
tetris: that's classic
wayward: :)
tetris: i'm gonna put it in Great Moments in KGS Chat
wayward: I'd be honored :)
Huh?
nikita223: WE HAVE A JUPENES BOY HE IS DOING A TEST TO ANSAY CAME ON TO THE ROOM NOW
lovely: No need to shout.
XNtrick: Especially incomprehensibly.
Don't Lose
valeri: losing is a violation of the TOS and will not be tolerated
Zangetsu1: lol really?
bipolar: then shouldn't we all be banned?
bipolar: we've all lost at least one game
Zangetsu1: or do you mean losing on purpose? lol
Excuses, Excuses
fadel: SDghfghdbgygyucgfnyufrhyqoytr7c36ftrq378gfy7rqwefgyqeifgyuiyr74374
fadel: sdfjkl
zetsuei: ummm
fadel: sry there was a fly on the keyboard
zetsuei: ......
zetsuei: ok
fadel: 869hnjn gfdpfvkldf;vjhfk; jhlk;jklbgkflmbld'kg0t-963
shikakun: another fly?
turco314: lol
fadel: darn stupid fly
Love and Go
Mef: (advice from one nerd to another)
hej: First I should learn how to say something more than just "hello" to her...
hej: ^^
Mef: That's the hardest part....I tend to just skip it
hej: huh?
hej: The problem is that I am shy
hej: but finally I am cured from my social phobia :)
Mef: I know, it's damn near impossible for me to just walk up and say hello to someone I don't know pretty well
hej: I don't even know her at all
hej: I have only talked to her once, today!
Mef: Exactly, that makes it harder
Mef: So instead I'll skip the hello, go straight to some other sort of comment, usually a bit of a joke
hej: but then she left me pretty quickly. I think she felt uncomfortable or something... She is very shy, even more than me I think...
Mef: I see, hard to say without knowing specifics
hej: but what should I say?
JMEdwards: hej, I'm going to tell you something that must remain secret, we'll just call it the shin tesuji
hej: I would like to ask her for her msn, there it would be easier to talk...
JMEdwards: first you need a really good friend to help you with this
hej: JME, ...ok
JMEdwards: here's what you tell the friend
JMEdwards: "if I haven't at least spoken 10 words to this girl by friday, I want you to kick me in the shins"
Warfreak2: heh
Warfreak2: sacrifice tactics
JMEdwards: well, sometimes you have to
hej: it's ok
Mef: hmm, I thought you were going to have the friend trip him when he was near her, and see if she helps him pick up his stuff.... instant conversation
JMEdwards: though sometimes the couple drinks joseki is sufficient
Misery Loves Company
TheClown: I lose all my games - what do i do wrong??? <:O(
TheClown: I am a loser
PurpleCrow: you have to prove how your strength is superior!
reprisal: i lose all my games too
reprisal: we'll have to play some time
Lost on KGS:
Qualx[16k]: Yay! 3 Spectators
greeenfyre[13k]: Spectators? We're looking for the bar.
Cold War
Anonymous: When TheCaptain plays sum, "Divide & Conquer" becomes "Duck & Cover"!
Fluffy Bunny Slippers
tonyp: this sequence is not wearing the fluffy bunny slippers b had originally hoped
Sanaelar: well tonyp the sequence is the result of black letting white do so many moves in the corner then trying to do a run
Zahlman: I think it *is* wearing fluffy bunny slippers... but that is not good when you try to run ;)
Teaching Is Harder Than It Looks
Tsutsui: i wish i knew someone who could play go irl =/
Tsutsui: i tried to show my mom but she got mad and said i was cheating
perdedor: she thought you were moving the stones around or something?
Joslem: how do you cheat at go
Tsutsui: because i kept taking stones off the board saying they were dead
How to Become an Admin
robopup: how do u become an admin?
AntiHikaru: You become an admin the same way you become a Texas ranger.
BigDoug: write to admin@gokgs.com and explain why you'd like to be one -- tell us your age, where you live, how long you've played on KGS
GoSanta: do you have experience on online communities or forum administration? have you a degree on social science? do you speak more than 3 languages? :-)
craig: most of all... to become an admin, you can't want it too much
AntiHikaru: do you have a black belt in at least 3 martial arts?
BigDoug: most of the admins are former professional go players, but it's not required -- we do make exceptions
elefunt: BigDoug - stop kidding. We know you're still a pro
craig: an admin tell a joke! is that allowed?
Battousai: nope, and he's promptly going to be stripped of his adminship for having a sense of humor
ouigkmy: that must be a drag... to end your professional go career by babysitting teenagers on KGS....
More Confusion
Move 154
zc3k [3k]: no formuar to hiplayers?
Move 156
JamesJoyce [?]: huh?
Move 159
JamesJoyce [?]: what do you mean?
Move 160
Izzy [5k]: i would like to, why he didn't
Move 164
JamesJoyce [?]: why is everyone suddenly talking funny?
Move 165
reprisal [2d]: the helium is kicking in?
Move 166
JamesJoyce [?]: haha
Izzy [5k]: lag ;p
Go in a Nutshell
easter: If go shows anything it shows that there are no rules without exceptions, and that without common sense you won't get far, but with it you probably do even worse.
What Go Is Really About
sente: Yeah well, I charge you with being prima facie an uninspired fop... a sycophantic recreant!
BliSof: You speak lallations!
Odinn: please respect the TOS
sente: You thrive on perorations!
BliSof: If I had a lathi, I'd use it on you, you ibex!
EvilCat: If you won't respect the TOS at least respect the EULA
sente: Try to think up an insult that isn't pleonastic!
rockhard: this room is so noisy
BliSof: Has anyone told you that you are latidentate, sente?
sente: You're an inveterate pullulator
hhj76: black n3 group still not alive
Fugi: man this is a strange game...
sente: You're monodental and unilogical, and thoroughly unoriginal!
BliSof: You are a jemander, I would recommend you to the jerquer if I worked in customs.
kyuplayer1: not much to kill there
sente: Yeah, well, you're jejune and totally ungermane
Rookwood: ah, I think sente has sente at this point
BliSof: Wait a sec...
BliSof: did you just call me jejune?
sente: I did
BliSof: I don't even know what that means!
Blather in Kib
[Name Withheld] [9k]: f9 is rather pointless don't you think??
Bonklers [1k]: 9k telling 5d that a move is pointless ... lol
Game Over
takemeba [7d]: thx
[Name Withheld] [9k]: yeah and the 5d was all about white was destroying black and that it was over too who was right about that i wonder??
SuperFreak [5d]: you didn't realize i was trolling, did you?
nickBlake [1k]: you dont get sarcasm detection until the dan range
Librarian [3k?]: 6k-9k are way too loud lately
eon [-]: they can't help it, it's the "why" phase.
PrettyWeak [4d]: SuperFreak hates me
PrettyWeak [4d]: Never lets me win :*(
nickBlake [1k]: You should probably stop being insane then.
Slight Confusion
nanomoyo: i noticed the site works much faster these days... due to changes there or on kgs server?
Nyanjilla: more hardware on the kgs server
nanomoyo: nice
Nyanjilla: that isn't why the hardware was boosted, though
drunkard: somebody stole the hardware?
Perfection
slayde [14k]: my nickname is "the foolish dreams of a comeback at least once after making profound blunders again and again kid"
The Drink of Champions
SoulDevil: sake is something between wine and vodka, imo
jcary: its rice with magic in it
miles: well, it's between wine and vodka in *strength*
jcary: so like 5 kyu
miles: 5k--right! put the go rank on the menu in bars. You could rate drugs that way too, actually
SoulDevil: then what's 9d?
miles: 151-proof mexican rum
jcary: 9 pro = lab alcohol
mpowers: there was a time when ether fumes were used to make you drunk
miles: well, not exactly drunk--make you talk gibberish
mpowers: nowadays, used in chemistry and starting engines in cold weather :P
miles: how do you apply it to the engine?
jcary: with a funnel
miles: which goes where?
jcary: or a brush
jcary: lol
miles: are you making this up? :)
jcary: yes your honor
miles: hee, i'm gonna buddy you for that
Who Won the Review?
tetris [-]: may i ask who won and by how much?
Meepy [-]: me by 12
Ability [1k]: but he got lucky...
tetris [-]: he did? i thought he suddenly shot up a few ranks halfway through the game :)
Ability [1k]: yah
tetris [-]: i also thought this was dead
Ability [1k]: i made the mistake, so you deserved to win
tetris [-]: i thought the top one was dead too, till it got out
Meepy [-]: it was--no eyes for meepy :(
tetris [-]: but you're still good, meepster
tetris [-]: any idea what your rank is?
Ability [1k]: yah, lots of fighting spirit
Meepy [-]: 2k
tetris [-]: then how did you get in so much trouble? :)
Meepy [-]: trouble is my middle name
Ability [1k]: then baka must be mine
tetris [-]: baka?
Ability [1k]: idiot
More Blather in Kib
Ubiquity [-]: i hope white dies
every0day [1k]: that's mean
Ubiquity [-]: i'm very mean
JustForFun [-]: I think he means the stones, not the person :)
How to Succeed
hawkinmist: it looks like i'm 7k, but I'm really only 15k
Xoc: how did you get that overrated?
spinach: reverse sandbagging
spinach: common technique on kgs
AgeingYout: reverse sandbagging??
pasky: you play better than you can
pasky: simple
AgeingYout: your making my head hurt
UTDEspy: I'm hoooome!
spinach: hi espy!
UTDEspy: *Chews on spinach*
spinach: *chews on espy*
spinach: that's how hawk jumped to 7d--just played stronger than he was
A New Proverb
dsaun [1d?]: b had to connect
ketchup [-]: i was thinking about it but never did
ketchup [-]: yay for bad decisions!
dsaun [1d?]: connecting is better than thinking of connecting :)
Let's Hear It for Kyus!
kuuli: you can observe some higher dan playing and compare it to 19k playing... i'm sure you can find some differences
moonrise: what are you guys talking about? whether stronger players are stronger than weaker players?
snowman: no way
snowman: weaker players are much more creative than the stronger players who only play by the book
moonrise: i'd like the name of that book, it might do me some good
glorioski: snow, pros must bore you to death
doodler247: no matter how you look at it, both strengths give a good show
glorioski: you mean all three of them?
Dept. of Small Details
tetris [-]: we need a subset of the buddy list for people we *really* like
Mef [-]: the buddier list?
Integrity, or Character Strength
LemonEyes: question about go: can you make it to 9d without the faintest shred of moral or spiritual depth? are the two independent or what?
Phanto: You joking?
Phanto: Of course they are independent.
TheCaptain: i'd like to believe they are not independent
TheCaptain: but then when I was young, I used to imagine that great physical beauty went hand in hand with spiritual depth
LemonEyes: well, there is such a thing called integrity, or character strength, or whatever. There is an ability in some to see many depths to life, to empathize, to lead. To be contagious, influential.
TheCaptain: sadly it wasn't long before I was disabused of that idea
More Go History
winInMFC: hmm, isn't igs the world's oldest go server? at least 30 yrs?
Mori: 30 years lol
winInMFC: hmm... maybe 50 years...
winInMFC: or 100 years
winInMFC: i saw 1930 pic in the server's homepage
dat: igs actually predates wooden-board go
The Dimensionality of Consciousness
Mef: once reprisal gets to 3d he can use a real board
reprisal: heh
Mef: currently as 2d, he can only deal with the flat surface
reprisal: too true
Mef: (it was awful when he was 1d... and could only make out the lines...)
reprisal: i'm extremely sensitive to my environment too, i read worse on another computer screen
reprisal: any color calibration will throw me off, same with ambient noise
wbendick: have you considered drugs?
Mating Dance
tetris: Where is the GoDiscussions.com room?
tetris: can't find it under social or lessons
SoulDevil: tsk tsk tsk
SoulDevil: tetris tetris tetris
SoulDevil: i just... i'm... i have no words to describe my disappointment
VincentMA: It is under clubs tet
tetris: hey, i don't know everything, souldevil, ok? ^^
tetris: almost...
SoulDevil: :O
SoulDevil: you don't?!
tetris: almost!
SoulDevil: *stares at tet with a frozen expression of shock*
tetris: *does a coochie dance for SoulDevil*
SoulDevil: you just broke the foundation of everything i ever believed in
SoulDevil: !!!
tetris: i've barely started
SoulDevil: how am i supposed to continue living now?
tetris: i am your reason for living! just pay attention to me and you'll be fine
SoulDevil: :|
SoulDevil: that's what i was doing...
SoulDevil: but now you say you don't know everything...
SoulDevil: :O
Time Rangers, Away!
idigo: go seigen is a genius, but not competitive these days
wossname: you will destroy our timeline if you do this
wossname: you must take him after he has played his important games
Mef: and letting him watch some modern pro games would only be fair... since they have had all his games to study
idigo: then let's fire up the inductor coils
Mef: *flips switch*
idigo: *cool pose*
Mef: *turns important-looking dial*
wossname: *hole tears in universe*
idigo: *god shakes fist*
idigo: time rangers, away!
Mef: *pulls Jowa through and watches God start mending hole*
Directly from the Master
shygost [-]: excuse me??
shygost [-]: i think he did drugs on this move
shygost [-]: LSD I think
Er, Yeah, It's Free
Sai4321: so i dont need to pay to be here?
BigDoug: Sai, how many times would you like to hear the same answer?
Reepicheep: you dont need to pay to be here
Sai4321: if u join tourneys do u have to pay?
BigDoug: yes -- if they are KGS Plus tournaments
Cyclone00: you only pay if you (a) buy games from higher dans or (b) join kgs+
Sai4321: how do u join?
Sai4321: i dont wanna get kgs+
Sai4321: how do u know ur in kgs+
Cyclone00: look up -> KGS Plus on menu
Kajiyoushn: i see a ceiling when i look up
Kajiyoushn: eggshell white i think
Sai4321: So i dont have kgs+ YES!!!!!!!!
Sai4321: im freeeeeeee
Pros Improve!
mschlat [8k]: ah
Uberdude3 [2k]: (so pros agree with you)
elciego [-]: good pros agree with shy
GottaGo [7k]: The pros must be improving
When Nothing Works +
bouncyfun [-]: hmm
bouncyfun [-]: q9 maybe?
orko [3k]: suggesting a move for black here is like suggesting which stroke to use while swimming in a shark tank
orko [3k]: the correct answer is what the heck are you doing in a shark tank
Requiem for a Legend
Ubiquity: what was that game, josh?
kadoban: oh, a shusaku game
Ubiquity: man, you and your shusaku games
Ubiquity: didn't you know? the man is dead
kadoban: why wasn't i informed?
Ubiquity: he was eaten by a giant turnip
kadoban: wow, heck of a way to go
josh: dunno, i can think of worse
kadoban: yes, but it's hard to think of a stranger way to go
josh: if the turnip is big enough, he might go in one bite--quick and relatively painless
josh: bunch of ants, now, that'd take a long time
josh: wait, ants are not strange
josh: ok, bunch of very very tiny turnips
kadoban: that works, i suppose
No Comment Dept.
student [?]: yes n2 is simple
Lyonweiqi [3p]: n2 was losing move
Watch Your Invocations!
DanielFox: Oh dark master Cthulhu the all-devouring, please let there be a fondle game today
Javaness: please do not summon Cthulhu in the EGR
Get Strong at Being Weak
Inachan: handicap go makes me so depressed
Inachan: you have to play all these stupid crazy moves... and you feel retarded... and you only end up winning because of mistakes -_-
Inachan: how do you play good handi go!?
gideonfell: By making clever mistakes
Slight Confusion III
buzzsaw: i am using a tablet so i don't make mistakes
[Name Withheld]: drugs are bad for you
buzzsaw: Tablet PC
buzzsaw: with a pen
buzzsaw: great for recording games
O...k...
AWA: A black hole is the result of the complete inward collapse of a star. This collapse causes the gravitational force of the black hole, which is essentially a rent in space, to have enough gravitational pull such that nothing can escape its grip. Now consider that there is something known as an event horizon, the edge of the black hole. The theory goes that once something crosses the event horizon, it can never be retrieved. Once inside the black hole, matter would be broken down into its bare basics, namely, protons, neutrons, and electrons. This broken-down matter would then be compacted into an infinitely small, infinitely dense ball, which sits at the very core of the black hole.
AWA: Nobody knows what happens to such a ball. Nobody knows what it is designed to do. Nobody knows how it functions. I propose two things: Firstly, that the infinitely dense ball is the source of the back hole's gravity; secondly, that the black hole's mass is actually equal to that that is consumed by it, plus the original mass of the star that collapsed to form it.
(Someone): Dude ur gonna get banned
AWA: A black hole that is formed by the collapse of a star is formed by the implosion of the mass of the star. Eventually, the mass must pass a certain point in time that it actually dents space, and creates a tunnel where there theoretically shouldn't be one. I would like to ask you to wrap you mind around the following concept: Imagine you are in deep space, and you come to a black hole. From the front everything looks exactly as you imagined it: an inward circular slope reaching down to an invisible point. Now, I would ask you to float around to the "back" of the black hole. What would you see?
(Someone else): lol
AWA: Since a black hole theoretically is infinitely deep, you would expect to see an infinite tunnel through space behind the event horizon. Yet, there is not. Otherwise, such a tunnel would exert a gravitational force so strong that everything in its immediate vicinity, and likely further, would be consumed. So obviously there is no infinite "tunnel". However, in every picture, graph, and mathematical formula explaining black holes, there is obviously a central hole, like those tables in museums that you can roll a quarter into, spiraling ever further down. Where is this hole? Where does it go to? If it is indeed infinite, then where is the hypothetical ball of infinite mass and density at the end?
AWA: One final point. I would like you construct a situation in which a black hole enters the gravitational field of another black hole. Technically speaking, since they both exert a force over each other, they would cancel out, and endlessly circle the other. However, if at any point, they touch, what would happen? Would a deletion of matter occur, as in the hypothetical anti-matter theory? Would the two black holes cancel each other out, winking out of existence? Would one black hole consume the other?
AWA: If so, how would the consumed black hole affect the interior of the consuming black hole? Would one's infinite tunnel interfere with the other's?
(Someone still else): O...k...
When a Butterfly Flaps its Wings...
MtM6556: Question if I win against someone of my rank shouldn't my rank go up? so long as it was a ranked game?
apoca: yes
Virag0: it goes up a few decimal points each win
MtM6556: there are decimals?
Nighteyes: the more games you win the fewer decimal points it goes up
yoyoma: yes but they're secret :)
MtM6556: wow, learn something new everyday
Virag0: yes. but they only show on the graph ( sort of)
Hu: No, MtM6556, not necessarily. Rank is an integer floor function of rating which is a Real number (think decimal number).
Nyanjilla: not secret---look in the help files
Nyanjilla: specifically this:http://www.gokgs.com/help/math.html
yoyoma: That page is only a milestone on the long journey of understanding the kgs ratings. Butterflies in Brasil can change your rating. :D
Rock Steady
geology9 [-]: Maple, let us try 2 handis
Maple [6d]: haha
geology9 [-]: geo do not like to play low level
Maple [6d]: last one 2 handi you lost 125.5
geology9 [-]: that is another story
Maple [6d]: oh, yeah?
Maple [6d]: then what is THE story?
geology9 [-]: resign or call geo teacher, then geo may give you another lesson
- five minutes pass*
geology9 [-]: always rememeber that geo is the killer
Maple [7d]: ok
Law Enforcement in the EGR
aluseusGOD: I Feel Bad!
katt: are u sick?!
aussiemate: yep, that one <pointing>
aluseusGOD: I knew that I would now!
aluseusGOD: I feel bad!
stumped: hey, stop pointing that around, you might kill someone
aussiemate: oops, sorry
aussiemate: (just killed someone)
RoyRogers: *Dies*
Javaness: Please do not kill people in the EGR
Territoriality
Ian2 [?]: just to make it clear, draw a line from D6 to N14. That's all mine now.
Ubiquity [?]: oh, right
Ubiquity [?]: i'll stay out of your area then
I Am Where I Live
siak: anyone know where Luc has been lately?
Hu: France
siak: o.o
siak: wait...
siak: doesn't he live there?
Hu: Indeed.
siak: lol
siak: I mean I haven't seen him on in awhile
Runescape
qwerty123: DOWN WITH RUNESCAPE DOWN WITH RUNESCAPE!!
no0bIet: lol selling rune 2h
Piemonger: selling potions of instant ko!!
qwerty123: no... u should sell instant pie!
RhinoHorns: hey is there a moderator in here?
Piemonger: or, for black, elixir of -2 komi
qwerty123: lol
qwerty123: what about HC??
Tama2k: 1million for instant 2 eyes sword
qwerty123: 20 million for a piece of crap
Piemonger: i'll take 2
qwerty123: ok 40 million please
Piemonger: ok *pay*
qwerty123: now go fight goblins and kill chickens or whatever pointless quest u wanna do
robopup: XD
Common Courtesy
thedisman: I guess I just resign if I get behind by as much as 100
Humoring Daybreak
spinach: modern pro games are filled with explosive fights
spinach: older games are basically wussier
daybreak: i wonder why josh liked the old one i showed
daybreak: maybe he was just being nice
spinach: what do you mean?
daybreak: he said it was an interesting game, but on the other hand he was watching South Park throughout the demo :)
daybreak: i was thinking if it had really interested him he would have watched it
How Dans Became Dans
Yubikiri [3d]: D17 is an asking move i have never used once.
Ability [1k]: good for you
Yubikiri [3d]: thanks. can i get my cookie now?
McNublet: [31k]: pop
Yubikiri [3d]: i like to pop bubbles. it's what got me to 3d.
sente [3d]: texturized vegetable protein is what got ME to 3d
Javaness [1d]: climbing trees got me to shodan
Yubikiri [3d]: the secrets to getting strong, all kyu players take heed!
Dating on KGS
jensu: *sigh.... man.. i hate women..... so hard to understand
cadillac: poor you
NannyOgg: better stay far away from them!
jensu: i know...
Nyanjilla: jensu----this isn't a help-me-with-my-date site
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief
Hu: Tenant was great in Casanova.
TeddyBear: Casanova was pretty good
TeddyBear: Though it was funny believing that Tenant grew a foot in old age to become Peter O'Toole
Enlightened by Eternity
Game Over
SeaMonster [3d]: Thanks
mm3 [3d]: cu
Eternity [7k]: huh?
lifeline [8k]: huh?
Eternity [7k]: already?
lifeline [8k]: already?
SeaMonster [1d]: Bad opening
lifeline [8k]: you were fine
lifeline [8k]: you have nice top moyo, you're ok on the right, you have little corner in lower left
lifeline [8k]: what has he got that's so great?
SeaMonster [1d]: The top
Eternity [7k]: yeah, sea is white...
lifeline [8k]: oh
lifeline [8k]: then good idea to quit hehe
Everyone Which Thinks I'm Awesome
HikaruShin?: Hi everyone which thinks im awesome cool
liza: hikaru! why dont you say hi to me? =( *sniffles*
How to Meet Pros
Shiketsu: can anyone tell me some websites where i can meet with top pros?
Uberdude: www.go-pro-dating.com
Shiketsu: thanks
Cheering Up GreenVenus
amadis: you can inflate your rank against bots if you figure out their weaknesses
GreenVenus: you can?
GreenVenus: i can't, and i play them all the time--my best bot-playing accts are one rank under me
GreenVenus: have you done that, amadis? am i missing something?
amadis: i guess so
GreenVenus: i try hard
GreenVenus: dunno why all my friends do better with them than i do
sente: just think of it this way
sente: your friends probably think more like machines
All in Good Time
dsaun [1k]: ok, proverb says: "urgent moves before big moves"
Warfreak2 [1k]: and also, big moves before small moves
dsaun [1k]: thaaaanks Wf :)
Warfreak2 [1k]: ;-P
dsaun [1k]: same thing as shygost's list
dsaun [1k]: am i ok? is he ok? what's big?
dsaun [1k]: so...
HamatoYosh [2k]: small move before pass
How Far Back?
Onsakamaru: weird, i just won a game and my rank went up, then a few minutes later it goes back down and haven't played another game
ElZorro: system reviewed your game
Joorin: onsakamaru: someone you've played in the past got their rank changed, it will affect you too.
Onsakamaru: joorin, how far in the past does it look?
Joorin: onsakamaru: 180 days i think.
ElZorro: back to 7 lifes
About Time
LadyTengen: i was going to jump out of a cake in a red bathing suit to cheer shy up after his accident
LadyTengen: he liked the idea
LadyTengen: but we settled on a fruit basket
Uvas: well, it's still after his accident...
LadyTengen: that is very true
LadyTengen: will be for some time, too
Help!
plasma: pssst who plays pokemon?
plasma: anyone?
plasma: plz i need help
impulse: yes, you do
impulse: start by not playing pokemon
plasma: lmao
impulse: instead play me in my rengo game!
tetris: there is no impulse rengo game
plasma: tell me i need help lol
tetris: you need help
plasma: -.-
tetris: nice to meet you hehe
plasma: haha hi
By George, He's Got It!
kadoban [1k]: wonder if it's possible for me to win without actually having any points...something tells me that's bad
Trekkies!
planar: Star Trek is not very good except for the Borg idea, and of course Seven of Nine.
BorgDrone?: 7?9 yummi
BorgDrone?: who wants to be assimilated?
lamassery: I prefer Six of One.
BorgDrone?: it's free of charge
BorgDrone?: and deductible from taxes
Javaness: Assimilation is not permitted in the EGR
BorgDrone?: lol
BorgDrone?: * runs
planar: ROTFL
GrandYan: Best warning ever :)
The Best Moves to Start and End a Game
ualx: i genuinely DO open on tengen
Yubikiri: tengen sucks. It's all about K11.
moooo: Pshhh
moooo: Best opening is A1
Yubikiri: A1 is a forbidden move.
barklee: ?
kiusao: Best opening move is take a handful of stones and throw them at your opponent.
Qualx: best yose move when you're like 300 moku down is to pick the goban up and throw it against the wall, prior to uppercutting your opponent.
Yubikiri: kiusao: not if your opponent is Chuck Norris. Then your "opening" will be recorded as the worst mistake ever made in history.
Qualx: that one's lethal
kiusao: Chuck Norris can kill groups with two eyes
moooo: What about the kick in the groin under the table tesuji?
Yubikiri: (in sente).
The Ultimate Bot
MysticoN: is mogo the bot that collects data and become stronger?
rcarn: you're thinking of the Terminator.
On Sticking to the Rules
gryn: EXTERMINATE!
cynewulf: ELIMINATE!
QuickStudy: ERADICATE!
yangster [helpfully]: VANQUISH!
cynewulf: no no no has to start with e and end with -ate
yangster: that's pretty strict
waykay: e*ate
waykay: done now.
yangster: EXTIRPATE!
cynewulf: this is serious business
yangster: is that one ok?
cynewulf: yep
yangster: :)
yangster: EXCORIATE!
yangster: maybe you should require 4 syllables too
yangster: EVISCERATE!
cynewulf: mm yeah, the meter should match
QuickStudy: I think I've hit a wall
yangster: me too... does it have to mean destroy in some way?
cynewulf: yeah, something related
yangster: ENERVATE isn't cruel enough
yangster: also too short
yangster: ELABORATE is just all wrong for this
yangster: there are a lot of ways to mess it up
yangster: ENUMERATE.... couldn't we have different meanings?
cynewulf: hehe
QuickStudy: ELIMIDATE!
yangster: haha
yangster: INTIMIDATE! I DON'T CARE ANY MORE!
yangster: sorry
It's a Classic
hemb: it's like my game came from a standard joseki book under the "Wrong" section :)
Words of Wisdom
cynewulf: 10k should at least know "don't do that"
tetris: my favorite proverb is "don't do things that don't work"
cynewulf: lots of people forget that one
Serious Note to the Editors
Anonymous: I've been adding entries and making small edits to this page for some time. Today, I added the entry that follows(Phelan: entry moved above). When I saw it on the actual page, I noticed a typo, so I clicked [Edit], at the right of the title of the new entry, as I always do. But when I got to the edit page, I saw what looked like the whole Great Moments page, and my earlier edits were gone. I'm concerned, partly because my previous work isn't there and the errors I corrected have been restored to the way they were before I worked on them. As far as getting all of Great Moments, I think there's something wrong with this particular instance of the [Edit] command, because when I try clicking [Edit] next to any other entry, I get just that entry in the edit page, and things go as usual. As for my edits disappearing, I have no idea how that happened. Could you please (1) fix the [Edit] command next to the last title, and (2) fix the page so that my corrections stay correct?
Zarlan: Quotes are not supposed to get typos corrected. They should be as they where originaly typed.
Phelan:I don't see your edit in the page history. Are you sure you didn't click Preview instead of Save? what you're describing seems like you clicked on a section edit link that wasn't in the actual page, and that's only happened to me when I was previewing a page. Also, I left a message for you and other editors of this page in comments ( % ) at the end of page a few edits back. I was hoping you had read it when you edited the page. In short, it says you should explain changes to chat logs. Oh, and it would also be nice if you edited this page using a UserName, so we can see who's editing.
Phelan(later): I've just found the situation you described. When you edit the page twice in a row, it shows it as only one edit. So, if you try to click on an [Edit] link for a section you've just created, it edits the entire page instead. the section should be there, it's just a matter of scrolling up or down to find it.
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