Flower/preferences

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Italics denote subjective opinions that are unfit to serve as premise or argument :)

Area scoring

  • allows for more concise rulesets
  • valuable dame prevent the bad habit of 'not filling the dame'
  • scoring stones on the board focuses on 'life' and is as such splendidly life-affirming
  • I am close to Daoism, I feel that its essence mirrored more clearly in Area Scoring.

Suicide

  • 'no suicide' requires an additional rule thus reducing conciseness of the ruleset
  • 'suicide' allows more options and in rare positions even more skillfull play
  • I know no drawbacks connected with not forbidding suicide. (without reason nothing should be forbidden)
  • I dislike the idea of sending my own stones into death.

Equivalence Scoring

  • fast and easy counting
  • easy integration of Ikeda's Rule

Ikeda's Rule

Free Handicap

Proper Handicap

Fair Komi

Natural Situational Superko

  • I like that it only applies to board plays
  • One could reword them by saying: "One may not play in such a way that the opponent is presented with the same position twice."

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