ninjak
Hi and Welcome to my Page on Sensei's!!
I play as cleodboi on the KGS Go server.
Check out my KGS analytics: http://kgs.gosquares.net/index.rhtml.en?id=cleodboi
I also play on OroBaduk and am glad to play a game anytime.
I play as shinogi5 on the OroBaduk server.
I have been playing Go for about 3 years now. I started playing the game after reading the Hikaru No Go manga in Monthly Shonen Jump Magazine. If you would like to play a game with me drop me a message on KGS. I'm always up for a game of any type.
Go & Me
I have been playing Go for about 3 years now. I can't exactly remember how I learned of the game or when but I do remember that when I first learned about it I wanted to start learning right away. I first heard of the game in Shonen Jump Magazine while reading the getting go column in the Hikaru No Go section of the magazine. I thought that the game sounded awesome and I wanted to learn right away. So about a week after reading the column I started researching the game online. I learned about the basics of the game(which at the time I didn't understand as well as I thought I did) and thats when I found it. IGS. Internet Go Server. I thought wow how cool would it be to play other go players online. Well sadly at the time I didn't have a good enough internet connection. So I kept reviewing the basics and then when Christmas came I got my first Go set. I finally started to understand the game, but I had no one to play against. :(
Later that year I arrived at the local Borders book store looking for books on Go. My first ever go book was Go: More Than A Game. I remember studying this book very deeply and recording all I could. This book got me to understand the game a lot more clearly and definetly increased my playing level. Thats when I found out about KGS. I was finally going to be able to play someone other than unwilling family members. (My first ever account was ninjak but I recently changed to my new account cleodboi.) I have to say KGS is the number one thing that got me to the playing level that I'm at today.
After playing on KGS quite alot I decided that I wanted to play face to face against others. So I went on the AGA website and found that there was only one club in my state and it wasn't even close by. :( But that club was sponsoring a tournament and I knew that I had to go. I became a member of the AGA and entered a tournament sponsored by the CCC Go Club Of Hartford CT. It was a long day but a good day. I had been playing on KGS as a 9 Kyu so I entered the tournament as a 12 kyu AGA. There were 4 matches to the tournament and I ended 1-3. Not bad considering it was my first tournament and I felt rather good with my performance. I have kept on playing since that tournament and I'm now about 7 Kyu KGS. kinda slow progress, but I'm getting there. I am thinking of starting a Go Club in my area and will say more about it when the time comes.