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I started trying to take up Go about six months ago and frankly, I suck. On ice. I am a stinky Go player, partly because it's hard to find other rank amateurs to play against that are convivial Go-playing partners. I've tried Yahoo! and KGS Go servers, and the KGS ones are kinda all right, but both are full of opponents that are silent and rather robotic. I don't mind getting trounced, it's a great way to learn, but getting trounced by somebody who won't even chat a bit (to be fair, it's an international game with a huge non-English playing community -- I'm not saying these are mean or unfriendly people, just non-communicative for probably in most cases very good reasons) is demoralizing.
So... if any 'lithers have an interest in the game, post here or PM me. I'd like to get into a rhythm of playing 2-3 games a week, and if there were a few of us we could get a loose schedule going.
I love the game, I just can't seem to wrap my head around it. 99% of the people that play it seem to be math/engineering/comp-sci types, whereas I'm a befuddled artsy... but I'd still like to learn. Being silently systematically destroyed by superior players is dampening my enthusiasm... hence this post.
I'm somewhere around 25-kyu right now: I know the rules of the game, basic stuff like eyes and atari, but "seeing" more than one move ahead is entirely beyond me. I'm stabbing at GoProblems from time to time, but again, human interaction is my most effective learning method.
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