»Why Go?« you might ask. I don't think there is a specific reason. I like strategy games. I like to use my mind. I like a challenge. When I think about why I decided to pick up Go, I don't really know what to answer. One day I just thought to myself: »Hey, I should learn how to play Go!« and I did. It was Wednesday, August 26th. When I'm writing this post, I can count the amount of games of Go I've played on my fingers ... on one hand.
I read up on the basic rules, found the KGS Go Server and watched a few games. It was too early for me to dare play a game myself, but I thought I had a basic understanding of how the game worked. The following day, I had a 9x9 game with a friendly Swedish player and got totally overwhelmed. As the nice guy he was, he reviewed the game with me and taught me how to put my mind into the game. I appreciated the lecture, tried some more games and failed miserably.
I admit that I'm a total rookie. I can barely read the board as I play. I have won one game against someone who was even more new to the game than I. Though I realized one thing: this game is great! I've had so much fun trying to learn this game, that I've ordered a few books about it, started studying other games and even created this blog.
This is the beginning of my world of Go, and I invite you all to join me.
I read up on the basic rules, found the KGS Go Server and watched a few games. It was too early for me to dare play a game myself, but I thought I had a basic understanding of how the game worked. The following day, I had a 9x9 game with a friendly Swedish player and got totally overwhelmed. As the nice guy he was, he reviewed the game with me and taught me how to put my mind into the game. I appreciated the lecture, tried some more games and failed miserably.
I admit that I'm a total rookie. I can barely read the board as I play. I have won one game against someone who was even more new to the game than I. Though I realized one thing: this game is great! I've had so much fun trying to learn this game, that I've ordered a few books about it, started studying other games and even created this blog.
This is the beginning of my world of Go, and I invite you all to join me.
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