2025: Let's try again

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https://t.me/shot_shot/79100

That is the original source of this information. Why everyone suddenly started to copy text from there is a mystery. I still don’t see any clear independent sources.

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From what I can find, although perhaps it’s not as bad as some other tabloids, this medium is of the rather sensasionalist kind, so I wouldn’t take it very seriously.

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After years of organizing Transatlantic pro matches, the AGA and the EGF have decided to go one step further and organize the Transatlantic Open Go Championship every four years, in order to promote friendship and cooperation across the ocean. After long debates about the location, it was decided that it would take place in Greenland, since its territory belongs to the country of one organization and is close geographically to the other. The tournament will be open to all players from AGA or EGF, amateurs and pros. All matches will be played with Nigiri, the winner of Nigiri will be allowed to choose the ruleset (AGA or Japanese). All players will be provided a “prisoner tray” on which they are required to place their prisoners before pressing the clock, in groups of 5. Failure to do so will result in a warning, and a 2n-point penalty after n warnings.
“I’m thrilled” says Anuk, president of the Greenland Go Association. “After so many years playing on OGS, I’ll be able to meet other go players for the first time ever”.

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Summary

I love how this could go both ways.

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Future proofing :raised_hands:

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It has not yet decided upon but the prisoner tray is likely to look something like this:

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Soon :pray::us_outlying_islands::football::eagle:

OGS doesn’t have any April 1st jokes? I miss the days when the stones suddenly turned pink or everyone suddenly turned 9d on KGS… :joy:

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surprised they didn’t just flip a coin or something, lol

Fake news killed April 1st apparently

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On the other hand, if aliens exist and do want to invade the planet, we know when they will choose to do so in order to catch us flat-footed. April 1 XXXX is going to be the day. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Most likely in a US timezone :stuck_out_tongue:

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Our IT department ran 2 fake phishing mails by all employees today.
Normally they do that once a month or so. Perhaps today they made an effort to find as many fools as possible.

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According to Hollywood, alien attacks start and end in America :alien::eagle:

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Shows what Hollywood knows

We all know all alien attacks begin and end in Tokyo

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Smart aliens won’t attack directly. They will start by corrupting world leaders and infiltrating go forums.

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“Experts explain why it does not happen today.” Wow! What would we do without experts?

I love the way District 9 played with that idea.

One of the best Twilight Zone episodes was based on that idea: “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,” an original script by Rod Serling. Spoiler:

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Tokyo is already full of aliens and yokais.

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At a social gathering:
– So, what do you do for a living?
– Oh, I am a joke expert!

Which might not be funny to everyone, but technically it is an “expert joke” :sweat_smile:

Our world leaders would probably corrupt the aliens.

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