Out of curiosity, I didn’t find any data collected on this yet so I threw that poll to the OGS community. Could help us to know each other better.
I have more to ask in polls about how OGS players interact with the outside world, let start first with this
I own a go set
I don’t own a go set
I never play face to face
I play sometimes face to face
I play regularly face to face
There is no go meeting enough near
I don’t know if there is a go meeting nearby
There is a go meeting but I don’t go
I go Sometimes to a go meeting
I go regularly to a go meeting
I never participated in a face to face tournament or camp
I participated in a few face to face tournaments or camps
I join regularly face to face tournaments or camps
O yes covid is a thing I put a bit aside, although I guess that some of us didn’t yet had time for a first encounter on a real board in their go experience.
There will be a bias for sure, so that’s something we can project to ask again after our sanitary problem will be over.
I own a set, i play sometimes with it if i have visitors who play go, i’ve participiated at some tournaments which have been near me in recent years, i almost never visit club meetings or gaming nights since i dont live that close.
my local go club has an official weekly gathering. don’t know those folks much and don’t understand why people have free time on a weekday afternoon. don’t feel comfortable to go anyway still at this point of covid crisis.
not sure if i will be a frequent goer even when the crisis is over. i will from time to time just to know people. playing online is just so convenient now. we will see.
I own three boards, (a bamboo, a cherry, and one I made myself), but they haven’t been played on in over a year now. Prior to that, I used them every once in great while when I managed to convince a sibling to play (a difficult task). I only have two sets of stones despite having three boards (a yunzi set and melamine set), and I hope to someday be able to put them to use despite the lack of availability.
I don’t have a Go club in my entire state, and I don’t know anyone in my state who has a passion for playing the game.
I had to make some compromise to not have too many options, but I understand your concern. In my opinion, even if rarely done, to have played some games is something different as to have never done it.
Thanks for your input anyway.