Diplomatic Go 🗡 The Second Game

[yebellz]

@Vsotvep

This round everybody submitted the same moves as last round, and thus, like last round, the board position does not change.

There is a quote (that’s often misattributed to Einstein, although there’s no evidence to support that he actually said this):

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results

— anonymous (not Einstein)

Of course, Einstein could not have possibly said this, since we all know that the scientific method calls for verifying the reproducibility of results:

The Difference

[antonTobi]

That is one of my favorite xkcd’s

It might be helpful to remind players and spectators that there is no ko rule, so we could continue submitting the same choices until Haze, me and Leira are eliminated. Since Leira and I have the same number of stones, we would be eliminated in the same round and neither one of us would get J12.

I wouldn’t be happy with that result, so I will start submitting some other moves soon.

[Vsotvep]

End of Round 41

This round everybody except for @PiggyStardust submitted the same moves as last round. However, @PiggyStardust’s first choice collided with the first choice of @le_4TC and @Leira, and the second choice was to pass, thus overall it does not have an effect on the board position.

Any player with 17 stones or less on the board is eliminated at the start of Round 42.
All players enter Round 42 with at least 18 stones, and therefore are not eliminated.

Player	1st move	2nd move	3rd move
@le_4TC	J12	Pass
@PiggyStardust	J12	Pass
@Haze_with_a_Z	Pass
@yebellz	H12	J12
@Leira	J12	Pass

Round 42

In order not to be eliminated at the start of next round, a player needs 18 or more stones on the board.

Round 42 starts with the following position.

Editable demo board

Please submit your next moves before 2020-12-10T21:00:00Z

Current number of stones per player:

Player	#stones
@le_4TC	26
@PiggyStardust	35
@Haze_with_a_Z	22
@yebellz	35
@Leira	26

[Vsotvep]

End of Round 42

@Haze_with_a_Z passed.
@PiggyStardust and @Leira collided on J12 for their first move, and both passed for their second choice.
@yebellz collided with a preexisting stone at H12 for their first move, but managed to place their second choice at J12.
@le_4TC collided with a preexisting stone for their first two moves, and managed to place their third choice at K5.

This means @Leira’s group has now run out of liberties and is removed from the board.

Any player with 17 stones or less on the board is eliminated at the start of Round 42.
In other words, @Leira has been eliminated this round. All other player progress to the next round.

After first moves:

After second & third moves:

Player	1st move	2nd move	3rd move
@le_4TC	K3	K4	K5
@PiggyStardust	J12	Pass
@Haze_with_a_Z	Pass
@yebellz	H12	J12
@Leira	J12	Pass

Round 43

In order not to be eliminated at the start of next round, a player needs 19 or more stones on the board.

Round 43 starts with the following position.

Editable demo board

Please submit your next moves before 2020-12-11T21:00:00Z

Current number of stones per player:

Player	#stones
@le_4TC	27
@PiggyStardust	35
@Haze_with_a_Z	22
@yebellz	36

[antonTobi]

gg @Leira, and sorry about the killing

[Haze_with_a_Z]

GG Leira!!!

[Old_but_gold]

Thanks for playing!

[antonTobi]

@Vsotvep Update please

[Vsotvep]

Sorry, I was a bit busy, I’ll do the update now.

[Vsotvep]

End of Round 43

@PiggyStardust and @Haze_with_a_Z both played their first choice, while @le_4TC and @yebellz both submitted the same moves in the same order, and thus both failed to place a stone.

Any player with 18 stones or less on the board is eliminated at the start of Round 44.
All players enter Round 44 with at least 19 stones, and therefore are not eliminated.

Player	1st move	2nd move	3rd move
@le_4TC	H12	H11	G12
@PiggyStardust	A1
@Haze_with_a_Z	J4
@yebellz	H12	H11	G12

Round 44

In order not to be eliminated at the start of next round, a player needs 19 or more stones on the board.

Round 44 starts with the following position.

Editable demo board

Please submit your next moves before 2020-12-13T21:00:00Z

Current number of stones per player:

Player	#stones
@le_4TC	27
@PiggyStardust	36
@Haze_with_a_Z	23
@yebellz	36

[Vsotvep]

I hope everyone can forgive me I end this round a few minutes too early,

End of Round 44

Everyone played their first choice.

Any player with 18 stones or less on the board is eliminated at the start of Round 45.
All players enter Round 45 with at least 19 stones, and therefore are not eliminated.

Player	1st move	2nd move	3rd move
@le_4TC	H12
@PiggyStardust	H11
@Haze_with_a_Z	H8
@yebellz	G12

Round 45

In order not to be eliminated at the start of next round, a player needs 20 or more stones on the board.

Round 45 starts with the following position.

Editable demo board

Please submit your next moves before 2020-12-14T21:00:00Z

Current number of stones per player:

Player	#stones
@le_4TC	28
@PiggyStardust	37
@Haze_with_a_Z	24
@yebellz	37

[Vsotvep]

End of Round 45

@Haze_with_a_Z played their first choice.
@PiggyStardust and @le_4TC collided for their first choice, and @yebellz collided with a preexisting stone. Then @PiggyStardust and @yebellz both played their second choice, while @le_4TC collided with the stone placed by @Haze_with_a_Z as a first choice, but managed to place their third choice.

The stone at H12 has no liberties and thus is removed from the board.

Any player with 19 stones or less on the board is eliminated at the start of Round 46.
All players enter Round 46 with at least 20 stones, and therefore are not eliminated.

After first move:

After second & third move:

Player	1st move	2nd move	3rd move
@le_4TC	H13	H9	J10
@PiggyStardust	H13	F13
@Haze_with_a_Z	H9
@yebellz	H12	H13

Round 46

In order not to be eliminated at the start of next round, a player needs 20 or more stones on the board.

Round 46 starts with the following position.

Editable demo board

Please submit your next moves before 2020-12-15T21:00:00Z

Current number of stones per player:

Player	#stones
@le_4TC	28
@PiggyStardust	38
@Haze_with_a_Z	25
@yebellz	38

[Vsotvep]

End of Round 46

Everyone managed to play their first choice.

Any player with 19 stones or less on the board is eliminated at the start of Round 47.
All players enter Round 47 with at least 20 stones, and therefore are not eliminated.

Player	1st move	2nd move	3rd move
@le_4TC	J11
@PiggyStardust	A3
@Haze_with_a_Z	H10
@yebellz	H12

Round 47

In order not to be eliminated at the start of next round, a player needs 21 or more stones on the board.

Round 47 starts with the following position.

Editable demo board

Please submit your next moves before 2020-12-16T21:00:00Z

Current number of stones per player:

Player	#stones
@le_4TC	29
@PiggyStardust	39
@Haze_with_a_Z	26
@yebellz	39

[Vsotvep]

End of Round 47

@yebellz and @PiggyStardust placed the stones of their first choice, while @Haze_with_a_Z and @le_4TC collided for their first choice. @Haze_with_a_Z managed to place their second choice, while @le_4TC collided for the stone placed as a first choice by @PiggyStardust and ended up playing their therd choice.

The old stone at H11 and the new stone at K12 both have no liberties and are removed from the board.

Any player with 20 stones or less on the board is eliminated at the start of Round 48.
All players enter Round 48 with at least 21 stones, and therefore are not eliminated.

Player	1st move	2nd move	3rd move
@le_4TC	J8	K12	K11
@PiggyStardust	K12
@Haze_with_a_Z	J8	H7
@yebellz	G11

Round 48

In order not to be eliminated at the start of next round, a player needs 21 or more stones on the board.

Round 48 starts with the following position.

Editable demo board

Please submit your next moves before 2020-12-17T21:00:00Z

Current number of stones per player:

Player	#stones
@le_4TC	30
@PiggyStardust	38
@Haze_with_a_Z	27
@yebellz	40

[Vsotvep]

In the absence of a move submission from @Haze_with_a_Z , Round 48 will be extended 24 hours.

The new deadline is 2020-12-18T21:00:00Z

[Vsotvep]

End of Round 48

Everyone managed to place their first choice.

Any player with 20 stones or less on the board is eliminated at the start of Round 49.
All players enter Round 49 with at least 21 stones, and therefore are not eliminated.

Player	1st move	2nd move	3rd move
@le_4TC	H11
@PiggyStardust	C4
@Haze_with_a_Z	J8
@yebellz	H5

Round 49

In order not to be eliminated at the start of next round, a player needs 22 or more stones on the board.

Round 49 starts with the following position.

Editable demo board

Please submit your next moves before 2020-12-19T21:00:00Z

Current number of stones per player:

Player	#stones
@le_4TC	31
@PiggyStardust	39
@Haze_with_a_Z	28
@yebellz	41

[Vsotvep]

End of Round 49

Everyone managed to place their first choice.

Any player with 21 stones or less on the board is eliminated at the start of Round 50.
All players enter Round 50 with at least 22 stones, and therefore are not eliminated.

Player	1st move	2nd move	3rd move
@le_4TC	K12
@PiggyStardust	C1
@Haze_with_a_Z	H6
@yebellz	H4

Round 50

In order not to be eliminated at the start of next round, a player needs 22 or more stones on the board.

Round 50 starts with the following position.

Editable demo board

Please submit your next moves before 2020-12-21T21:00:00Z

Current number of stones per player:

Player	#stones
@le_4TC	32
@PiggyStardust	40
@Haze_with_a_Z	29
@yebellz	42

[Gia]

I should have made the “how many times will Vsotvep mess up the deadline?” a drinking game.

[Vsotvep]

I didn’t even realise that I forgot to update the game yesterday o.o

[Vsotvep]

End of Round 50

@PiggyStardust played their first choice.
@Haze_with_a_Z and @le_4TC collided with each other for their first choice, but both managed to play their second choice.
@yebellz collided with a previously existing stone for their first choice, but managed to play the second choice at the place where @Haze_with_a_Z and @le_4TC tried to place their first stone.

The stone at K5 has no liberties and thus is removed from the board.

Any player with 21 stones or less on the board is eliminated at the start of Round 51.
All players enter Round 51 with at least 22 stones, and therefore are not eliminated.

After first move:

After second move:

Player	1st move	2nd move	3rd move
@le_4TC	J3	Pass
@PiggyStardust	A5
@Haze_with_a_Z	J3	K4
@yebellz	J2	J3

Round 51

In order not to be eliminated at the start of next round, a player needs 23 or more stones on the board.

Round 51 starts with the following position.

Editable demo board

Please submit your next moves before 2020-12-22T21:00:00Z

Current number of stones per player:

Player	#stones
@le_4TC	31
@PiggyStardust	41
@Haze_with_a_Z	30
@yebellz	43