fun playing go ??????

[Groin]

Is it supposed to be fun in the beginning?

I have a history with Go. I have started and stopped multiple times and I have always stopped because the game never got fun for me. I find Go fascinating, which is why I keep picking the game up (and why I own several books on Go) but it’s always a year or more between when I put the game down and pick it back up again and since Go is not a “bicycle skill” (at least not for me) I am always starting from the beginning. And maybe it’s just me but starting out in Go is the opposite of fun. It’s a …

Most fun rank to play at?

I’d imagine that you can’t really enjoy go if you’re a complete beginner, because without basics it’s hard to even understand what’s going on in the game. On the other hand I think it’s hard to have fun playing go on high dan level, because reading and evaluating everything becomes tedious. If that is true that there should be a golden rank at which go is the most fun to play. Is that true? And if so then what rank is the golden one?

When was the last time you had fun playing go?

Pretty much the title…

Lies about this game being fun

lies, game not fun at all

And somewhat related:

Getting frustrated about getting frustrated?

I know that I should expect to lose more than I win starting out, I know the proverb “Lose your first 50/100 games quickly,” I’ve been told multiple times that rank and rating aren’t the end-all-be-all. This post isn’t about that, but I guess some might call it a “by-product” of that (I’m not entirely sure myself). Recently, there have been times where I find myself getting frustrated/ashamed about getting frustrated about rank. When I get frustrated after a series of losses, I’ll start asking …