How not to get bored during a lockdown

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Go Memes!

The OGS staff has had way too much fun creating go memes recently. We are sharing them on our social media pages (Twitter, G+, Facebook) and thought our forums deserved some love as well. Up first: [image] Posted on 5/6/15 Admin: An index of many of these memes is here. Please post one meme per post (not more) so we can like each one. “Please post as many memes as you can. ” - BHydden The spirit of the thread is that it is for posting memes and quips and reactions to those memes…

Go Jokes

I saw a new bot playing far below its provisional rank the other day. When I mentioned this to my daughter, she asked, “If a bot plays badly, should we call it artificial nonintelligence?”

The Raptor Game

Some time ago I came up with this idea for a game: take a movie, substitute the main character with a velociraptor and describe what happens. The others will have to guess the title of the movie. Wanna try? Rules: the raptor behaves like a raptor, not like a human, so there’s usually a plot-twist (had a guy once who chose wall-e and said the raptor finds a plant on a planet while cleaning up ) it’obviously suggested to describe an iconic scene of the movie or at least to …

Language Learners' Library

Recently we had this thread Which languages do you speak? in which many people revealed themselves as multilingual. So, I thought it would be a good idea for us to create a thread where we could discuss what languages we’re trying to learn right now, and give each other updates and encouragement on our progress. username native language(s) secondary language(s) language(s) being learnt Aumpa English none Chinese ayaros Italian English Japanese bugcat English none Latin RubyMinesha…

Translingual Shiritori

In this thread we play shiritori, but across languages. It could be a fun way to practice our vocabulary. The rules of the game are as so: When it’s your go, you take the last two letters of the previous word and use it as the start of a new word. Add an English translation of your word as well. Your word must end in a consonant and then a vowel. You can use any Romanisation scheme, but only unadorned Latin letters can be passed on. You can inflect your words in any way grammaticall…

Which languages do you speak?

Just out of curiosity, how multilingual are Go players? You can mention languages you are a native speaker of, you are fluent, actively learning or studied during one summer in your teens or even picking words and phrases due to exposure (for example you have a Greek son-in-law). All accepted. I’ll go first, from best to worst, at varying levels: Greek, English, French, German, Korean. I also tried to learn Portuguese (BR) and Hawaiian. Edit: since we ventured into ancient time…

Werewolf Game 2 - The Tragedic Story of Kosumi Castle

It had been cold and rainy all week and it was in the middle of the dark night that the courtiers of Kosumi Castle were roused by the horrific scream that signified the death of Court Jester Vsotvep. Within minutes the whole household had gathered around the lifeless body lying on the cold slate floor of the central hall. The first to arrive, Cook @Gia and Chamberlain @yebellz, quickly noted that the killer could not have escaped, since the large wooden doors that gave the only entrance to the…

Spontaneous call for new Werewolf game

Anyone interested for our next round respond by Sunday noon GMT (I will unashamedly extend this if we don’t have enough participants ). Rules and relevant info here, or just ask. Previous offenders had fun, so we hope we have more victi---- uh, participants this time.

Some Go haiku

I’m bored so let’s write haiku. Cat, 30k (for @teapoweredrobot) Don’t worry human I shall score the board for you (These stones are mine now) Leela’s Poem This is too easy Humans are all so stupid Oh no, a ladder The Immortal Song of the Demon Greed Woah there, mortal Looks to me like you’re behind Grab just a bit more Underestimation Eight kyus are all weak They are all weak, yes indeed All except this one Aliens Play Go On a game of Vrinct Sulgo Fal Wztk has wagered The sma…

Napster's music sharing thread. Chit chat and links

Hey its alright my life has always been a sad emotion Don’t feel sorry for me.

Music sharing thread. Links only. No chit chat

While travelling the road of life I have encountered many good songs. Currently I have been sharing links to these songs in the OGS English channel. I think I will start to put these links in this thread also. This way they will be saved for later use also Anyone is welcome to share their findings in this thread. Try to keep the amount of conversation in the thread to a minimum please. Just post the short description about the music style and then the link with artists and song …

POLL: the most important questions

So it has finally come to this, its time to ask the most important question known to mankind. Which one do you prefer, Coca-Cola or Pepsi? poll ps. feel free to add your own polls about things that are too important to ask on their own threads! And please scroll down for more super important polls! Lets seek out the absolute truths via democratic voting!

Story Behind Your Username and/or Profile Pic?

I was thinking about usernames today. Choosing a username is a surprisingly difficult task; first, you have to think of something you like enough to have associated with your online identity, and then you have to hope that what you came up with is not taken. I thought it might be fun to explore how we each came up with our usernames. While I am not particularly fond of my own username, it does show a few things about my personality. I can’t recall the first place I used the name RubyMineshaf…

Becoming 9 Kyu - A Series for Beginners

Hi friends. This is the homepage for a lecture series about Becoming 9 Kyu (source now on YouTube). It’s designed to help you break through to the single digit kyu ranks. I hope you enjoy it! Lesson 1: Joseki - Principles and Importance Becoming SDK - Lesson 1 Lesson 2: Opening - Preparation for Battle Becoming SDK - Lesson 2 Lesson 3: Tactics - Pivotal Stones vs. Useless Stones Becoming SDK - Lesson 3 Lesson 4: Joseki - One-Point Jump Becoming SDK - Lesson 4 Lesson 5: Opening - Corners, Si…

Fridays with xhu98 (Cornel Burzo special coming up!)

Hello there everyone! The other day our fellow friend @mlopezviedma asked me about a few situations in the openings that we all easily mistake of. After spending hours answering them, I have a feeling that walking through those questions together will be a great way to clarify those shared questions among us. I therefore had the idea of creating a Q&A program called “Fridays with xhu98.” The schedule is to answer some of the asked questions throughout the week and release the answer ev…

Mark5000's Guide to the Opening (v2)

Hello OGS. This is an update to the prior thread mark5000's Guide to the Opening. This lesson is intended for novice players who would like to understand high-level opening theory presented in an accessible way. This theory includes innovations of AlphaGo, which rendered the previous guide somewhat outdated. As before, I don’t claim to have any special knowledge about the opening. This is just a distillation of recent Go knowledge through the eyes of a Go lover and enthusiast. I hope it helps yo…

19x19 FOR BEGINNERS SERIES: Part 1: Sente and Gote

19x19 FOR BEGINNERS SERIES THINGS I WISH I KNEW WHEN I WAS 25 KYU Part 1: Sente and Gote Welcome back! In my introduction to the series, I tried to give the beginning player a broad overview of the 19x19 Go game. In this section, I am going to drill down to the nitty gritty of one element of the game, and I could think of nothing more fundamental than the paired concepts of sente and gote. Loosely translated, the terms mean initiative and response, and once you understand how these concepts p…

Go Books/Content in the Creative Commons

A handful of go books and other content have been released under Creative Commons licenses. Below is a catalog of those that I am aware of. This post is a wiki, which can be edited freely. Please add more that you know of. Books Shape Up! by Charles Matthews and Seong-June Kim Download: https://cdn.online-go.com/shape_up_v1.2.pdf Other info: OGS is proud to host Shape Up!, Shape Up! book update License: CC BY-SA 4.0 81 Little Lions: An Introduction to the 9x9 Board for Advanced Beginners b…

[Study Group] Essential Life and Death Patterns

There are several essential life and death patterns that quite commonly occur in games, however can be quite tricky to master. I think knowledge and familiarity with many of them are vital (necessary but not sufficient) for becoming stronger (reaching shodan and beyond). If you’ve never heard of patterns like L groups, L+1, L+2, J groups, J+1, tripod, notcher, long L, door group, hovercraft, carpenter’s square, etc, and you are a DDK working toward SDK, or even an SDK working toward dan, then I…

Odd Cases in the Japanese Rules

In this thread, I will discuss some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, situations that can arise under the Japanese rules. So, without further ado, let’s begin … Rules Pedantry with yebellz!

How do you pronounce "OGS"?

I think people might mostly fall into one of two camps: Initialism: pronouncing it like “oh-gee-ess” Acronym: pronouncing it like “ogs” (rhyming with dogs) or “ogues” (rhyming with rogues) Personally, I like to say “ogues” (rhyming with rogues), since I also like to call the game “OG” (rhyming with rogue). Well, anyways, let’s have a poll. How do you pronounce OGS? poll