Anybody here watch/read Three Body Problem?
This feels a little like a wallfacer situation 
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Round 12
On the lower side @Feijoa
and @Gooplet cut each other, creating a tense situation.
In the center @Jon_Ko
attaches to team blacks Tengen.
In the top right @benjito
jumps towards the center. Close by @A_Normal_Name and @fuseki3 collide with each other.
In the top left @yebellz
connects and threatens to cut white. Meanwhile @martin3141 blocks in the centre, working towards connecting.
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Hmmmm I think I made a mistake on the bottom side. Anybody wanna give a helping capturing hand? 
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I would like to, but I feel like our position in the top left is also quite unstable / urgent.
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I don’t think it’s necessary this turn. Your obvious move is to extend your stone in atari (I wonder, if it is even so obvious, that you could get away with not playing it, but I think black can always just take the collision as worst case).
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Round 13
In the top left @yebellz
plays at whites cutting point, but collides with @A_Normal_Name who connects. @martin3141 tries to connect, and @fuseki3 bumps into white, perhaps eyeing the cut.To their right, @benjito
ensures connection with a tigers mouth, while @Jon_Ko continues pushing against Tengen.On the lower side @Gooplet
pulls out their stone, but is put in check by @Feijoa playing Atari once more.
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What do connections even look like in this variant? It almost seems like the only true connection is a solid one (“virtual connections” like cosumi and bamboo joint can be broken in one round, right?)
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True, so “ensure” is perhaps not a good way to describe it. I just felt like that may have been the intent behind the move 
Still I think here apply similar principles like in normal go, e.g. loose connections are easier / less dangerous to attempt to cut.
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Haha, true this was my intent. I guess I am thinking out loud… “would I be better off playing something in the gap instead?”
But yeah, I think this is right - at the least, exploiting this weakness would require coordination from the other team
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@A_Normal_Name I’m going to connect our cutting point in the center.
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@Gooplet, I see the problem now, l’ll connect your stone, so you can focus on cutting.
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Which point are you talking about, f14 or m16?
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Round 14
On the lower side @Gooplet
and @Jon_Ko collide, both connecting the endangered stone. Meanwhile @Feijoa changes directions by wedging into the lower left.In the top left both @martin3141
and @yebellz connect a cutting point.In the center @fuseki3
counters with a cross cut.In the top right @A_Normal_Name
strengthens whites connection, while @benjito jumps towards the right. This move may be both a shoulder hit and a kosumi at the same time.
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Round 15
continues wedging into the lower side. Meanwhile @Gooplet shortens their center stones’ liberties.
In the center @Jon_Ko
reacts with an Atari, and @martin3141 blocks at the left. and @fuseki3 move into and block the right side.In the upper left @A_Normal_Name
and @yebellz collide at whites cutting point.
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The game advanced, and I am very surprised.
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Uhh is this right?
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