There’s a lot of them using their real face as a profile pic, they all seem to know each other, and some have a bronze badge in the bottom right corner of the pic. Some usernames start with the same 3 or 4 characters. I just saw a match with 40 spectators and a lot of them fit this description.
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Lots of schools use OGS for go games that are part of a class or club. That is what those accounts probably are. They typically follow a naming code of their own creation.
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Lots of kids play Go in Thailand. (My wife is Thai and used to be a Go teacher there).
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Lots? Really? Some in Bangkok mostly.
It would be interesting if Uberdude’s partner could tell us more about baduk in Thailand.
I was wondering what they call it there. Looks like they like the nipponese word.
Maklom (or Go)
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Yes Bangkok is the centre of activity, but there’s still plenty elsewhere. There were about 100 people in a tournament I played in Chiang Mai, pretty much all school children or uni student age. Most were locals, including several 4ds I beat. The 5d I lost to in the final I think was from elsewhere. I also played in Phuket, healthy club there too.
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I’m wondering why youth go is so dynamic in Thailand. Is that traditional, or did they do something in recent years that we in the West could get inspiration from?
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See Uberdude's Go holiday journal • Life In 19x19
TLDR CEO of Thai 7-11 franchise is a Go fan and supports it.
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Well you were better informed as me. I played in Bangkok (small meeting on saturday, like a dozen of players, some quite strong and young) but couldn’t find any place in chang mai (i went multiple times there). Truth is i didn’t check public schools and uni so maybe all is there?