You know you are a Go addict when …

When you scour Asian art museums for any mention of the game of Go.

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Counting territory on your salami pizza toppings!

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You hate this god damn game, but keep playing because you love it.

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After a game with a friend, he unsuccessfully tries to convince you that “there is no such thing a Sente or Tenuki”, because “this is CHESS goddammit!”.

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Tempo?

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“Everything in excess; moderation is for monks!”

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. - William Blake

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… you almost pee your pants every time you visit Go memes!

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When you start to “forget” boards and stones in nearby guesthouses or bars/tea houses. Well they could be more useful there at least.
Which may come with teaching the game to the owner, waitress and the cleaning woman.

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When the only clever and enjoyable gift you want to offer at every Christmas/birthday/anniversary let it be the 50 years of wedding of your aunt or a new addition in the neighbors family has to be a go set.

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…when your main reason to start new hobbies(poker, chess, running, etc)/try new activities is to improve yourself for studying go.

…when you find it difficult to take a hiatus (for the sake of improving upon return) because you’re not sure what you’ll do with your time if you aren’t playing go.

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Just one more game he said.

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When you go to your games, in place to post in “You know you are a Go addict…”!

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When you come back to reading/posting in the forum after playing moves for all of your games

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… when you are typesetting an industry machine manual manual, and you’re opening a CAD file, and first thing you see there is this image of a “workpiece” …

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You do see the grain, and the lines on top, do you?

I do. I cannot not see them. Must’ve cost a lot, eh?

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When you’ve already checked the forum for new posts, but you come back to the forum anyway after playing moves for all of your games, because you know that - in the meantime you check it once more - there will be new moves for you. :wink:

This sound more like “You’re OGS addicted when…” though. Or even better “You’re Fast Correspondence (group) addicted when…”. :innocent:

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… when you come to this thread immediately after you find something to prove your addiction.

… when your little sister’s birthday cake has candies that resemble stones (wish I had a picture), and you do everything you can to make sure you don’t eat one of your greatest toys. :grinning:

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You know you are addicted to go when you can look at a 13x13 position and immediately recognise that it is a 2 stone handicap game with chinese rules

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When you begin to use go ranks to rate your other skills, such as “I’m a DDK typist.”

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So you’ve been improving then, Conrad? :stuck_out_tongue: :smiley: :wink: :smiley: :smiley:

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Lol

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