Very funny indeed
Still I wonder what a goban tiled like my bathroom with square stones would do with my perception of the game. Is there any Go software that has square stones as an option?
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| Author: | cyclops [ Thu May 08, 2014 6:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | on screen stones should be square! |
The symmetry of Go is the symmetry of a square. Square stones reflect that. |
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| Author: | DrStraw [ Thu May 08, 2014 6:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on screen stones should be square! |
The circle has more axes of symmetry than any other shape. I think the board should be round. |
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| Author: | cyclops [ Fri May 09, 2014 3:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on screen stones should be square! |
Very funny indeed Still I wonder what a goban tiled like my bathroom with square stones would do with my perception of the game. Is there any Go software that has square stones as an option? |
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| Author: | oca [ Fri May 09, 2014 3:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on screen stones should be square! |
DrStraw wrote: The circle has more axes of symmetry than any other shape. I think the board should be round. Why not taking a "standard goban" and change the rules of the game so that we have a "border wrap"  and  would then be a nobi shape...  would be catured if black plays at "a"That's actually a sphere goban... [edit]I post that as I just solved the 19x19 yesterday night so I need something more challenging now ok... end of dreaming, back to study  ...[/edit] |
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| Author: | DrStraw [ Fri May 09, 2014 4:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on screen stones should be square! |
oca wrote: DrStraw wrote: The circle has more axes of symmetry than any other shape. I think the board should be round. Why not taking a "standard goban" and change the rules of the game so that we have a "border wrap" I tried toroidal go quite a lot in my early days of playing. Ladders are interesting. |
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| Author: | daal [ Fri May 09, 2014 6:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on screen stones should be square! |
Good idea. While you're at it, please place the square stones in the spaces and not on the intersections. It would make go a good deal easier imo. |
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| Author: | bayu [ Fri May 09, 2014 8:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on screen stones should be square! |
DrStraw wrote: I tried toroidal go quite a lot in my early days of playing. That's nice and all, but did you use donuts as stones? 
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| Author: | Bonobo [ Fri May 09, 2014 8:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on screen stones should be square! |
cyclops wrote: The symmetry of Go is the symmetry of a square. Square stones reflect that. The empty points are indeed squares (I won’t tell whether upright or whether they are standing on one corner, though.)And the stones are actually square inside, they hide their intentions behind their outer rounding. bayu wrote: DrStraw wrote: I tried toroidal go quite a lot in my early days of playing. That's nice and all, but did you use donuts as stones? |
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| Author: | Bonobo [ Fri May 09, 2014 10:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on screen stones should be square! |
<Ingrid> Shows just how hip Go ishi are. </Ingrid> |
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| Author: | cyclops [ Fri May 09, 2014 3:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on screen stones should be square! |
Who is Ingrid? |
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| Author: | Bonobo [ Fri May 09, 2014 5:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on screen stones should be square! |
cyclops wrote: Who is Ingrid? Ingrid was a woman in the usenet who used to reply to her own posts
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| Author: | cyclops [ Fri May 09, 2014 6:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on screen stones should be square! |
<cyclops@bonobo> thx, your answer surprised me  </cyclops@bonobo> |
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