Hi all, I'm Ashley, from Nottingham, UK. I am a full-time administrator for a housing association and a part-time computing student.
Strangely, I have only played about 5 games of go in my life. Yet I have 14 books on the game. I have confronted myself about this. It seems to be due to 3 things:
1. Lack of time
2. Far too much enjoyment of go books: a. Reading and savouring their form; b. Loving tsumego
3. Lack of confidence
I play scalextric in a pub each Tuesday and see friends 2 other days a week. I always bake something on Fridays. I see my grandmother and mother every 4 weekends. So... I don't have as much time for the game as I would like.
I enjoy go books to an unhealthy level. In fact, I love all books - I abhor creasing of spines or dog-earing of corners, and refuse to carry books with me unless they are in some protective sturdy case with no room to move about.
I play chess online a bit and a bit of Starcraft. But, I don't really enjoy playing online very much (this goes for chess and Starcraft, too). I find it stressful. However, I am finding that the desire to become stronger currently outweighs the regressive tendency to play alone.
Such that to this forum I have subscribed. Not that I want to toot my own horn, but I have just bought 3 books from gogameguru, and I thought that you would like to see my collection of books. From looking through the review games on this forum (a forum which I have been kind-of stalking for a week or two), I would guess that I am around 15-20 kyu.
I am really a normal person, even though I don't sound it!
So that's me. You may notice that I have stated on my personal info that I am on KGS thursdays - I don't know what I am doing tomorrow, but if it isn't a stressful day, and there isn't wine involved straight after my tea (M&S 25% off 6 bottles - bargain), then I might bite the bullet and play a game against a real person.
Onegaishimasu!!
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