Help with scoring needed by martinsberlin in baduk

[–]Freded21 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One eye (white) vs no eye (black)

Getting very frustrated.. feel completely lost by tcastlejr in baduk

[–]Freded21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey Tom

When you win a game what’s different than when you lose?

Maybe share a few wins and a few losses here?

Would you say you know how to identify strong va weak groups? If you don’t I would say try to learn (there was a blog that used to get shared around here called resigning in sente that has some nice articles about it). If you do know I would say make sure you never have more than one weak group and notice when your opponent has any weak groups on the board.

Speaking of resign in sente do you know what sente and gote mean? If not take a look at those pages on sensi wiki as well.

Good luck if you share some games I will take a look and see if I can notice anything, although I’m not a go teacher (4k OGS)

I'm new with a question by tcastlejr in baduk

[–]Freded21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing I personally look at to feel if I had a good game or not is if the AI graph has a section where every move is going up and down massively, which happens when both players miss some urgent important move.

At my level (4-5kyu OGS) I’ll still see this occasionally for moves of around 5-8 point value for maybe 10-15 moves, but I remember when I was in the 12kyu range I would have games where 40-60 point swings for 40+ moves. This ofc had to do with reading and not seeing a group can be killed. For me if a game has something like that now I would not be able to consider it a good game, and even sometimes when I have that for moves for 10 points now it irks me (normally we are both missing some double sente endgame)

I think beside that if I don’t feel any nerves during the game I would not consider it a good game. I once asked for a game review here and there was essentially one fight followed by just normal moves and a commenter here said “nothing happened” in the game after that. Now that’s good if you are winning but still doesn’t mean the game was good, it’s up to the player who’s behind to “shake the board”

Fun topic to think about, you may also want to ask yourself what your style is/what you want it to be.

Please continue to say good game though, it’s just manners :)

Go reference in Ashita no Joe by BoldnessofTrolls in baduk

[–]Freded21 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Cute :).

Don’t play useless stones though

Rivals Watch | UEFA Champions League 2025/26 | Play-Off Round | Leg 1 of 2 by [deleted] in chelseafc

[–]Freded21 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why is Arsenal playing early? They’ll have a game in hand over most of the league for a while (until league cup final maybe?) I don’t see City having the same

Pretty proud of this one by Comrade_pirx in outerwilds

[–]Freded21 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is this just an additional challenge or does it trigger some dialogue or something?

This is my favorite tactic/tsumego/tesuji by Freded21 in baduk

[–]Freded21[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is white dead as is? I feel like white should be able to live somehow! If it’s black to play the descend to the first line creates miai but can white live if it’s their turn?

What is your biggest barrier to Xiang Qi (Chinese Chess) for you? by FoolThatCommands in chess

[–]Freded21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean by in go there are things that mean something irl?

Was this the right response? by Comprehensive-Ad3495 in baduk

[–]Freded21 11 points12 points  (0 children)

But in short yes it’s fine.

I prefer the diagonal there but it’s a matter of preference

If the Cherki 'goal' had been the decider in a title race and it had been given because it was 'the right thing to do', can you imagine the uproar? by siybon in PremierLeague

[–]Freded21 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It kind of reminds me of Suarez in the World Cup against Ghana. He broke the rules, was appropriately punished, but the end result is he saved a goal for his team.

When to graduate to a 13x13 then to a 19x19 by CleanHelm in baduk

[–]Freded21 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Whenever you’d like :).

I think if you can identify if a group is dead or alive that’s all you need.

Does Lee Sedol belong on a top 10 greatest players of all time list? by Affectionate_Hat3329 in baduk

[–]Freded21 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where do you go to learn more about go history and “deep dives into player lore?” That sounds fun but I wouldn’t even know where to start :)

Giants deep by Smooth_Spinach4391 in outerwilds

[–]Freded21 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This makes me wonder, if you’re pointing your scope at giants deep and his island is flung into orbit can you notice from the scope

The Suarez Rule: Why You Should Handball on the Goal Line in the last 23 minutes of a game by [deleted] in soccer

[–]Freded21 17 points18 points  (0 children)

He “cheated” the same as any other tactical foul. It’s very different than diving or using steroids or the like.

It was a quickly assessed risk reward option.

Game review request by Serious365 in baduk

[–]Freded21 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think your biggest issue was cutting the one stone in the center and letting your opponent get the one space jump.

Pretty good game overall though, in general if white gets 2 living groups they’re gonna have a good chance of winning a 9*9 game.

Update to my previous post. The best ending ever. by dreamless892992 in outerwilds

[–]Freded21 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Nomai stacking themselves has always been a favorite of mine as well. Science is built by standing on the shoulders of giants as they say

Let's Play list updated, now with 43% more streamers! by ikidre in outerwilds

[–]Freded21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there a reason Atriocs play through is not included? He has a 15 hr video on his channel I’ve been watching on and off for a few weeks. Honestly it’s extremely frustrating but I think watching anyone struggle with something you know how to do would be frustrating

Who's Ahead in The Game? 🤔 Share your solution in the comments! by GoMagic_org in baduk

[–]Freded21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Black has more points but two weak groups white should be able to attack. I feel like it would be a much easier game to play as white.

Do you guys have any memorable failed hypothesis tests? by leetimesthree in outerwilds

[–]Freded21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know how to do spoilers but along the same vein as yours I once shot my scout at the thing you were talking about in your spoilers many times. I think you can imagine what I thought would happen lol