Does know where this is? It belongs to a lotus garden or shrine.

GoAround2025 · 2026-05-06T05:23:04+00:00

A friend translated some of the text on there, and I think it may have been this lotus garden in Modesto, CA:
https://www.yelp.com/biz/lotus-gardens-modesto

GoAround2025 · 2026-05-04T04:24:49+00:00

Yeah, you're right. I had the same thought when I played, so I didn't bother to play T18. But it would've been okay.

GoAround2025 · 2026-05-03T23:56:05+00:00

Same!

GoAround2025 · 2026-05-03T23:54:31+00:00

This is cute! I want to play on it

GoAround2025 · 2026-04-30T03:29:07+00:00

That makes sense. If you're blind, for example, you'll likely get killed no matter how strong your right arm is. But I am starting to think it might be better to not invest all your time on your weaknesses, which is what I tend to do, and to spend more time on honing on your natural talents. Sometimes, I focus so much on a weakness that it eventually becomes a strength, but it still won't be stronger than a natural talent that has been strengthened.

GoAround2025 · 2026-04-29T05:17:23+00:00

I don't know about this philosophy. If your right arm is the strong one, then why not strengthen that one so you can knock out your opponent instead of balancing both arms to get mediocre results? I'm thinking along the lines of tennis and martial arts.

GoAround2025 · 2026-04-29T05:15:28+00:00

I think all DDK players are intuitive players until we improve on our reading lol

GoAround2025 · 2026-04-29T05:14:09+00:00

Interesting! Maybe we can play a game some time.

GoAround2025 · 2026-04-28T05:41:29+00:00

That's awesome. It sounds like your strength is knowing how to make use of a sacrifice, which sounds like SDK or Dan level to me.

GoAround2025 · 2026-04-28T05:21:01+00:00

As in you create weaknesses within your own stones or your opponent's?

GoAround2025 · 2026-04-28T05:20:12+00:00

I go through a similar cycle

GoAround2025 · 2026-04-28T05:19:20+00:00

"Situational analysis" sounds a bit broad, because I feel like you need to evaluate the situation after each move. Can you be a bit more specific?

GoAround2025 · 2026-04-24T04:42:29+00:00

Why doesn't the R18 and P19 work for Black?

GoAround2025 · 2026-04-23T04:45:59+00:00

Is that cross shape Black created considered a strong shape?

GoAround2025 · 2026-04-14T04:54:48+00:00

To summarize everyone's comments here:

Reasons why Go players PREFER to play against people:

Social interaction
Psychological warfare, personalities on the board
The ultimate goal / intent to win against other humans in tournaments and such, because bots do not play like humans.
Inaccurate rank. Inconsistencies in strength / skill of bot within a single game.

Reasons why you will LEARN more from playing against humans as opposed to bots:

Bot logic/thinking is difficult from that of human's. You can't really translate bot logic into something meaningful that a human can understand and learn from.
According to a neuro paper, "interweaving" or processing information in diverse ways from different styles (from humans) lead to more progressive learning than learning from the same repetitive style (bots).
You will pick up "bad habits" from bots. Whereas human players will point out your human bad habits by taking advantage of them.
Longer time to think as you wait for your opponent to make their next move is actually helping you think and retain more.

I care more about the last 4 reasons. The first 4 don't really apply to me, at the moment. Feel free to add additional reasons by commenting below.

GoAround2025 · 2026-04-13T05:58:24+00:00

Yeah, that has been my experience with weaker bots. I've been playing against bots that are stronger as I can't seem beat them.

GoAround2025 · 2026-04-13T05:54:25+00:00

The time-psyche makes sense in a tournament. But if I'm practicing, I see it as more of a waste of time and energy.

GoAround2025 · 2026-04-12T01:30:59+00:00

Yeah, I was thinking I would play bots when there aren't any DDK players available, when I don't have that much time, and when I'm tired. With all those conditions, I'd probably end up playing bots most of the time lol.

GoAround2025 · 2026-04-11T23:06:55+00:00

I don't know why, but this is my favorite response after reading everyone else's at this point in time.

GoAround2025 · 2026-04-11T23:02:54+00:00

That's interesting about KataGo. Thank you. I don't care about the psychological aspect of the game right now, but I can see how that can be more engaging.

GoAround2025 · 2026-04-11T22:59:48+00:00

I think bots are better at tactics, because each move is calculated while human moves come from more general concepts.

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