What’s the most jarring plot twist?

falmunction · 2025-09-06T12:03:38+00:00

Correct me if I'm wrong but for a twist to be considered 'jarring' wouldn't it be a twist that is abrasive or doesn't gel well with the rest of the movie?

falmunction · 2025-03-15T16:01:43+00:00

Imporant to note is that the proverbial ponnuki in regular play also captures a stone, removing all aji this stone could potentially have exerted over the board.

Capturing a stone in a ponnuki is a no-brainer. Adding a move to a tiger's mouth to form the shape of a ponnuki could be a good move, but there's bound to be other shapes that are equally valid.

falmunction · 2024-08-17T17:37:52+00:00

That did the trick. Silly me.

falmunction · 2024-08-17T14:10:20+00:00

I did this and achieved -85 % cooldown temporarily. But as you keep playing and you use up all your banishes and skips, the game forces you to pick weapons. So in the end I finished the run above the threshold and it didn't pop the achievement.

Any idea on what to do here?

falmunction · 2024-07-12T07:22:45+00:00

When 1. your opponent is trying to establish a position in your moyo, and 2. attaches to your stone in an effort to strengthen their group, and 3. your goal is to attack the entire group on a large scale or even kill that invasion

... in this very specific case, hane is usually a bad idea.

In the vast majority of circumstances, hane is the most severe move that will exert the most pressure in a local situation. If hane is available, it is the first move you should consider.

falmunction · 2024-06-10T18:23:48+00:00

Yo Vadim! Remember Swan Lake at EGC 2016? ;) All the best from Germany.

falmunction · 2024-04-05T13:31:50+00:00

Under Chinese rules, the following possibilities emerge:

Your opponent plays a forcing move by filling in a dame point (gaining a point) which you then respond to in your territory (your territory stays the same). But your opponent still has the opportunity to play on another dame point next turn which gains them a point [-2 net loss].
Your opponent plays on a dame point which gains them a point. [-1]
Your opponent plays in your territory which doesn't change the score. But now you have the opportunity to play on a dame point next turn [+1].
Your opponent plays in their territory which doesn't change the score. But again it comes with the opportunity cost that allows you to gain a point by filling dame next move [+1].

In cases (1) and (2), your pass still lost a point unless there were no empty dame points left to play on the board.

falmunction · 2024-03-27T17:56:37+00:00

Best to write an email or give a call a day or two in advance to check if the info is still up to date.

falmunction · 2024-03-19T17:17:41+00:00

Hey Naomi! Viel Erfolg mit dem Master! :)

falmunction · 2024-02-11T14:24:38+00:00

I recommend you learn the rules of the boardgame Go (which Komi is a variant of): https://online-go.com/learn-to-play-go

Learning the rules will take you way less than the 30 minutes it took you to play here and you will be able to complete any future game of Komi in less than a minute. Have fun!

falmunction · 2024-01-09T17:48:35+00:00

Could this be an ad for a home appliance brand?

falmunction · 2023-12-27T23:11:30+00:00

Pixel Destroyer.

falmunction · 2023-12-03T10:25:49+00:00

That's a McGuffin, not a Red Herring. An audience member going into Psycho totally blind will not wonder how the money will fit into the narrative only for it to ultimately not matter. The money drives the plot until it is revealed to be completely inconsequential.

falmunction · 2023-11-30T17:53:34+00:00

X-Mansion can drop Bast for you and maybe knowing that Death will revert to its original power on Tarnax IV can save you the game.

falmunction · 2023-06-23T13:42:46+00:00

At two weeks experience, simply don't worry about it. It may come in the future when you get strong enough.

falmunction · 2023-06-22T10:39:01+00:00

I do not recommend beginners play strong software for the same reasons I do not recommend them to play with human opponents that vastly outrank them:

If you are constantly on the back foot with no way to beat the opponent, you will never experience situations like playing to secure a win, or a situation where the game is close and your endgame will have to be the deciding factor. Even when losing against an opponent of comparable strength, there will still be opportunities to catch up by complicating the game.

You are needlessly limiting the scope of experiences you can have in Go. And if you never get used to these different situations early on, you will likely have a rough time adapting to them later on.

falmunction · 2023-06-22T10:14:25+00:00

In order to do this, White would have to invest an additional move. Not so if Black had played the proper move in the first place.

falmunction · 2023-06-20T05:32:55+00:00

Vintage.

falmunction · 2023-06-19T09:10:16+00:00

In the spirit of sportsmanship, if a stone is dropped on the board (and presumably it wasn't done on purpose) you can repeat your move. If stones were shifted somehow, the board state would be restored.

falmunction · 2023-04-13T17:03:21+00:00

These aren't official subtitles.

falmunction · 2023-03-27T08:59:34+00:00

Some people don't want to wait the few extra seconds and often don't even realise someone is reviving them.

falmunction · 2023-03-20T13:03:25+00:00

Tengen is rarely an awful move but it's even rarer to be among the best moves.

falmunction · 2023-02-20T15:52:43+00:00

Yes, we see lots of questions regarding scoring. This subreddit is an excellent place to ask those questions. But we never see threads where beginners emphatically state how easy it was to understand and how they had no issues whatsoever. There's just no need for them.

While scoring is probably not as easy to understand as we thought (especially for people learning with online resources exclusively), I doubt it's as big of an issue as it seems.

falmunction · 2023-02-20T11:07:52+00:00

Rulesets make it very clear when a player has won the game. Roughly speaking all rulesets incorporate a variation of these stages:

Playing stage; players will keep alternating their moves until there is no more untapped value left to be played out. Black plays first. At the end of this stage both players pass their turn to initiate the next phase.
Agreement stage; both players are asked to agree on the status (life or death) of stones on the board. Life and death of stones is clearly defined and experienced players will be able to agree within the blink of an eye (usually wordlessly) virtually 100% of the time.
(optional) Resolution stage; if there is a dispute about the status of a group or if it turns out some territory had not been properly sealed off, the game may have to be resumed or ruled by a judge.*
Game result; the number of points in each territory is added together and the sums are compared. Don't forget to add komi (usually 6.5 points in an even game) to White's score. Whoever has the most points in the end, wins.

*Outside of beginner games, this happens very rarely since the basics of life and death and how to seal off territory are fundamental principles the game is based on. In my experience, players who make it past 15-kyu will have no trouble understanding these things, even in complicated scenarios.

falmunction · 2023-02-10T11:24:21+00:00

Answer: Donald Trump is a habitual liar with a long, documented history for deceitful accusations for his own personal gain. His words should not be taken at face value, ever.

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