home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!uka!i61s7!smuench
- From: smuench@i61s7.ira.uka.de (Stefan Muench)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.go
- Subject: Re: FWD: GO RULES FOR BEGINNERS (rec.games.go)
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 08:21:19 GMT
- Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Institute for Real-time Computer Systems and Robotics (IPR), Germany
- Lines: 34
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <1k07tvINNk40@iraul1.ira.uka.de>
- References: <9301221630.AB00981@enet-gw.pa.dec.com>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: i61s7.ira.uka.de
-
- In article <9301221630.AB00981@enet-gw.pa.dec.com>, osman@hannah.enet.dec.com
- ("Eric, dtn 235-8439, DSG1-2/D8 22-Jan-1993 1130") writes:
-
- *** STUFF DELETED ***
-
-
- |> 7. The object of the game is to form unkillable groups that
- |> occupy more of the board than your opponent's groups.
-
-
- |> And now for my comments:
- |>
- |> 7) Wrong object! The object isn't to to occupy more of the board with your
- |> groups than your opponent's groups ! The object is to get more points.
- |> Remember, points are prisoner's plus *empty* space that you own because
- |> your opponent can't make an unkillable group there.
- |>
- |> For example, imagine a hypothetical game where lots of the board is
- |> filled with live black *stones* but white has more territory and less
- |> stones. White wins, even though black has occupied more of the board
- |> with his groups.
- |>
- |> Thanks.
- |>
- |> /Eric
-
- This holds only true if your goal is to win the game. I've read a book about
- GO which says that it's at first a nice game with philosophical aspects, as
- most of the readers in this group know. It also says that for some GO players
- it's not necessary or even bad attitude to count the points in the end if
- they've had a nice time. It's not bad to win, but that shouldn't be your only
- intention to play GO...
-
- Stefan
-