| Ez-Go, to be exact. I enjoy the game go, it uses a grid of 19x19, 13x13, or 9x9 interesections for a game that is described as "takes minutes to learn but a lifetime to master." Go started many centuries ago in the Orient and has spread all over the world. Due to the games roots, Go players can be ranked in a similar fashion as martial artists. Although the game started with black and white stones on a wooden table, on the Internet you can now find go servers in just about any fashion and language; some have graphical Java interfaces, such as at Zone.MSN and Yahoo Games, while others have ASCII interfaces via telnet. There are even Go clients which will read the ASCII stream and translate it into a graphical interface on your *nix or winbloze box. I have found the Go community to be very open-source oriented; some places it feels almost like a community of *nix geeks, all sharing tips, code, resources, etc. Actually, the cyber-interfaces are generally very pro-open-source (other than the commercial sites such as MSN and Yahoo) and will give you server-stream specs and sample client source code so you can make your own client to share. All that combined with the deep mental challeng of the game make it seem to me like a perfect game for geeks.
Some of the resources I've found helpful are:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/gnugo.html,
http://www.goproblems.com/, and
http://senseis.xmp.net/
Here is most of a message one Go player forwarded to me after the first time we played. I hope some of you find it fun.
Updated 27th / September / 2001.
Subject: Go sites
Herewith a list of URL's [addresses] for finding GO information
# http://www.uq.net.au/~zzjhardy/ * http://fistserv.macarthur.uws.edu.au/michaelt/gostuff/
* http://www.adfa.oz.au/~dle/ * http://psych.psy.uq.oz.au/~jay/go/go_associations.html
* http://www.adfa.oz.au/~dle/daz.html * http://www.adfa.oz.au/~dle/australia.html
* http://www.adfa.oz.au/~dle/clubs.html P http://www01.tjsys.co.jp/free/
P http://www01.tjsys.co.jp/free/ P http://www.zone.com/go/
* http://www.britgo.org/teaching/teaching.html
P http://www.zone.com * http://nngs.cosmic.org/hmkw/_golinks.html
* http://www.european-go.org/magazine/articles/english/1st-edition/01-07
-99-go
P http://zone.msn.com * http://www.european-go.org/magazine/english/index-en.html
P www.igoweb.org * http://www.britgo.org/index.html
* http://fistserv.macarthur.uws.edu.au/michaelt/gostuff/default.htm
* = info sites
P = free play sites.
# = books & equipment.
The latest to appearare EXCELLENT for raw beginners.
They are www.playgo.to ( follow the interactive option )
and www.telgo.com and http://www.well.com/user/mmcadams/gointro.html
Also very good is
P http://kgs.kiseido.com/
# http://kgs.kiseido.com/
This is one of the weaker "How to play" sites, but it leads to
other sections of possible interest.
http://www.samarkand.net/Academy/academy.html
This is the Yahoo GO Login site for GO.
http://login.yahoo.com/config/login?.intl=us&.src=ga&.done=http://play
.yahoo.com/games/login%3fgame=Go
This is the American Yahoo GO playing site.(The graphics are
only 2nd rate, but the No of players and the facilities are
excellent.)
http://games.yahoo.com/games/login?game=Go
This is a Korean site. It has the extra benefit of
broadcasting live the latest championship games
(with some comments in English).
http://cyberkiwon.com/ (You will have to
do your own downloading etc.)
This is a Japanese site.
http://login.yahoo.com/config/login?.intl=us&.src=ga&.done=http://play
.yahoo.com/games/login%3fgame=Go
This one seems to be Chinese. (I haven't used this one yet ~
it may not be free.)
http://www.lgs.hinet.net/eng/index.html
The Sydney GO Club meets each Friday night from 5:30 pm, at,
Western Suburbs Leagues Club
115 Liverpool Road
Ashfield.
There is plenty of parking (across the street, behind the
garage on corner of Liverpool Road & Victoria St.)
Remember to pick up an exit token at the front desk when
you enter the club.
The club is approximately 0.7 km walk from Ashfield Station.
Just walk up Hercules St, turn left into Liverpool Road
then keep walking (uphill).
Visitors and beginners always welcome.
First night is always free.
Late breaking news: The CASS GO Club will be opening each
Friday morningfrom 09:30 until 13:00, at
The Av Youth Centre,
11 The Avenue,
Hurstville.
Admission $1-00 (bring your money with you!!!). First
visit always free. Some parking.
The site is "behind" the Westfield shopping centre, right
beside the quick exit and the theatre parking access ramp.
The Avenue is one-way traffic, so The Av will be on your
right as you drive.
Visitors and beginners always welcome. |
