A friend from Korea taught me. In retrospect, they were kinda weak, but that worked out okay because I actually stood a chance without a crazy handicap. Didn’t really get too much into the game then, but somehow I eventually heard about CGS going live, so I gave it another try. The environment that day was really fun: thousands of players from around the world all hopping online at the same time, the chat room scrolling like mad, lots of new players to match with on all board sizes, the server crashing under the load. Good times.
That’s really awesome. I was introduced to it by a friend whose family is from China. We were kids but he was weirdly strong even then - I think he was 1 dan on KGS in like 8th grade. Luckily we got others interested who weren’t quite so dominant lol
If you got rigorous training from a young age (normally started at the age of 6 or 7, from the 1st grade), normally you can reach dan level in a couple of years, before 10.
A friend from Korea taught me. In retrospect, they were kinda weak, but that worked out okay because I actually stood a chance without a crazy handicap. Didn’t really get too much into the game then, but somehow I eventually heard about CGS going live, so I gave it another try. The environment that day was really fun: thousands of players from around the world all hopping online at the same time, the chat room scrolling like mad, lots of new players to match with on all board sizes, the server crashing under the load. Good times.
That’s really awesome. I was introduced to it by a friend whose family is from China. We were kids but he was weirdly strong even then - I think he was 1 dan on KGS in like 8th grade. Luckily we got others interested who weren’t quite so dominant lol
If you got rigorous training from a young age (normally started at the age of 6 or 7, from the 1st grade), normally you can reach dan level in a couple of years, before 10.
Dang. I didn’t realize progress was so quick. I guess it makes sense with how fast kids learn.