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LucaEarlgrey Since: Dec, 2012

Nov 29th 2013 at 4:33:10 AM •••

In Ancient China, a Go game that ended badly started a war: the Crown Prince of Han invited his cousin over to play. When he lost he threw the goban at the cousin, killing him (perfectly possible; a traditional goban can weigh as much as twenty kilos (forty pounds)). The cousin's grieving father declared war over the breach of hospitality.

Wrong game.

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Gizensha Since: Jan, 2001

Jan 12th 2011 at 7:25:05 AM •••

Hmm - Is it worth noting under Artificial Stupidity that Go programs are significantly better than they were a mere ten years ago - They're now starting to be able to put up a match at a mere 9 stone handicap against very good players, iirc a fairly recent news report, whereas a decade back they were at 25-30 stone handicaps and still losing painfully.

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Mercy Since: Jan, 2001

Jan 12th 2011 at 2:43:23 PM •••

Good point, but I don't think there's any need to go into a lot of detail. I've just edited that section in the article. Take a look and see what you think.

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71.163.181.66 Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 25th 2010 at 5:11:51 AM •••

Would "Eye Scream" be appropriate here?

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Mercy Since: Jan, 2001

Aug 25th 2010 at 9:11:15 PM •••

I'd have said no. But you might want to give a bit more detail on why you think it would be an appropriate trope.


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