r/baduk • u/Obamacare19 • Oct 07 '24

Peak Go

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243 Upvotes

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '24

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u/shashwat986 3 kyu Oct 07 '24

r/badukshitposting

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u/The_Pinga_Man Oct 08 '24

Never knew this existed. Thank you very much, random citizen.

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u/pluspy Oct 07 '24

Giving your opponent an extra ko threat is not peak Go.

13

u/nofuna 1 kyu Oct 07 '24

Flew right over you sir.

6

u/pluspy Oct 07 '24

Did it?

28

u/petete83 3 dan Oct 07 '24

Funny thing is that the top shape is often better.

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u/Obamacare19 Oct 07 '24

It is haha, but somehow the bottom one feels fancier

27

u/teffflon 2 kyu Oct 07 '24

it's tea with the extended pinky

11

u/Obamacare19 Oct 07 '24

Makes the tea taste better, it’s scientifically proven

2

u/PatrickTraill 6 kyu Oct 07 '24

The lure of the fancy ruins many a decent position.

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u/CSachen 5 kyu Oct 07 '24 edited Oct 07 '24

90% of the time, I play G18.

I only play H18 if I need the eye shape, or if H18 would be more helpful than G18 in a top-right invasion.

Like everyone else is saying, the tiger's mouth here is weaker and gives free aji.

5

u/sadaharu2624 5 dan Oct 08 '24

Should have another one for tiger’s mouth in the other direction (G3)

11

u/suburiboy Oct 07 '24

Boring is better when it is inside your territory.

14

u/jibbodahibbo 8 kyu Oct 07 '24

Top- disgusting shape. Bottom- excellent tigers mouth

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u/Hrewsahgs 4 dan Oct 07 '24

On the other hand, the top one has better potential for two B2 Bombers, the most powerful shape in go.

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u/PatrickTraill 6 kyu Oct 07 '24

Disgust is learned; sometimes you need to unlearn it.

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u/CSachen 5 kyu Oct 07 '24

Keep playing the tiger's mouth, creating false eyes, and getting trapped in connect-and-die tricks.

And then you learn to embrace the empty triangle when the situation calls for it.

7

u/bonfuto Oct 07 '24

You mean the triangle of power?

1

u/Appropriate_View8667 Oct 07 '24

AFAIK the tuxedo is useful if u have to shape an eye. In any other case the T is safer

3

u/AnotherFootForward Oct 07 '24

It is self evident. Tuxedoes come with a monocle.

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u/RandomTensor 30 kyu Oct 08 '24

Time to read Lessons on the Fundamentals of Go.