Go

[astroglide]

boohoo go players are very clever and elite for finding the game yet they can't play online just as they do with poker

[daryn]

bruiser, there are a bunch of guys (read nerds) that get together in the blue wall like every wednesday or something and all they do is play go.

[theBruiser500]

Astroglide, I don't like playing poker online, I like playing it live... so, good point.

[turnipmonster]

I really like go also. in my neck of the woods (nyc) I've had a hard time finding people to play with that don't totally kick my ass every single time. I play the computer sometimes and it kicks my ass also.

--turnipmonster

[emp1346]

well i've always wanted to play go, but, as seems to be a trend in this thread, had no one to play against...

sounds like online is all that's left for real possibilities... either that or try and start a go league in your town...

though that would seem to me to just be asking for people to laugh at you...

best of luck though...

[Blarg]

There are actually some Go clubs in some places. I was surprised to find there's one in Los Angeles, for example. It is a big city, though.

Go is a great game. More intellectually stimulating than poker, and it has a wonderful, challenging nature in the same way chess does of demanding that you not only are doing tactical things successfully, but trying to work on strategic considerations with every play too. Influencing the board, creating pockets of safety...a lot goes on at once. It's very challenging and fun trying to combine multiple complex considerations, some which may only really show their true depth much later, at the same time.

Everyone tends to like what they're used to more than what's new or foreign, and Americans are not exactly known for being non-chauvinistic, so many of us write off anything new instantly as inferior by definition if it comes from somewhere else. You miss out on a lot that way though ... great food, great writing, great games too. Go is definitely a world-class game.