Monday, May 09, 2011

[fogknmob] Go club

The purpose of "Fight Club" is not to win, but to interact with other people again, if you feel deprived of meaningful social interaction in this modern world.

Create a gentler version, go 囲碁 club, dedicated to the same purpose.  Two people have a conversation while putting pieces on the board.  The conversation is the important part; the pieces are placed without a lot of thought.  There's also the pun "hand conversation".  A nice pattern develops, but it's just scenery.    It's an excuse to get together.

Go, born from a Buddhist tradition, seems extremely suited for a game whose point is beyond the game itself.  Modify the rules very slightly so the game never ends: Zen Go.  There is no score.

There was a funny video made: "The first rule of chess club is you don't talk about chess club."

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