Good day to you, readers, people looking to flame someone, whatever. This is an explanation of the kind of formate this story will go in. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter, but those who found it lacking, don't worry, this gets far more interesting. But I'd like to clear up a few things before we progress into the story.
First off, go is indeed a real game. However, while this story will introduce you to the world of go, there are many fictional things I'm going to add in. That is why, every other chapter will retain some sort of explanation as to what is fiction, and what is not.
Now you might think to yourself, what kind of game is called Go? Well lets get you some info on the name I suppose. I believe it is called Wei chi in China, but if I'm wrong, tell me!!! Also, it's called I-Go(pronounced ego i think) in Japan. But in europe and America, its just called go. Now Go is a very old game, with lots of legends around it. Its origins itself are surrounded with legends and for more info on this, you should check out and look under their articles section. Also, senseis.xmp.net has an extensive volume of go information.
To learn how to play go, please check and click on the English link on the top right. Or check out for another great tutorial. But we'll talk more about go later ok? I got way more chapters to fill :D.
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Now anyways, here are some explanations about what happened in this chapter as far as GO is concerned. This way, you can tell fact from my fiction. First off, you do grip a go stone, one person is black, and one is white, between the fingers I specified. And you play it on a wood board, so that snapping sound I described is pretty much fact. Also, the "problem" I referred to, is what people call Tsumego or Go Problems. You can find those at www.goproblems.com . I think the rest makes pretty good sense. If you have questions, review the story!!! That way I can answer them in the next explanation chapter. Thanks for your time, I hope you enjoyed the story so far, though there isn't much in it.