Issues

11 Nov 2009 No Comments

Spring Edition out!

It’s that time again; we have just published our third issue. Feel free to head over to our Print Edition page and download away.

If you’d like to start recieving these quarterly journals in the mail, and hold nice shiny paper in your hand, please email me (Amelia) with your postal address and other relevant details (like, perhaps, your name) and subscribe. $25 a year, including postage anywhere in Australia. Unfortunately, at the moment we are not mailing these printed versions outside of Australia. I apologise for any inconvenience.

Still, the digital copy here on our website is completely free and available to anyone anywhere in the world! Enjoy.

by Amelia in Issues

16 Aug 2009 No Comments

Second Printable Issue

That right folks, our second issue, Winter 2009, is finished and awaiting your reading pleasure over on the Print Edition page. It’s in .pdf format, and is a convenient 1.3mb.

If there are errors in any of the information there, please let us know – we’re trying to deliver as accurate a collection of information as we can. Also, if you’d like to contribute something for our next issue, please feel free to leave a comment, or contact us at amelia@go.org.au.

by Amelia in Issues

17 Mar 2009 1 Comment

The First Issue – Autumn 2009

That’s right, it’s safe to believe it, folks. We have finally produced our very first Issue in PDF format! This calls for celebration; bring on champagne and chocolate (or whatever else you feel like celebrating with)!

You’ll notice there’s a shiny new Print Edition tab above. You will be able to go here to download all issues of the Journal (There’s only one at the moment, but in the not too distant future, it shall have friends.), or you can download Issue 1 from this link right now!

A general round of applause goes out for all the wonderful contributors of this issue, and in particular, a huge thank you to James Birkett, who designed the front page graphic, and chid0ri, who allowed us to use her Empty Triangle comics. If you’d like to write an article, or just give general feedback, you are more than welcome to contact us here at the blog by leaving a comment, or emailing amelia@go.org.au. We want to know what you’d like to read.

by Amelia in Issues

08 Feb 2009 3 Comments

To the internet!

Whenever I attend an Australian go event I feel a perplexing array of emotions: my own excitement and anticipation at being able to play this wondrous game, revelry in being surrounded by those who share my passion, and hope that I will be able to experience these sensations again. Yet while go events in Australia have been able to report excellent numbers of attendees, there is an issue which overshadows such accomplishments: the ability for everyone possible to be able to enjoy them.

Relatively speaking, there are few active go players in Australia and we need to travel vast distances to attend competitions and tournaments – let alone club meetings. The time, effort, and cost associated with such travel means there are often limited opportunities for interstate players to compete. However, there now exists a technology that enables us to cross these distances effortlessly: the internet. While many players – myself included – do not enjoy playing online, it is something which we need to use in order to bring our go community together.

We need to actively participate online; to have meetings and competitions online. At the very least we need to make them accessible over the internet. More than needing more members, more then needing more funding, we need to get this community active. We cannot leave it to the few to galvanise the many. I would like anyone who can to have a go at playing online, perhaps just one day a week, just to play a game or get in contact with other players in Australia and have matches online. Don’t just wait for someone else to organise a meeting, or to hold a tournament you can get to, reach out yourself and get in contact with other players.

On that note: I will be getting on KGS each Thursday evening from 6 until late to replay games, play games, and have fun.

I hope to see you there.

It will be on Thursday at 6pm EST in the Australia room.

by jason in Issues, Opinion, Other