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Vintermann at 12:58, 30 November 2007

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RBerenguel: Like the one they have at Sensei's. Add yours!

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Like the one they have at Sensei's. Add yours!

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Answer these questions adding your name below.

* How did you become interested in Hex?

* Why did you decide to start pursuing it more seriously?

* Before you started playing Hex, having only heard about it, what did you think about it?

* Did it turn out to be anything like you expected it to?

* What could we do to make Hex more popular?

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== [[User:RBerenguel|RBerenguel]] ==

* How did you become interested in Hex?

I use to play a lot of 9x9 go games in LittleGolem and one day I decided to try some different games. Hex was one of them. Also, having read [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684853701/qid=1091736037/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-5668637-5984658?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 A Beautiful Mind] I thought the game may be interesting.

* Why did you decide to start pursuing it more seriously?

I used to be a bad loser (not anymore :) and wanted to improve my rating, then I found the simplicity and concept of the game very appealing

* Before you started playing Hex, having only heard about it, what did you think about it?

Another board game without any deepness or players.

* Did it turn out to be anything like you expected it to?

No way, it's a really deep game (not as deep as Go, but as nice) but with really simple rules. As [http://senseis.xmp.net/?EdwardLasker Edward Lasker] said, I think that if there exists other intelligent life forms, they may be playing Go or some connecting game like Hex.

* What could we do to make Hex more popular?

Playing with friends, letting people know something about it. Also, University clubs may be a great source of players in some situations.

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 . The well-developed strategies, but not yet developed enough that anyone would claim the best players lived 600 years ago - still much to be discovered!
-. The way Hex players talk openly about strategy, rather than keeping them as a "secret edge". Probably due to it's noble mathemathical origins.
+. The way Hex players talk openly about strategy, rather than keeping them as a "secret edge". Probably due to its noble mathematical origins.
 . The way Hex players are not at all condescending.
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 * What could we do to make Hex more popular?
-Play it in public, start Hex clubs, write Hex columns for student newspapers ;-) Oh, and publish commented games played at a high level. Or even at a low one.
+Play it in public, start [[Hex clubs]], write Hex columns for student newspapers ;-) Oh, and publish [[commented games]] played at a high level. Or even at a low one.
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 From Kris Burm's official GIPF site I found a link to boardspace.net, where Hex can also be played. I thought I ought to try it, since it had such an interesting history. I was hooked by
 . The well-developed strategies, but not yet developed enough that anyone would claim the best players lived 600 years ago - still much to be discovered!
 . The way Hex players talk openly about strategy, rather than keeping them as a "secret edge". Probably due to it's noble mathemathical origins.
 . The way Hex players are not at all condescending.
 . The way the game is so intense, and doesn't go on for hours (I prefer 11x11, and no more than 15x15)

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	Playing with friends, letting people know something about it. Also, University clubs may be a great source of players in some situations.		Playing with friends, letting people know something about it. Also, University clubs may be a great source of players in some situations.
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		+	== [[User:Vintermann\|Vintermann]] ==
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		+	* How did you become interested in Hex?
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		+	From Kris Burm's official GIPF site I found a link to boardspace.net, where Hex can also be played. I thought I ought to try it, since it had such an interesting history. I was hooked by
		+	1. The well-developed strategies, but not yet developed enough that anyone would claim the best players lived 600 years ago - still much to be discovered!
		+	2. The way Hex players talk openly about strategy, rather than keeping them as a "secret edge". Probably due to it's noble mathemathical origins.
		+	3. The way Hex players are not at all condescending.
		+	4. The way the game is so intense, and doesn't go on for hours (I prefer 11x11, and no more than 15x15)
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		+	* Why did you decide to start pursuing it more seriously?
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		+	Do I? All abstract games must be taken a little seriously to be fun. The curiosity and exploring nature of the Hex community makes it especially easy to take it seriously.
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		+	* Before you started playing Hex, having only heard about it, what did you think about it?
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		+	Hmmm, Piet Hein was a clever and fundamentally sympathetic man. As was John Nash, in many ways. I must try it.
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		+	* Did it turn out to be anything like you expected it to?
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		+	Yes, I think it did, actually. It's deep, and "beautiful" in the mathematical sense.
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		+	* What could we do to make Hex more popular?
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		+	Play it in public, start Hex clubs, write Hex columns for student newspapers ;-) Oh, and publish commented games played at a high level. Or even at a low one.