Monday a week ago I was feeling depressed about my go game and I decided to try to desensitize myself to these bad feelings by playing a large number of games the next day. I proceeded to play six games quickly that Tuesday. I lost all six of them, and I definitely played poorly, but I achieved the result of making myself more willing to play without fear in the following days. I found myself less concerned about playing my required go game for the rest of the week, and less insistent that they be played first think in the morning. "Play Like Chas Day" had been born. It is named in honor of my friend, Charles Layton, who plays fast and furious, and racks up as many as 30 games in a day, and has over 5,000 games to his credit in his first year of online play.
This week I decided to repeat "Play Like Chas Day" again yesterday. I had similar results as last time. I played eleven games this time, and lost all but one of them. I came away from the experience feeling as if I had played too quickly, not very well, and was not particularly interested in reviewing right away, but I was definitely desensitized.
All but one of my games yesterday was an auto match. The other was with a friend who I often end up turning away because the timing isn't right when he asks me to play. Something unusual happened with auto match yesterday.
If you look at the image you will see all my games from yesterday including seven unfinished games in a row begun in the span of three minutes time. I kept getting matched with the same 5k player who kept running away from me... very odd. What was even odder is that after the 2nd time he got matched with me he kept seeking a match. You would think that if he didn't want to play with me he would have waited until I got a match before he put up another offer. I guess this goes to show just how few people are actually looking for an auto match.
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