Welcome party + Challenge of a Dream

There are now 5 Quebecers at BIBA. Maxime Joncas, a good friend of ours ,  finally decided to join us and arrived yesterday. We went to a meat buffet for his welcome party and the food was awesome. Here's a short video. Notice that first, Maxime is filming so we can't see him and second, I'm persuaded he's taking a picture instead of a video ^_^

After dinner, we played a small tournament of atari go. The game is simple, it's normal go with one more rule: you have to drink when you play atari. Of course, self-atari also counts so playing ko can be very nasty. It's not rare that taking the ko makes double atari, so you have to drink 3 times counting the self atari... Ladders should also be avoided, unless you are invincible like the owner of the school :p


There were 9 players so we made 2 teams. Here are the parings and the results:


Maxime Joncas VS Blackie and Cory, 3 stones (they played as 1 player, alternating): Maxime lost
(Blackie didn't play a single atari ^_^)


Jean-Sébastien VS Diana, 3 stones : J-S won


Owner of the School VS Maxime Bergeron, 3 stones : Maxime lost
(the owner drank pure soju during the whole game and didn't seem to feel it at all ^_^)


Marc VS Jon : Jon won


Daniel served soju (mixed with juice) instead of playing because he had an important game the next day. He had the opportunity to play on Baduk TV for a show called Challenge of a Dream in which amateurs play against pro players. His opponent was 윤지희 (Yoon Jihee) 3p and the handicap was 3 stones. Daniel lost by 7 points. Here's a short video of the review.

We should get a record of the show quite soon so I should be able to post it. The game record will also come soon. Daniel is sleeping right now and I can't remember the whole game. See you !