overture2112 Wrote:Usually it's the opposite. Since the game tree is so large, you cannot analyze even a few moves into the future without resorting to heuristics and your intuitive/heuristic processing is sorely undeveloped as a beginner, thus most beginners will quickly find themselves spending a great deal of time thinking about useless moves in far too much detail.

For that reason, some people consider it rude when a novice "wastes" time like this (although in my experience most people who opt to play with a beginner are kind enough not to voice their irritation). Deep analysis of moves should be reserved for studying life or death problems and understanding joseki, the knowledge of which will help you use less time to make smarter decisions during actual games.

Obviously there's times when people need to stop and think about a move during matches too, but for beginners, that time is almost always after the match has ended and the players are reviewing the game (which is the perfect time to quickly play out possible moves with each other).

EDIT: Tip: You can spend all the time you want on your moves when playing against bots and they won't mind at all

wahnfrieden Wrote:@overture2112 great insight, thanks. Because of that problem, would you recommend those kinds of Go servers that are not usually played "live," with both players active at the same time? So that you're not wasting someone else's time by thinking too long.