Snut: LOL Figures! You are on the wrong team Snutter!!!!

Fstop: Thad, I'm playing fstop a set right now, and though it's early in both games, I can already predict he will be swept....For smack talking my team mate!!!! Hell yeah!

Thad: LOL gotta love an arrogant pente male! We should bring it for sure!

Thad: That would mean that you would have to learn how to sweep me ....& I have not seen that happen yet .... of course there is always a 1st time for everything ....

I just might win a set .....HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

redfrog: I meant team tourney, but if Plente o' Pente wants a bunch of losses, I say bring it. ;-)

Thad: next team tourny? OR TEAM CHALLENGE? PLENTE O' PENTE is ALWAYS accepting.....

redfrog: Next time it will be!!

Snut: it was impressive - thats for sure....

too bad it wasnt a perfect score....

We ******* ruled that tourney! Good job all!

Thad: Most pente boards are played with multi-colored glass beads called stones. Of the stones I've seen, the closest that would approximate opaque white is actually clear. But the first player is referred to as "white" by definition, so that if we are going to have white and black pieces on this site, it makes more sense for P1 to play the white pieces.

shagglbrox: Found this too, at the Renju Federation site, discussing Renju variations:

http://renju.nu/r1rulhis2.htm
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G. White starts the game (which differs from Renju and Go)
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Also found a proposal from 1987 for International Pente rules that specified White goes first, but there really is no official body that I can tell.

Thad: Closest I can find is wikipedia, which says white goes first. Don't think wikipedia is official though. The original Pente game shipped with 4 different colors.

Found a few links on Go-moku and Go, which all have Black going first in those games.

I don't think there's an official rule for Pente. I'd say follow Go, Black first.

Did everyone read the server news dated April 12th (or 13th depending on where you are)? It mentions that Black should go first in Pente. I'm not sure this is correct. Can anyone site an official source?

Random Pente
Single Elimination for 16 players. 1 day moves, NO DAYS OFF!

Cardhu round two has started...Plente vs. Serious.

Cardhu

A short message from Plente o' Pente -

BRING IT

For anyone who enjoys a face paced tourney.. Please.. I wish to offer it to those who will play continuously.. not just one turn a day ..

°°·.,,.·°¤`'¤¸`°´`°«*Scarlets Springtime Follies*»¸.¤°´`°'¤¸¤´¤°·.,,.·°°

Hrqls: Hehheheheh. That was funny!

Snut: ouch! i always thought you were the hot chick here ;)

Hrqls: If you were a hot chick, I'd be stoked to help you out. But you're not so....Good luck. :-)

Nobody else offered me games to delete them after.
And it's sufficient to play ONE game with black if
you (this time indeed) stand by your offer. It was
not me trying to get an undue advantage, remember...

right after his delete note (quote: "too many games") he created
several new ones in the waiting room, same happened to a friend too.

He will cheat you. Offers games of both colours in
the waiting room to delete his game with black then.

Chaosu: ok .. i might take that offer .. after my games in this tournament are finished :)

I can play with You and tell You after each move was it good or bad : )

does anyone know a nice site about strategies and tips for keryo pente ?

i am trying to learn ... but its hard to think outside the regular pente box ;)

visit dweebo's stone games and learn to play pente againsts the best world players

http://www.renju.ee/wc/

join the Just Pente III tournament...

http://brainking.com/en/Tournaments?trg=9985

Hello fellow pente enthusiasts!

Homebrew/WOW-U (for those that know him) has gotten an itch to host another live-in-person pente tournament. Brew has enlisted the help of Bodo Konze and Jumpin721. They have arranged a spot at Dobie Mall in Austin, TX at the corner of 21st and Guadalupe on Saturday October 1st, 2005 at 11 am.

The address is:
2025 Guadalupe St
Austin, TX 78705

The date is:
Saturday October 1st, 2005 at 11:00 am

You can find more information at Dweebos in the forum or at jumpin721's site at Jumpin721

Tell everyone you know! Please help spread the word even if you are not planning on attending. Homebrew and Jumpin721 (he plays on www.pente.net) would appreciate all the help they can get!

ah blah - let them remain meaningless for competitive players
- not me though - too strong for just being comfortable with my ratings,
and (again) declaring invitations within a proper bkr range welcome ... . ~*~

Pente and variations for players with BKR under 1600.

*****SIGN UP HERE*****

danoschek: thanks danoschek - thats a lot of info to get through, but it seems like its going to be worth it...

Why not try the Pente Guide by Alexander Nosovski,
one of the world's best penteplayers - topranking at brainking ... ~*~

ClayNashvilleTn: A GREAT PENTE RESOURCE

there are books that you can get. I don't have time at the moment to list them. I will list them later this afternoon.

-Snut

Thats what I had head, no books in print! Dang that is hard to beleive!

Thanks Guys!

ClayNashvilleTn: That book, and the one or two others that have been written are all out of print. :-(

ClayNashvilleTn: Google found: Pente Strategy Book by Tom Braunlich

Don't know anything about it. www.playpente.com has a good introductory strategy section.

And, check out the Plente o' Pente fellowship - it's dedicated to Pente strategy and discussion. We've got an open game going on right now, with detailed move discussion on the board, and an unrated "talking" tourney where we discuss our moves and strategy with our opponents.

does anyone know if a book teaching basic Pente exist?

PENTE OPEN... I mean OPEN PENTE

Calling all Keryo beasts, sign up for:

Scary-O Keryo

In settings, there is a Pente section for selecting which size of pieces you want:

http://brainking.com/game/Settings?p=8

Did anybody noticed that pente board now has bigger items? Is it possible to change it back?

LC: GAME ON

You are the first familiar face I've seen here at brainking! I finally gave up waiting for pente.net to come back to life! Good to see you!

Chaosu: sorry bout that - there will be more ....

But too short time to singup. I will not end my tour first ; (

Hi All - here's another tournament for all pente variations with a prize for the one to rule them all...

Pente and more Pente - and then some more

http://brainking.com/game/Tournaments?trg=7489&trnst=0

Hi All - here's another tournament for all pente variations with a prize for the one to rule them all...

Pente and more Pente - and then some more

http://brainking.com/game/Tournaments?trg=7489&trnst=0