You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven. ~Jimi Hendrix
you came along and you changed my life..
Carl Wayne, Steve Winwood, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall and Eric Burdon, 1968
14 Hour Technicolor Dream, 1967
..I go down to the seashore to wash my brain,
when I go down to the seashore to wash my brain,
I never come back feelin' the same now..
In Go, rank indicates a player's skill in the game.
Traditionally, ranks are measured using kyu and dan grades, a system which also has been adopted by many martial arts.
Kyu grades (abbreviated k) are considered student grades and decrease as playing level increases,
meaning 1st kyu is the strongest available kyu grade.
Dan grades (abbreviated d) are considered master grades, and increase from 1st dan to 7th dan. First dan equals a black belt in eastern martial arts using this system.
Top players can attain a professional dan grade (abbreviated p), with the very best reaching 9th dan professional.
I am currently a casual player with a double-digit kyu. (June 27 2009)
Yet single-digit kyu!
First tighten up on the drums. Come on now drummer. I want you to tighten it up for me now, oh yeah.
Tighten up on that bass now. Tighten it up, ha ha yeah.
Now let that guitar fall in. Oh yeah, tighten up on that organ now.
Ya, do the tighten up. Yeah now. I said if you can do it now, it sure would be tough.
Now look here. Come on now. Make it mellow.
Let's tighten up now. Do the tighten up.
...witchi tai to gim-mie rah, whoa ron-nee ka whoa ron-nee ka, hey-ney hey-ney no wah...