Re: computer-go: Number of Go players in the world

[Darren Cook <darren@xxxxxxxxx>]

> The english language numbers are way too low, if you just count people
> who know the rules and have played a few games.  The igowin download
> page has been visited over 60,000 times in the last 6 months.  I'm certain
> there have been at least 100,000 igowin downloads, and most of those
> people played a least a few games against it.
Hi David,
Do you have a breakdown of download against region however? Maybe many of 
the downloads are from Japan/Korea? There is also the distortion of people 
downloading more than once (e.g. a copy for their work machine, or after 
buying a new machine, etc.).

I'm looking forward to 5-10years from now when the hikaru-no-go fans are: a) 
swelling the professional ranks; b) at university and interested in computer 
go research. (assuming someone on this list doesn't solve go before then ;-).

Darren