From: Arose323 AOL COM Date: 25 sep 2002 Subject: Re: Promoting Shogi overseas (was: HABU INTERVIEW (revised)) --part1_1bc.e9aa1c4.2ac39861_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Pieter, > It has to be balanced with the return on their investment. If that is > insignificant in terms of money or the increase in foreigners that will > play > Shogi, then it may not make much sense to NSR to do that. True. When "Better Moves" came out, I snatched up a copy as quickly as I could. But in the grand scheme of things, much as the English-speaking market that does exist is eager for this type of thing, the size of that market is very very small. Actually, NSR does > send professionals abroad to major events, so they do promote Shogi > overseas. Ultimately, however, it is up to the organizations and > individuals > in the west to take iniative and make Shogi work here. Yes. I have always appreciated the visiting professionals. Not only are they unfathomably strong players to most westerners, they have always been the most exemplary cultural ambassadors and just all around good people. Tony Hosking's books > are a good step in the right direction as are the books Shogi Deutschland > publishes (albethey in German) and the national newsletters. In the end, > though, the population of Shogi players in the west needs to grow to > sustain > publication of material in English. In some countries Shogi really took > off, > but in others it is slowly fizzling out. It is very frustrating, but on the > whole it does not seem to me that we have made that much progress the past > 15 years or so. I agree. I know I have a little of the blame for that, as over the past few years I have almost completely dropped off the face of the shogi world. Also, I am no longer a schoolteacher, which is the means by which I had introduced a number of students to shogi. But the goal in this case needs to be to make the game available and accessible to new westerners, which really does have to start with us. Sal > > Ciao, > > Pieter > --part1_1bc.e9aa1c4.2ac39861_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Pieter,


It has to be balanced with the return on their investment. If that is
insignificant in terms of money or the increase in foreigners that will play
Shogi, then it may not make much sense to NSR to do that.


True. When "Better Moves" came out, I snatched up a copy as quickly as I could. But in the grand scheme of things, much as the English-speaking market that does exist is eager for this type of thing, the size of that market is very very small.

Actually, NSR does
send professionals abroad to major events, so they do promote Shogi
overseas. Ultimately, however, it is up to the organizations and individuals
in the west to take iniative and make Shogi work here.


Yes. I have always appreciated the visiting professionals. Not only are they unfathomably strong players to most westerners, they have always been the most exemplary cultural ambassadors and just all around good people.

Tony Hosking's books
are a good step in the right direction as are the books Shogi Deutschland
publishes (albethey in German) and the national newsletters. In the end,
though, the population of Shogi players in the west needs to grow to sustain
publication of material in English. In some countries Shogi really took off,
but in others it is slowly fizzling out. It is very frustrating, but on the
whole it does not seem to me that we have made that much progress the past
15 years or so.


I agree. I know I have a little of the blame for that, as over the past few years I have almost completely dropped off the face of the shogi world. Also, I am no longer a schoolteacher, which is the means by which I had introduced a number of students to shogi. But the goal in this case needs to be to make the game available and accessible to new westerners, which really does have to start with us.

Sal


Ciao,

Pieter


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