<p>Last time I got like no responses, so I guess I'll try again...</p>
<p>So I'm REALLY good at wu zi qi, gomoku, five in a row or w/e you wanna call it, but it's basically tic tac toe, but with a 13x13,15x15 or 19x19 board, and you have to connect 5 instead of 3.</p>
<p>I play it quite a bit, and I'm very good at it, probably top 100 in the world including all ages (not like top 100 by age like the chess people, although I'll admit chess requires much more skill/strategy, and is also a lot more popular which is why it's hard to even get top 100 by age)</p>
<p>Problem is, unlike chess, it's not really that popular, and doesn't have any legit tournaments (or at least I haven't found any).</p>
<p>How should I include this, or should I include it at all?</p>
<p>Is there any way to prove that you are in fact the very best at this? Any awards, competition, and such would go a long way to demonstrate this. </p>
<p>How’d you know that you are top 100 in the world? </p>
<p>Anyhow, it’ll make a good essay topic (if done well) but wouldn’t really reinforce anything about you as an applicant to a major college.</p>
<p>see, the problem is that there is no legit tournament.</p>
<p>I can’t really PROVE that I’m that good, except for the fact that I’ve yet to meet anyone who could beat me in real life, I can beat pretty much most computer programs you can find, </p>
<p>and I play it online, and of about 5 different websites, there are less than 5 people on each who could beat me (but some of them are repeats).</p>
<p>If someone is really that good at wu zi qi, I’m sure they’d play it… right? So I’m assuming I’ve met most of the best players.</p>
<p>Also also, the people who I played it with said there was some euro cup for wu zi qi, and I can occassionally beat the 2nd place finisher. I have no idea where it is or how official it is though.</p>
<p>So yeah, based on those, I assume I am top 100 in the world. If not, I’m probably very close to it.</p>
<p>and I can’t have it as my essay topic, because as I’ve said, I already have an essay, which deals with a much more important issue.</p>
<p>^ I played this game when I was 5 on the Go board before I learned Go. Fun game. If you don’t have any awards then it might not help but if you can really show your passions then I don’t see why you shouldn’t put it down.</p>
<p>ya I know the common mentality is that this is a child’s game, and doesn’t involve much thinking.</p>
<p>However if you really get into it, it actually involves quite a bit of strategy, which is why i can normally win.</p>
<p>I prefer this over chess because </p>
<ol>
<li>a chess game takes so long</li>
<li>chess is not as portable (you can just get a sheet of paper, draw lines and Os and Xs for wu zi qi)</li>
</ol>
<p>Also, I’m REALLY bad at chess, so I’m not sure if my assumption is correct, but the thing with chess is, there has been too many books on it, and I would assume most good players have at least read a few, or “learned” some strategies off of books/mentors. So basically, chess is a game of memorizing moves and strategies off of books, while as there are virtually none for wu zi qi, you have to find it yourself.</p>
<p>If you were to write an essay about it, yes, perhaps colleges might be interested. Otherwise, you’re doing wonderfully well at a game that doesn’t have tournaments probably isn’t going to matter to colleges.</p>
<p>This is the first I’ve heard about this, so keep that in mind…but I’d refrain from saying anything like “Top 100 in the world” about this. Maybe you’re really good at it [and maybe you really are top 100] but right now you’re just going off internet games and people you’ve actually played [which I’m assuming is not a huge pool, though I may be wrong.] The Euro Cup thing is interesting, but again, all of this is so anecdotal that any hard statements are really iffy.</p>
<p>On the other hand, if you just write an essay about it, and you’re as good at it and excited about it as you say…that could probably come through!</p>
<p>Why don’t you organize a tournament and start a club at your school. A long time ago, I heard about tournaments in Japan. If you really want to showcase this to the adcoms, you definitely need to find a tournament and get yourself tested.</p>
<p>okay, so I was searching for tournaments, and I found some, but it’s for renju, which is a similar game with minor differences. If I practise it hard now, I think I’ll be able to master it quite fast because it’s basically the same as wu zi qi.</p>
<p>So my question is, is it worth spending time on it during admissions season? I mean I like to play the game, so I’ll definitely try to place in the tournaments sometime in my life, but is it worth it to spend time now, when I need to get really for college apps?</p>
<p>I mean, assuming I can place top 100 in the world, would that be of any help at all? Compare it with… say a club president or something, how impressive would it be? Or would they just assume I spend too much time playing games and mark a big red X?</p>
<p>Well, as I’ve said, I will get to it eventually for sure. It’s just that there are more important things to do right now, and if it has no benefits whatsoever, I’d rather put it off later</p>
<p>"So my question is, is it worth spending time on it during admissions season? I mean I like to play the game, so I’ll definitely try to place in the tournaments sometime in my life, but is it worth it to spend time now, when I need to get really for college apps?</p>
<p>I mean, assuming I can place top 100 in the world, would that be of any help at all? "</p>
<p>It’s highly unlikely that doing any of the above will help with your college admissions. Enjoy wu zi qi as a fun activity, but don’t view it as something that will help you get into college. Not everything that applicants do and enjoy can be used as a way of getting college admissions.</p>