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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 519cb48135fc71000200004a

Draw the Go board

which is a 19×19 lines board. Here we use ascii characters only for simplicity. See diff file to get a sense. (See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game))

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#51 Julien Pivotto / @roidelapluie - Score: 747 - 05/22/13 @ 12:49 
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Created by: @zhwenyuan

51 active golfers, 149 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):
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#1 - Urtica dioica / @udioica

05/22/2013 at 04:25PM

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#2 - Roland Schatz / @fl_Overmind

07/12/2013 at 05:51PM

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#3 - John Braxler / @braxler

05/22/2014 at 03:09PM

50
#4 - Peppa Pig / @PeppaPigSg

07/03/2024 at 05:51AM

51
#5 - Andy Balaam / @andybalaam

06/11/2013 at 01:45PM

51
#6 - ———đίxίє—flαтlίиє——— / @_dixie_flatline

07/19/2013 at 04:01AM

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#7 - Andreas Siegrist / @andreaszwei

02/02/2022 at 10:00AM

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#8 - Kai Yuan / @kentyuan

05/22/2013 at 04:09PM

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#9 - Bradd Szonye / @bszonye

07/11/2013 at 12:34PM

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#10 - Pedro Santos / @pedrosans

03/27/2014 at 08:09PM

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#11 - Miłosz Łakomy / @foobar01123

10/23/2020 at 03:45PM

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#12 - Petro Тrouq / @zulolosi

05/22/2013 at 11:51PM

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#13 - powertomato / @powertomato

07/12/2013 at 12:48PM

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#14 - Steve Tjoa / @stevetjoa

07/12/2013 at 06:46PM

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#15 - Aaron Bieber / @aaronbieber

06/02/2013 at 05:32PM

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#16 - RobertT / @techrt2050

10/02/2013 at 01:20AM

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#17 - Marco Hinz / @_mhinz_

05/22/2013 at 02:14PM

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#18 - Nathan / @NathanHarperoni

05/31/2013 at 06:58PM

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#19 - cj / @cj01101

08/08/2013 at 11:27AM

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#20 - vimgolfer / @vimgolfer7

10/12/2019 at 03:14AM

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#21 - Bruno Pedro / @bpedro

05/22/2013 at 02:56PM

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#22 - Vinicius Souza / @vsouzas

05/30/2013 at 05:26PM

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#23 - Jim / @BLSJim

06/09/2013 at 11:53AM

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#24 - Justin / @justinjaffray

07/05/2013 at 12:53PM

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#25 - Joonas Pihlajamaa / @jokkebk

03/18/2014 at 10:55AM

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#26 - Paul Kunysch / @kunysch

07/18/2014 at 08:17PM

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#27 - floyd / @floyd10086

04/13/2020 at 09:47AM

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#28 - 𝚃𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚊𝚗 𝚃𝚎𝚢𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚎𝚛 / @TitouanT_

03/10/2019 at 06:15PM

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#29 - Kevin Lou / @klou23

07/27/2024 at 02:49AM

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#30 - zealotrush / @zealotrush

05/22/2013 at 02:09PM