Problems with escapers, the desire to have Fischer timing, problems with the TOS, problems with getting booted... We've seen a lot of debates around here and even back on GoDiscussions about problems that people have with KGS. But to only point out what you don't like about something seems a bit unfair. A lot of us use KGS on a regular basis, which in itself shows that KGS is a cool server.

What's your favorite part about KGS?

I'll go first.

KGS is cool because... of its novel reviewing tools.

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be immersed

KGS is cool because Javaness is an admin.

+ cross platform (specifically, linux)
+ for the most part, I speak the language (English). There is a sense of community.
+ online game archive and rating graph are huge conveniences.
+ some day, I'll have the free time to participate in the monthly tournaments.
+ I don't know the details of how InternetGoSchool came to use KGS software for it's lesson archive, but clearly there was some cooperation there, and that's awesome.

kgs is cool because you can play go on it

/thread?

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"Only a warrior chooses pacifism; others are condemned to it."

Because it adds more social and friendly aspects. KGS is likely the only chat room this community will ever need. It's a great place to play, but you can also talk to people easily.

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Someday I want to be strong enough to earn KGS[-].

* Auto-Match (Start it and do something else until an opponent is found)
* Decent ranking system (Has it's flaws, but better than most others I've seen)
* Chat rooms (Biggest problem with those is that I can't set them to flashing so I notice new messages.)

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Sanity is for the weak.

Because over 95% of my tournament opponents are registered with KGS. I can play them if I like (unfortunately I haven't done this for the last few months..)

Because of the community; almost everyone I know who plays go plays on KGS, and the people on KGS are generally friendly and helpful to beginners.

Because of the easy-to-learn interface. Most people can literally sit down and play immediately without any learning curve.

Because I can find a challenging game with a player of my own strength in minutes.

Because of the flexibility in timing systems and rule settings compared to every other server out there.

you can have pink stones there

Somebody turned the air-con on.

Best wishes.

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No aji, keshi, kifu or kikashi has been harmed in the compiling of this post.
http://www.gogod.co.uk

How about I like the users?

There's no doubt about these two!

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My "guide" to become stronger in Go

KGS is by far my favorite server because of these main reasons:

• Largest Go Server for Westerners with broadcasting from major tournaments
• THE place to meet my friends online
• KGS Plus with group lessons from pros
• Cool functionality for post-game-review
• SGF editor with the best game tree
• Automatch
• Possibility to create own rooms

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Stay out of my territory! (W. White, aka Heisenberg)

Ok, seriously. Why do I read "Was liked: 1 times" under wms? HE CREATED KGS!!! Let's up his "was liked stats" shall we.

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FusekiLibrary, an opening library.
SGF converter tools: Wbaduk NGF to SGF | 440 go problems | Fuseki made easy | Tesuji made easy | Elementary training & Dan level testing | Dan Tutor Shortcut To Dan

+ English is the main language
+ always lots of people online
+ generally friendly community
+ great teaching tools

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Laurens
Go school: freegame's Teaching School
Author of: The Next Move a book for 15-3kyu players.

Done! Seriously, for a what has to be a labor of love on top of regular job and family it's a great place.

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"Play confidently. Make the best of mistakes."
- Janice Kim, Learn to Play Go Vol. 1

I like the client (with all its game review features) and the great English-speaking community.

I also like how I might get liked if I post here

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We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.

Fabulous environment for doing my Go teaching. Excellent tools and management of recording comments and variations in games.

1. Most intuitive client out there
2. The premiere client for teaching - I don't think anything else comes even close
3. Responsive admins - for me at least
4. Great people

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"This is a game that rewards patience and balance. You must think like a man of action and act like a man of thought."
-Jonas Skarssen

1.) The people. I've met some great teachers and friends there.
2.) Kibitz. Nothing beats joking around with people about a game we don't always understand, but sometimes get a glimpse of. Also the whole being able to understand the language helps too.

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I know nothing.