Life In 19x19

As I said, I'm new to this forum also. With that said, this wonderful thread has been "hi-jacked" a few times, so let me introduce another quasi-hijack...

Some strong player once told me that strong players think in terms of sequences of moves. In fact, I think he said that the term "move" means ...

Well I have to say that regardless of what happens on KGS, THIS forum is great!

I appreciate all the replies.

Hi Amnal,

First off the "wild exaggeration":

Actually, I was told, just what you said: "People often don't like playing unranked players."

And, secondly, for two days, I posted a game request and waited over an hour to get a response.

So that's what led me to talk about the "flower viewing ...

As far as Japanese byo-yomi goes...

I have experience with that, having played in a lot of AGA tourneys. It's okay after an hour or two of "normal time" in a tournament. But you can't say that 25 / 10 is equal to 24 second byo-yomi! You don't have the same ability to budget your time. What's most ...

Thanks for these responses!

I should clarify that to me, a Canadian style of 25 moves in 10 minutes is what I think of as medium speed. Faster than that seems too fast. It's EASY to get a 25 / 10 game on IGS, seems hard on KGS.

First the good stuff:
- I love the teaching mode
- I love the chatting

Now the stuff that's bugging me:
- seems like the Dan players don't like the Canadian style time control
- seems like a Blitz culture
- from feedback I've received, it seems like you're expected to play a ton of "flower viewing ...