hyperpape wrote:
I'll add to the speculation. I won't be surprised if komi is smaller for dan level amateurs, SDKs or DDKs, but I won't be surprised if it's the same either.
Everyone seems to ignore the possibility that between certain sorts of weak players, komi is larger.
As I wrote earlier, I tried a few simple player-error models with the coupon game, and there indeed seems to be some cases where the komi is larger. But generally it is smaller OC, though I think not much smaller (since experienced human amateurs are closer to perfect play than to random play).