I love the feeling of the games, because they are more serious than ranked games and the clock has more time. I feel like I am playing in hikaru no go, and imagine hitting the timer with every move xD

Anyone else get feelings like that?

Sometimes One good thing is that the people in the ASR play tons of free games, so their ranks are a little suspect. That makes it harder to prejudge your opponent, which ramps up the tension...

Yea. Now we have a one 5k? player in Delta who beat ALL shutout :)

At least it wasn't a 5k
He could have been a jedi

I think I kind of know what you mean. I like the atmosphere of the ASR games the best of all online games I have played. The seriousness of league play is exciting and encourages me to play my best.





I think that the high performance of lower ranked players is not necessarily cause by being under-ranked due to many free games. I know there have been many occasions when I have transcended my normal skill level and played well and even won against people 5-6 stones stronger than me. They usually make comments about how I am far better than a 7 kyu, but that doesn't stop me from losing about half of my rated games.