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[Dragon Pie]

Cool. Which of you will be my little brother?

Do we need higher dan big brothers, too?

If so, maybe we could have a single bigger brother that helps with both sides.

[Joaz Banbeck]

I think the BB4 system of 5 consecutive uncorected moves = +1 correction was a good one. Maybe the exact numbers need tweaking though?

I prefer giving prisoners. As a bigger brother, I must confess that I might tend to ignore the game if I knew that I couldn't play.

Cool. Which of you will be my little brother?

Either possible pairing is fine with me.

Do we need higher dan big brothers, too?

I'd really like that.

If so, maybe we could have a single bigger brother that helps with both sides.

Seems awkward.

[Splatted]

I think the BB4 system of 5 consecutive uncorected moves = +1 correction was a good one. Maybe the exact numbers need tweaking though?

I prefer giving prisoners. As a bigger brother, I must confess that I might tend to ignore the game if I knew that I couldn't play.

That's fine too.

Do we need higher dan big brothers, too?

I'd really like that.

Still no takers?

[Magicwand]

I think the BB4 system of 5 consecutive uncorected moves = +1 correction was a good one. Maybe the exact numbers need tweaking though?

I prefer giving prisoners. As a bigger brother, I must confess that I might tend to ignore the game if I knew that I couldn't play.

That's fine too.

Do we need higher dan big brothers, too?

I'd really like that.

Still no takers?

Need me?

[Splatted]

Yes!

Just one more mid (or high) dan and we're ready to go.

[Magicwand]

count me in...
let me know the rules and players before the start.

[Joaz Banbeck]

...
Need me?

Yes!

[Dragon Pie]

Anyhow, the reason that I mentioned the possibility of a single bigger brother is that I was worried that it would be tricky to find two high dan players who would like to be in the game.

So, I'm thinking that I'd like to start sometime soon. Maybe we could message known high dan players who've been active lately who may not have noticed these posts?

Or maybe we can just get started anyway.

Anyway, I'd even be ok with just the regular bigger brothers until we get a couple of high dan players or even just sharing MW for now.

[skydyr]

I'm in no rush, but if you all want to start now, I wouldn't object either.

[Joaz Banbeck]

I'm in no rush, but if you all want to start now, I wouldn't object either.

It is tax time. Please give me a week or so.

[Dragon Pie]

So. . .

[Joaz Banbeck]

I'm back. Is everyone else here?

We still have uncertainties about the format: viewtopic.php?p=133966#p133966

[skydyr]

I think a certain number of points per play makes sense. Say, 3, like in pair go? If we don't get a second big big brother, perhaps we should just go forward with 2 pairs rather than share magicwand.

[Splatted]

I'm still up for it! But I'm completely at a loss as to how many points a correction should be worth, so whatever suits everyone is fine by me.

P.s. I agree it's probably not worth holding out for another big brother. Most of the forum regualars have probably seen this thread by now.

[jts]

May I make a strange suggestions? Instead of a penalty in points, why not give each Big Brother a certain amount of time to play; perhaps 90 24-hr byo-yomi periods. Then he has to give up a byo-yomi period to correct a move, and if he runs out then his team has to finish without him.

Rationale: agonizing over corrections speeds up games instead of slowing them down, the value of a correction only needs to be weighed against the value of other corrections, there's less risk of an unsatisfying conclusion where one team has out-foxed the other on the board but owes more points for corrections.