Losing on Korean Servers

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Re: Losing on Korean Servers

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BigDango wrote:...3) KGS in me experience is the "softest server." I like it for sure, but the ranks tend to be more relaxed, the style, the people, etc.


Agree with most of your points, but this is probably true only up until strong sdk - in the dan ranges KGS tends to be more strict than Tygem and Cyberoro (not that it really means anything). I am probably 2d on KGS nowadays, but holds 4d Tygem fairly easily.
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Re: Losing on Korean Servers

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My experience of KGS and wbaduk has been that on kgs, players stake bold claims and hope it never occurs to their opponent to fight them for it, while on wbaduk what they want is poorly defined but they're going to fight you for it.

And tygem is like wbaduk but people only ever escape.

So it may be that you play thinner than you can handle?
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Re: Losing on Korean Servers

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http://senseis.xmp.net/?RankWorldwideComparison
illluck wrote:ith most of your points, but this is probably true only up until strong sdk - in the dan ranges KGS tends to be more strict than Tygem and Cyberoro (not that it really means anything). I am probably 2d on KGS nowadays, but holds 4d Tygem fairly easily.



Nifty & noted. You may want to add your experiences here: http://senseis.xmp.net/?RankWorldwideCo ... Collection if you haven't already.
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