Life In 19x19

Guess I'll throw my hat into the ring. Sounds like it should be a good time. I will need to read back through to make sure I didn't miss anything (originally read this thread at work). Like my sig says, I think I'm some where around 8-9k (maybe?).

And I guess now is as good as ever to actually learn what the AGA rules are for scoring. Never quite understood them...

Now at 45 players:

Tabemasu (7d)
Araban (5d)
HermanHiddema (4d)
Violence (4d)
freegame (3d)
Magicwand (3d)
hoohoo (3d)
DeadTired (2d)

Jonas (1d)
topazg (1d)
lindentree (1d)
Shaddy (1d)
Kirby (1d)
zinger (1k) edited from next post
quantumf (1k)
daniel_the_smith (1k)

Dusk Eagle (2k)
ketchup (2k)
dfan (3k)
Marcus (4k)
GoCat (5k)
MountainGo (5k)
Nikolas73 (5k)
k1ndofblue (5k)

padic (5k)
actorios (6k)
fuchsnoir (6k)
SoDesuNe (6k)
Chew Terr (6k)
WatariWill (6k)
Li Kao (6k)
daal (7k)

oren (7k)
mosdefgo (7k)
Nakamura (7k)
mic (8k)
schultz (8k-9k)
tj86430 (8k)
rubin427 (8k)
Phelan (9k)

ChradH (9k)
Jordus (9k)
karaklis (10k)
POGO (10k)
Rafa (16k)

For the record, my current KGS rank is 1k, not 1d.

And I've just gone up to 7k.

Speaking of KGS ratings... I don't have one! Is that okay? Can I play as '-', or should I play as '?'

Toss me in, my current high public account is 2d, but I will turn the tv off for my matches...I promise.

Make that 6k.
I doubt I am 6k just because I beat a 6k with no komi... I'll play a few more games later to see if I can beat more 6 kyus.

GoCat wrote:Speaking of KGS ratings... I don't have one! Is that okay? Can I play as '-', or should I play as '?'

You can use your AGA rank. KGS and AGA ranks are very close at these ranks.

karaklis wrote:

GoCat wrote:Speaking of KGS ratings... I don't have one! Is that okay? Can I play as '-', or should I play as '?'

You can use your AGA rank. KGS and AGA ranks are very close at these ranks.

I think I had an AGA rank years ago. I really only play on OGS, where I'm 5K. So, maybe that's about right. But, again, wondering if I can just leave my KGS profile with a '-'.

Well, the rank is just to get into the right group. According to the rank comparison list OGS 5k is roughly 4-5k on KGS. I don't see any problem to leave the KGS rank with a [-].

I'm not sure that comparison list is up to date. It's been my experience that the OGS kyu ranks are significantly stronger. For instance, I've been 5 kyu for a while on KGS but I'm a stable 9 kyu on OGS. Looking over profiles from the OGS player list, there are several players around OGS 4 kyu that are dan players on KGS.

Of course, doing an accurate translation may not be possible, since play styles on OGS can deviate a lot from real-time games, since they have very long thinking times and many players use the analysis board heavily and study during the game. Some people may benefit a lot from the extra resources and thinking time. Others might be good at punishing mistakes and might actually benefit from a quicker game where more mistakes are made on both sides.

padic wrote:I'm not sure that comparison list is up to date. It's been my experience that the OGS kyu ranks are significantly stronger. For instance, I've been 5 kyu for a while on KGS but I'm a stable 9 kyu on OGS. Looking over profiles from the OGS player list, there are several players around OGS 4 kyu that are dan players on KGS.

Of course, doing an accurate translation may not be possible, since play styles on OGS can deviate a lot from real-time games, since they have very long thinking times and many players use the analysis board heavily and study during the game. Some people may benefit a lot from the extra resources and thinking time. Others might be good at punishing mistakes and might actually benefit from a quicker game where more mistakes are made on both sides.

As I understand it, it doesn't really matter that much. The ranks are just to setup the initial brackets. Those that win can rise to the top.

padic wrote:For instance, I've been 5 kyu for a while on KGS but I'm a stable 9 kyu on OGS. Looking over profiles from the OGS player list, there are several players around OGS 4 kyu that are dan players on KGS.

A few months ago I was 7k KGS and 9k OGS, now I'm 10k KGS and 11k OGS. Some people have the same rank at OGS and KGS, so the variation is big. The conversion list can only be a rough approximation.

I want to play too~

GoCat wrote:... wondering if I can just leave my KGS profile with a '-'.

On the other hand, may as well use this to see what my KGS rating would be, eh? Although not sure if just this tournament is enough to get a rating. Especially if I get immediately double-eliminated!