Life In 19x19

Helel wrote:I think that Bantari simply made himself somewhat obtuse in his great eager to pick on your attitude.

Needo wrote:The ? is easy to get rid of. Just play 3 or 4 games with an appropriately rated bot. They're not picky.

oren wrote: I always hate this advice. If I don't have time to play very much, I don't want to waste it playing against a bot. I come online to play people.

freegame wrote:If you play mostly even games you will never get a "~"
If you play stronger people to profit from their knowledge,
it seems only fair to return the favor by playing at least about
the same amount of games against weaker player weaker players yourself.

I really hate it when I have a game offer open and a lot of weaker people with a "~" want a game.
Usually I will refuse all their challenges. I do accept stronger or even payers with a "~".

"~" people are the leeches of the KGS server.