Life In 19x19

gowan wrote:There was no "escaping" when people played in person.

Well, I do recall one guy causally getting up to stretch during a quadruple ko fight and then suddenly bolting out the door. We left the board as it was for the next six months just in case he returned...

gowan wrote:...

And what's with this obsession with ranks? ...

I hear what you're saying, but this seems easy to say coming from a 5d.

Kirby wrote:

gowan wrote:...

And what's with this obsession with ranks? ...

I hear what you're saying, but this seems easy to say coming from a 5d.

I suppose you are saying that higher-ranked people would be more satisfied with their rank. But I don't see reaching any particular rank as being an especially important goal. I learned that when I reached 1d and realized that I didn't really feel much stronger than I did at lower ranks. And even at 5d I still feel weak when I think of how much more there is to learn. What's important is understanding go better, and usually that is reflected in the rank, but for me the key thing is the learning, not the rank.

The rank is a measure of the knowledge, otherwise for someone who doesn't care about rank why display yours publicly? My assumption is that you want your advice to be taken more seriously than if you had nothing or 30-kyu listed next to your name.