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Low ranked Go server
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:15 pm
by scara
Is there an alternate server for relatively weak (DDK) players?
I'm kinda tired of escapers and those who offer free games even when I've explicitly ruled it out.
KGS has worn me down. The ratio of bad behavior to good games is too high for me but I've tried IGS and am totally crushed.
Re: Low ranked Go server
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:29 pm
by jts
scara wrote:Is there an alternate server for relatively weak (DDK) players?
I'm kinda tired of escapers and those who offer free games even when I've explicitly ruled it out.
KGS has worn me down. The ratio of bad behavior to good games is too high for me but I've tried IGS and am totally crushed.
What's the ratio that has you so upset? I tried to look at your account but kgs doesn't list any games under 'scara'.
Re: Low ranked Go server
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:15 pm
by Dusk Eagle
I don't recall much bad behaviour on KGS when I was a DDK a couple of years ago. If anything, I think KGS is one of the better servers for DDK, with things such as the Beginner's Room (worth checking out), people's willingness to teach on the server (see the KGS Teaching Ladder room), and the relatively low amount of sandbaggers when compared to other servers.
Re: Low ranked Go server
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:46 pm
by xed_over
use automatch
Re: Low ranked Go server
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:32 pm
by Joaz Banbeck
Welcome to L19.
Hang around here, meet people, and maybe you can schedule game with them, either casually or formally as described in this thread:
http://lifein19x19.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 061#p78061
Re: Low ranked Go server
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 12:32 am
by CnP
Re: Low ranked Go server
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:42 am
by Li Kao
My experience with automatch is that guests often escape, but registered players rarely do. So I'd use automatch and disable "Unranked players".
Re: Low ranked Go server
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:25 am
by Solomon
flyordie.
Re: Low ranked Go server
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:23 am
by karaklis
Araban wrote:flyordie.
Not a good idea. If you don't play there regularly, your rating will be reset to 0 quite soon.
Re: Low ranked Go server
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:28 am
by Solomon
karaklis wrote:Araban wrote:flyordie.
Not a good idea. If you don't play there regularly, your rating will be reset to 0 quite soon.
Not that much different than KGS where your rating goes to [?]. The pros outweigh the cons on that server for beginners regardless.
Re: Low ranked Go server
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:09 am
by karaklis
Agreed. For very beginners the rating is quite uninteresting anyway. Usually you get a match quickly as a beginner, you will be challenged by some player in the room.
Re: Low ranked Go server
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:35 am
by tchan001
play the bots
Re: Low ranked Go server
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:48 pm
by goddess
I just tried FlyOrDie. It is worse than the Gaming Zone used to be.
Yuck.
Re: Low ranked Go server
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:41 pm
by xed_over
goddess wrote:I just tried FlyOrDie. It is worse than the Gaming Zone used to be.
Yuck.
LOL
it has its charms
Re: Low ranked Go server
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:14 pm
by pete
You could try GoShrine (
http://goshrine.com). All 19x19 games are ranked, and there are no escapers; if you leave a game, you will lose.
-Pete