My first post was a long time ago, just after I'd created OGS and was advertising it. I was maybe 25k then, so call it 25 stones I guess
I didn't regularly post until much later.
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| Author: | chef [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | How strong are you now? |
I'm just wondering how many stones people on the board have improved ever since becoming a member? And that includes the old GD board as well. Personally when I came on I was about a 25 kyu. I'm now 8 kyu on KGS |
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| Author: | 1986 [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:14 am ] |
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i gained 2 stones on wbaduk and about 8 on kgs this site is very helpful, its kinda like a newspaper |
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| Author: | robinz [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How strong are you now? |
I've gained about 4/5 stones in my KGS grade since I joined. (I started playing in about June last year, joined this forum in September/October by which time I was about 13k; I'm 9k on KGS now but I really don't think I'm as "good" as that, looking at the games I've played over the last 2 or 3 weeks.) |
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| Author: | DrStraw [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:46 am ] |
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Hard to say because I don't play over the board any more (and online ranking are not really reliable) but I would guess about -1 stone. |
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| Author: | daal [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:52 am ] |
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I'm up 11 stones, having moved from 17k when joining GD to 6k now. Thanks GD & L19! I wouldn't mind a couple more though... |
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| Author: | karaklis [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 7:54 am ] |
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I started with 15k. Now I am 7k, so it's an improvement of 8 stones. |
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| Author: | Kirby [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 7:56 am ] |
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I guess my strength - or lack thereof - is displayed via my malkovich games. |
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| Author: | quantumf [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:10 am ] |
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Kirby wrote: I guess my strength - or lack thereof - is displayed via my malkovich games. Since you started posting on GD, you haven't improved at all? I doubt that! |
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| Author: | quantumf [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:13 am ] |
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I seem to recall being 3k when I first joined GD, and am 1d now. |
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| Author: | topazg [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:14 am ] |
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My first post was a long time ago, just after I'd created OGS and was advertising it. I was maybe 25k then, so call it 25 stones I guess I didn't regularly post until much later. |
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| Author: | hyperpape [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:16 am ] |
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I have gotten somewhat worse--between half a stone and a stone. Actually, I've gotten much worse if you go by my KGS rank, but I've been playing lunchtime blitz games, and I hope it's just a case of distraction. |
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| Author: | Bill Spight [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How strong are you now? |
My challenge now is not to make shodan. 
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| Author: | freegame [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How strong are you now? |
I looked it up. I registered on GoDiscussions on 26-4-2006. According to the EGD database I was EGF 7 kyu at that time. I'm now EGF 2dan. 8 stones |
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| Author: | Shaddy [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How strong are you now? |
I started lurking on GD around May 2009- I was 4k at that time, and now I'm 2-3d KGS. |
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| Author: | judicata [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:22 pm ] |
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According to my first post on L19 in April, I said I was around 15 kyu, and my KGS graph says 17 kyu. I'm KGS 5 kyu now, so about 10-12 stones. I was watching a show yesterday ("Heavy") in which a guy loses 50 lbs (23kg maybe?), and they hand him a 50 lbs weight to carry to illustrate how much he lost. Holding a dozen stones in my hand isn't quite the same thing, but still kinda neat.  EDIT: That was about the same time I started going to the New York Go Center, which is now closed. 
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| Author: | Dusk Eagle [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How strong are you now? |
I'm not certain, but I think I was ~3k when I started posting on GoDiscussions (toward the tail end of its life). I had been lurking for a lot longer though. I'm 1d now, so that's 4 stones improvement. My improvement rate was much faster from 12k to 3k, but I guess it makes sense that it would slow down. |
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| Author: | shapenaji [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How strong are you now? |
1 stone AGA, 12-13 stones kibitz |
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| Author: | Solomon [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How strong are you now? |
Was 6k KGS/5k AGA when I joined GD, now 4d KGS/5.7d AGA...haven't improved at all in the last 1 - 2 years though...SC2 isn't helping with that either, but oh well. |
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| Author: | Javaness [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How strong are you now? |
Don't think I've moved an inch... |
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| Author: | Phelan [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How strong are you now? |
15k to 5k, and now back to 7k. So I improved 10 stones, and then lost 2. :O |
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