Lanke Go Server (LKGS) is a new website you can play Go game,it's started by three Go (Weiqi) lovers ,They spent a lot of spare time to complete this website,Now,you can play Go (weiqi) game on it,The founders of the website are my friends,So,i share the website with you ,if someone would like to play with me ,you can find me on Lanke Go Server (LKGS).
Lanke Go Server (LKGS)'s website:http://www.lanke.cc, Welcome you!
thanks a lot!

Nice, but there is not much going on there.

Is it somehow possible to change one's initial rank somewhere?

Yes,you can't change your initial rank without playing the game,at the beginning,You need to choose your game rank actually if you are a Registered users,a visitor's rank is 18kyu for ever.The system will adjust the rank according to the results of the games you have played. though there are some problems need to be solved, but we all are working hard for this site,LKGS will be known by many people who likes Go game in the future! thank you everyone!
my English is limited,I don't know whether I accurate answer your question, no matter what, welcome to the website: LKGS ,Happiness!

Where is this server located? The screen shots all look Chinese. Is it a friendly environment for English speakers?

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Still officially AGA 5d but I play so irregularly these days that I am probably only 3d or 4d over the board (but hopefully still 5d in terms of knowledge, theory and the ability to contribute).

There is a basic English translation, but it seems unfished at this point. Also, when I visited, most of the users had Chinese usernames, which just look like white noise to me.

The graphics/sound I like very much.
Especially the board is very nice. Is it really so hard to make a pleasing go-board, dear Western go community? *looks at OGS and KGS*

So, in conclusion, I like the interface, but I don't see any incentive for using this server over Tygem or WBaduk at the moment, given its small userbase as well as the unfinished English translation.

Really? The board at OGS is what got me interested in the server back when it was still Nova. I guess there's no accounting for taste.

Best of luck with your server.

As Non-Asian with European background I did my first two testgames on 6th and 7th December against a 4kyu (LKGS) after I discovered the new address this week on Facebook.

1st I lost as white (b+21.5) because my attack on black's bottom right corner failed...


2nd I won (b+resign)... white's top left corner didnt survive and the centre oriented style worked


Mostly I felt comfortable during the playing... the board design, the sound clicking, the chat window... the timer... inclusive the counting, all works fine. Luckily I had some help from Eng speaking moderator/developer to get some orientation with the "chinese voice announcments" and "chinese buttons"

LKGS is a young GO server and if the Go community around the globe has the patiency to wait till some essentials are programmed further on by the smal team (3 developers), e.g. reviews and a fully English translation of the menus, then LKGS might have a future.

Java free and browser based GO servers are something many are waiting for so I see it. They have a future, e.g. seeing the problems with KGS registration because of Java security issues. The concurrence OGS is an American Go server (the both developers/owners are US guys) which has some specific issues in positive and negative, as all online Go servers have (so experienced on my own on KGS, Tygem and Wbaduk).

Another aspect is the server stability... I had different disconnections during the 1st and more during 2nd game as I have known it from OGS, too. Maybe it is helpfully that this server with *.cc domain is mirrored continental, e.g. Europe + America to have lower latency.

Lets see how Asian/Chinese brain power can bring this new project forward...

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Yesterday been on LKGS... the review function now is up... its an urgent progress for this young GO server from China as I learn on my own on Go servers mainly by reviews, maybe many other Western Go players, too. (Rec.: Mostly Asian players dont do any reviews, as experienced on Wbaduk and Tygem). - Its the most efficient way for me to get an understanding about my own "wrong playing" and learning about alternatives...

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