kgs is cool because you can play go on it
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| Author: | Kirby [ Fri May 14, 2010 4:24 pm ] |
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Problems with escapers, the desire to have Fischer timing, problems with the TOS, problems with getting booted... We've seen a lot of debates around here and even back on GoDiscussions about problems that people have with KGS. But to only point out what you don't like about something seems a bit unfair. A lot of us use KGS on a regular basis, which in itself shows that KGS is a cool server. What's your favorite part about KGS? I'll go first. KGS is cool because... of its novel reviewing tools. |
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| Author: | Solomon [ Fri May 14, 2010 4:30 pm ] |
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KGS is cool because Javaness is an admin. |
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| Author: | rubin427 [ Fri May 14, 2010 5:09 pm ] |
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+ cross platform (specifically, linux) + for the most part, I speak the language (English). There is a sense of community. + online game archive and rating graph are huge conveniences. + some day, I'll have the free time to participate in the monthly tournaments. + I don't know the details of how InternetGoSchool came to use KGS software for it's lesson archive, but clearly there was some cooperation there, and that's awesome. |
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| Author: | Tyson2011 [ Fri May 14, 2010 8:32 pm ] |
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kgs is cool because you can play go on it /thread? |
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| Author: | Chew Terr [ Fri May 14, 2010 8:37 pm ] |
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Because it adds more social and friendly aspects. KGS is likely the only chat room this community will ever need. It's a great place to play, but you can also talk to people easily. |
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| Author: | Li Kao [ Sat May 15, 2010 1:34 am ] |
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* Auto-Match (Start it and do something else until an opponent is found) * Decent ranking system (Has it's flaws, but better than most others I've seen) * Chat rooms (Biggest problem with those is that I can't set them to flashing so I notice new messages.) |
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| Author: | karaklis [ Sat May 15, 2010 1:54 am ] |
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Because over 95% of my tournament opponents are registered with KGS. I can play them if I like (unfortunately I haven't done this for the last few months..) |
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| Author: | Sverre [ Sat May 15, 2010 6:06 am ] |
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Because of the community; almost everyone I know who plays go plays on KGS, and the people on KGS are generally friendly and helpful to beginners. Because of the easy-to-learn interface. Most people can literally sit down and play immediately without any learning curve. Because I can find a challenging game with a player of my own strength in minutes. Because of the flexibility in timing systems and rule settings compared to every other server out there. |
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| Author: | Javaness [ Sat May 15, 2010 6:28 am ] |
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you can have pink stones there |
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| Author: | TMark [ Sat May 15, 2010 6:49 am ] |
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Somebody turned the air-con on. Best wishes. |
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| Author: | wms [ Sat May 15, 2010 9:33 am ] |
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How about I like the users? 
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| Author: | SoDesuNe [ Sat May 15, 2010 9:40 am ] |
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Li Kao wrote: * Auto-Match (Start it and do something else until an opponent is found) * Decent ranking system (Has it's flaws, but better than most others I've seen) [...] There's no doubt about these two! |
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| Author: | SpongeBob [ Sat May 15, 2010 10:06 am ] |
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KGS is by far my favorite server because of these main reasons:
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| Author: | CarlJung [ Sat May 15, 2010 10:30 am ] |
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wms wrote: How about I like the users? Ok, seriously. Why do I read "Was liked: 1 times" under wms? HE CREATED KGS!!! Let's up his "was liked stats" shall we. |
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| Author: | freegame [ Sat May 15, 2010 10:39 am ] |
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+ English is the main language + always lots of people online + generally friendly community + great teaching tools |
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| Author: | psk31 [ Sat May 15, 2010 10:45 am ] |
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CarlJung wrote: Ok, seriously. Why do I read "Was liked: 1 times" under wms? HE CREATED KGS!!! Let's up his "was liked stats" shall we. Done! Seriously, for a what has to be a labor of love on top of regular job and family it's a great place. |
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| Author: | Dusk Eagle [ Sat May 15, 2010 1:35 pm ] |
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I like the client (with all its game review features) and the great English-speaking community. I also like how I might get liked if I post here 
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| Author: | topazg [ Sat May 15, 2010 1:51 pm ] |
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Fabulous environment for doing my Go teaching. Excellent tools and management of recording comments and variations in games. |
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| Author: | deja [ Sat May 15, 2010 5:06 pm ] |
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1. Most intuitive client out there 2. The premiere client for teaching - I don't think anything else comes even close 3. Responsive admins - for me at least 4. Great people |
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| Author: | ketchup [ Sun May 16, 2010 11:04 am ] |
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1.) The people. I've met some great teachers and friends there. 2.) Kibitz. Nothing beats joking around with people about a game we don't always understand, but sometimes get a glimpse of. Also the whole being able to understand the language helps too. |
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