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Offline Toge
 Post subject: This has been a fine day for me. Shodan: Achieved!
Post #1 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 3:58 am 
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After 5 years, 1 month and 14 days of playing I finally reached shodan. Image
During that time I played a total of 1144 games, of which 840 were ranked games.

Since KGS Analytics provides such a wonderful service of storing old games, I'll post some highlights of the career so far.

This was my first game on KGS after having read the rules, played 14th of April 2006:



This was the game that made me single-digit kyu, played 18th of July 2007:



Finally, the game at the end of the current 8-win streak which made me 1 dan, played 27th of May 2011:



Last edited by Toge on Fri May 27, 2011 6:49 am, edited 1 time in total.
This post by Toge was liked by 6 people: daal, Dusk Eagle, Jedo, Marcus, SolarBear, wms
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Offline Kirby
 Post subject: Re: This has been a fine day for me. Shodan: Achieved!
Post #2 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 4:00 am 
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Congratulations, Toge.

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Offline Tryphon
 Post subject: Re: This has been a fine day for me. Shodan: Achieved!
Post #3 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 4:02 am 
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Offline SoDesuNe
 Post subject: Re: This has been a fine day for me. Shodan: Achieved!
Post #4 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 4:16 am 
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Great! Congratulations! :clap:

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Offline Toge
 Post subject: Re: This has been a fine day for me. Shodan: Achieved!
Post #5 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 5:12 am 
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Thank you all <3

I noticed that it takes approximately 1000 games to reach dan ranks, based on mine and two of my friends stats. If you guys are using single account, you can check your progress at KGS analytics.
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Offline SoDesuNe
 Post subject: Re: This has been a fine day for me. Shodan: Achieved!
Post #6 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 5:57 am 
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Toge wrote:
I noticed that it takes approximately 1000 games to reach dan ranks,[...]


I have 159 rated games (575 in total) so far and I play only on KGS with only one account =O

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Offline Joaz Banbeck
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Post #7 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 6:13 am 
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Offline Bill Spight
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Post #8 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 6:39 am 
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Congratulations! :salute: :)

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Offline Marcus
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Post #9 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 6:41 am 
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Congrats!

Toge wrote:
Thank you all <3

I noticed that it takes approximately 1000 games to reach dan ranks, based on mine and two of my friends stats. If you guys are using single account, you can check your progress at KGS analytics.


Hmmm ... I must be incredibly dense. :) I've played 1259 games on KGS since October of 2008 (and likely just as many from April 2007 when I started to that point; KGS Analytics doesn't go back that far). I'm only 3k.

Of course, another explanation is that I'm just not as serious about Go as the rest of you ... don't know if that's actually true or not ...
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Offline Toge
 Post subject: Re: This has been a fine day for me. Shodan: Achieved!
Post #10 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 6:43 am 
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SoDesuNe wrote:
Toge wrote:
I noticed that it takes approximately 1000 games to reach dan ranks,[...]


I have 159 rated games (575 in total) so far and I play only on KGS with only one account =O


- The interface is a bit complicated. It calculates data based on the months that are showing next to each year, so you have to manually go over those months that aren't showing. You started playing 2009/6 and have played 598 games now.
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Offline Magicwand
 Post subject: Re: This has been a fine day for me. Shodan: Achieved!
Post #11 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 7:05 am 
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DGS: magicwand
OGS: magicwand
congrat :clap:
now go after 2D.

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Offline Toge
 Post subject: Re: This has been a fine day for me. Shodan: Achieved!
Post #12 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 7:48 am 
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Magicwand wrote:
congrat :clap:
now go after 2D.


- I will!
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Offline daniel_the_smith
 Post subject: Re: This has been a fine day for me. Shodan: Achieved!
Post #13 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 8:05 am 
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KGS: lavalamp
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OGS: daniel_the_smith
Nice job! :clap:

I should really buckle down and try to get 1d on KGS, I've never managed that...

...and my current 3k there is because:
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Offline palapiku
 Post subject: Re: This has been a fine day for me. Shodan: Achieved!
Post #14 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 10:15 am 
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Do 9x9 games count in the 1000?
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Offline Redundant
 Post subject: Re: This has been a fine day for me. Shodan: Achieved!
Post #15 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 10:50 am 
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palapiku wrote:
Do 9x9 games count in the 1000?


I'd say that they count, but each 9x9 game is some fraction of a 19x19 game.
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Offline palapiku
 Post subject: Re: This has been a fine day for me. Shodan: Achieved!
Post #16 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 10:57 am 
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About 81/361? :)
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Offline Redbeard
 Post subject: Re: This has been a fine day for me. Shodan: Achieved!
Post #17 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 11:25 am 
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Rank: AGA 12k
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KGS: RedBeard
DGS: Akahige
:clap: :clap: Congratulations! :clap: :clap:

Are you going to get any special equipment or mementos for crossing over to the world of the dans?
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Offline hyperpape
 Post subject: Re: This has been a fine day for me. Shodan: Achieved!
Post #18 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 11:50 am 
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OGS: Hyperpape 4k
Congrats. Now for the real question. Why does KGS analytics work the way it does?

After way too much work, I can say I've played 1036 games on my main account at KGS. There was also a blitz account for a while, and I've played some on IGS, and maybe 300 games in person. I'm a solid 4k right now (I was jumping between 2k and 3k two or three years ago).

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Offline Actorios
 Post subject: Re: This has been a fine day for me. Shodan: Achieved!
Post #19 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 11:50 am 
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Congratulations, Toge ! This is a nice achievement
I wish I will be able to post a similar message some day...
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Offline Chew Terr
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Post #20 Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 12:02 pm 
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Congratulations!
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