I'd like to join! I can definitely play.

I am 11k on KGS. Also, I'm more familiar with Japanese rules, but any set is fine with me.

And I suppose I'm inclined to say Second Stage for all players.

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Let's try 18 people for the first one, as new-player interest is not there so much now.

I'll seed six tiers of three people, of which each group will have one player from each tier (so 3 groups of 6)/.

Top 2 places go into the 1st-6th group in the second round, next two into 7th-12th, next two into 13th-18th.

Everyone plays each opponent in their group once, at Handicap - 2. Once we have our last entrant, I'll post a new thread with the full rules and the draw, including handicap for each matchup. I'll take the options from the voting that received majority support - Any other questions? (And, who wants to be the lucky last entrant?)

How long would you estimate the duration of the tournament? Is there already a time plan?

I am in as number 18. But I won't play before 5th of may. I prefer simplified counting but happy otherwise.

Ok, then my question is obsolete

I'm expecting 2 months, with 1 month for each stage

Do you still want in? We can always extend things in principle, my goal now is for the first month in May, and the second in June.

If we have 19, then we just need 5 more.

I'm sorry, Karaklis, you were first. So I withdraw if they stick to 18.

No problem, just run it with 18. I was considering to enter when it was at 17 and no one wanted to complete it to 18. I can help out if someone drops out.

Just in case: I haven't played online for quite some time now. My last stable rank on KGS was 7k (last July)
As for the modalities I accept any.

It's good to have an alternate or two.

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Sounds like fun - I'll sign up as well.

Koosh - 1d
KGS
Herman scoring
Second stage for all players
Title match for top two - an even number of games

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Is there time for registration?
I'd like to join.

LucianoS - 11kyu
Scoring: Hahn
Second stage: Yes
Title match: Yes

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Cya

Awesome. 3 more and we have a full complement

Purely selfish question, but will we start with the group we have or try to wait for more? "Golden Week" in Japan starts tomorrow (4/29, 5/3, 5/4, and 5/5 are national holidays). A quick start would allow me to play some games during the day next week

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Yeah, let's get going. I'll drop out, because 20 is much easier than 21. I'll make the draw, and the standings as we go through, in a new thread