There is a convention I see now for online go tournaments.
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Fair play: dan players must film themselves during the game; kifus will be analysed
So I was wondering, is it really normal that we should only plan to protect the dan players during a tournament? If I was to make a poll such as Who do you think is the most likely to cheat, a kyu player or a dan player? I'm not sure that there would be a clear margin in favour of one side or the other. The only motivation I can see for this precision is that only the dan players can win any money. Well that is true, but in order to enter the tournament everyone has to pay some money. Everyone in the tournament wants to enjoy the same expectations that they aren't going to have fair games, or more honestly fair games that they win
. If it doesn't hurt the organisers to ask that everyone records their game in this fashion, then why not ask everyone to do it.
For me, it just seems pretty unrealistic that you can catch anyone cheating anyway, not unless they're really bad at cheating that is. The main idea behind a camera is the idea that they're being watched and can't spend their time looking at the game on a second screen. That limits their cheating time to the toilet break , snack break , internet outage, incoming phone call from a friend, or just looking at the analysis board on OGS. If you're going to put a deterrent in place, why not put in place for everyone?