Life In 19x19

WHR is pretty interesting, and I enjoyed skimming the paper at lunch. I haven't gone through enough detail to form a solid opinion on it, but so far it appears promising as something I'd like.

To date, I have preferred what the paper calls incremental systems, but perhaps WHR provides some good advantages.

This is a very fascinating paper. Thanks for it!

I'm pretty sure I'm not the first person to link that paper from here (or maybe godiscussions), but I'm glad you're all enjoying it

Alternative:

Instead of issuing traditional amateur dan-certificates we issue pro-style achievement-based ranks for the game unique to this forum: Malkovich games. The rank would be in terms of "m" (1k, 1d, 1p, now... 1m!)

1m = Completed 1 Malkovich game (MG).
2m = Completed 10 MGs as a 1m OR won 5 MGs as a 1m
3m = Completed 20 MGs a 2m OR won 10 MGs as a 2m
4m = Completed 30 MGs as a 3m OR won 15 MGs as a 3m
5m = Completed 40 MGs as a 4m OR won 20 MGs as a 4m OR won a Malkovich tournament (MT) including at least 4 players
6m = Won two MTs including at least 4 players OR won a MT including at least 8 players OR 2nd place in a MT including at least 16 players
7m = Won two MTs including at least 8 players OR won a MT including at least 16 players OR 2nd place in a MT including at least 32 players
8m = Won two MTs including at least 16 players OR won a MT including at least 32 players OR 2nd place in a MT including at least 64 players
9m = Won two MTs including at least 32 players OR won a MT including at least 64 players

Requirements for promotion:
1. At least half the players in the tournament must be KGS SDK or stronger (this is a spectator sport!)
2. Minimum 25 comments per game or 0.25 commments/move for early resignations. (This is not DGS)
3. Tournaments can be of any format (tournament or league), but must be announced and must be open to all interested players. Round-robin leagues can have entry tournaments to limit the size. If the entry tournaments are rather competitive, perhaps the rating won by the league winner could be increased.
4. People who claim promotion post to a thread, and an admin then updates a current official rating list

Other:

• The ranks become hard to reach at the higher levels, but I think that makes it more fun.
• Great contributions to the forum or Malkovich games could be rewarded with a single promotion (up to 5d)
• Certificates should include Magicwand's avatar
• The cost of promotion is one go/bridge book or bottle of Hendrick's Gin sent to me in Minneapolis

Magicwand is honorary 10m (ju-malkovich)

Peter Hansmeier wrote:Alternative:

Instead of issuing traditional amateur dan-certificates we issue pro-style achievement-based ranks for the game unique to this forum: Malkovich games. The rank would be in terms of "m" (1k, 1d, 1p, now... 1m!)

1m = Completed 1 Malkovich game (MG).
2m = Completed 10 MGs as a 1m OR won 5 MGs as a 1m
3m = Completed 20 MGs a 2m OR won 10 MGs as a 2m
4m = Completed 30 MGs as a 3m OR won 15 MGs as a 3m
5m = Completed 40 MGs as a 4m OR won 20 MGs as a 4m OR won a Malkovich tournament (MT) including at least 4 players
6m = Won two MTs including at least 4 players OR won a MT including at least 8 players OR 2nd place in a MT including at least 16 players
7m = Won two MTs including at least 8 players OR won a MT including at least 16 players OR 2nd place in a MT including at least 32 players
8m = Won two MTs including at least 16 players OR won a MT including at least 32 players OR 2nd place in a MT including at least 64 players
9m = Won two MTs including at least 32 players OR won a MT including at least 64 players

Requirements for promotion:
1. At least half the players in the tournament must be KGS SDK or stronger (this is a spectator sport!)
2. Minimum 25 comments per game or 0.25 commments/move for early resignations. (This is not DGS)
3. Tournaments can be of any format (tournament or league), but must be announced and must be open to all interested players. Round-robin leagues can have entry tournaments to limit the size. If the entry tournaments are rather competitive, perhaps the rating won by the league winner could be increased.
4. People who claim promotion post to a thread, and an admin then updates a current official rating list

Other:

• The ranks become hard to reach at the higher levels, but I think that makes it more fun.
• Great contributions to the forum or Malkovich games could be rewarded with a single promotion (up to 5d)
• Certificates should include Magicwand's avatar
• The cost of promotion is one go/bridge book or bottle of Hendrick's Gin sent to me in Minneapolis

OK, lets do it. From now on, every Malkovich game finished will be added to the list and people will be getting promotions. We just have to find a person to do that