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Multiple Handles/Accounts

Post by calm »

In the registration you are asked for a KGS handle.

The thing is that I use two handles on KGS: calm and RabidKyus.

I also have accounts on Wbaduk/CyberOro and igs ( though I don't play on those ) which
I would want to include in my info.

I suggest that the site be modified in two ways: accounts be stored with server names, and each person has a main account and multiple alternate accounts.

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Re: Multiple Handles/Accounts

Post by Dusk Eagle »

I think the purpose of the KGS handle was to help people find each other for the L19 Tournament that is ongoing. That being said, and despite the fact that I do not use anything but KGS, I see no problem with allowing fields from multiple Go servers, and for multiple accounts as well. For now, though, you could just use your signature space to show them.
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Re: Multiple Handles/Accounts

Post by fwiffo »

It's actually easy to add more of these. What servers are popular enough to make it worthwhile? IGS, WBaduk, Tygem, OGS and DGS come to mind; I don't know if we need to add all of them. We could also add a catch-all for other servers (e.g. you could enter "IGS: foo, DGS: bar, Tygem: baz"

I've modified the KGS one to allow for a bit more space so you could enter more than one handle (e.g. you could enter "calm, RabidKyus" in the box now).
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