Life In 19x19

As some of you might remember, we had a tournament a few months ago on GD for 9k-7k players which was very fun for all involved. Since that was a good experience, I was wondering if there were people interested in a tournament for the next set of ranks, i.e. 6k-4k KGS players or something like that. And being in the strongest rank didn't help me last time, so I doubt it will now

Any interest in this?

Uh..., from the edge of 6k, I'd say, I'm in : )

I have been at the edge of 6k a few months ago, but my go strength has deteriorated since then, so maybe I am around 7-8k right now. But the idea is cool. If there are not enough people around 4-6k, I'd love to join in.

Now that you're the organizer, you have the chance to choose the tournament format according to your liking. Any ideas?

Hi Jedo,

I'd definitely be interested in the tournament again. I am 6k now, almost 5k.
Are you running it now? I haven't seen Redstick in a while...

Nik

I'm interested to hear about this. I think. Is it on KGS? I guess there's also a DGS tournament going on... is this another there? How about OGS, which is so nicely set up for tournaments?

I'd be interested in this. I haven't been playing much recently except for a few games on OGS, so this might be a fun way to get back into real-time go.

Sounds interesting. I didn't follow the last tournament, how would this be organized in terms of arranging the matches?

The last tournament was run on KGS using a double-elimination format. If I remember correctly the initial pairings were done by matching players with close ranks and timezones.

I'd be interested - I'm ranked 5 kyu on KGS.
What are the usual time limits for these matches?

Nikolas73 wrote:I haven't seen Redstick in a while...

He's in the forum, but to be sure that he won't miss this thread, I have pm'ed him.

GoCat wrote:Is it on KGS? I guess there's also a DGS tournament going on... is this another there? How about OGS, which is so nicely set up for tournaments?

This is on KGS (for details see below).

thepineapple wrote:What are the usual time limits for these matches?

This is an excerpt of the rules that are in the original post on GD:

- All games will occur in Go Discussions room on KGS

- Each round will consist of a best-of-five series (first person to win 3 games moves on)

- Losers during first two rounds will enter a "losers bracket"

- Winner of the losers bracket will play the winner of the original bracket in a best-of-seven series for the championship

- 30min + 1:00x5 byo-yomi; 6.5 komi; no handicap; alternate B&W with lower seeded player taking Black first

- Each round will last 2 weeks. Individuals will be responsible for scheduling games. Advertising of game times (in this thread) is encouraged so that people may watch if they wish.

- The winner will update the series standings in this thread after each game and is encouraged to post the SGF of each game for comments (also in this thread)

- No use of outside resources during games (honor system will have to do)

I was planning to start this exact thread when I hit 5k (which should be fairly soon) but I'm excited to see that things have gotten underway without me.

So lets do this. We need 8 people.

I'm in. If you've already expressed interest before the rules were posted please do so again so we can be sure they didn't scare you off. The last tournament was a great success. I can set the matchups after we reach critical mass.

Still in.

I can definitely dig this. 5k, signing in.

My KGS rank has raised itself to 6k, so I guess I kinda qualify I'm in.

Nice, just 3 more to go.