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Re:Online-go – Source code for the Online-Go.com web interface by partycoder on Saturday February 25, 2017 @01:26AM (#13730369)
OGS (online-go.com) is great. I am impressed that it hasn't taken over KGS by now, which is to my knowledge the largest western server.

I have tried Pandanet IGS, KGS, Tygem, WBaduk and even obscure ones such as Fly or Die and Go Chat (Facebook messenger bot).

I think OGS offers by far the most frictionless way to start and a more modern UI. It even offers really nice features such as the ability to draw on a board during a review.

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Re:Online-go – Source code for the Online-Go.com web interface by MichaelGG on Saturday February 25, 2017 @12:57PM (#13732785)
I just wish it had a plugin for something like BW Go (Android). A decent offline client with manual sync, exploration, perhaps conditional moves. There is a plugin for Dragon Go Server and it's so much better than dealing with mobile browsers.
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Re:Online-go – Source code for the Online-Go.com web interface by artursapek on Saturday February 25, 2017 @01:25PM (#13732954)
Do all of these servers not implement a standard protocol? I've had similar frustration with OGS on mobile, and at one point I toyed with the idea of learning iOS by building a Go client that worked with all of these servers.
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Re:Online-go – Source code for the Online-Go.com web interface by fiatjaf on Saturday February 25, 2017 @01:54PM (#13733097)
No.
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Re:Online-go – Source code for the Online-Go.com web interface by rocqua on Saturday February 25, 2017 @07:11AM (#13731254)
KGS keeps my interest because of automatch. Getting a game is fire and forget.

I also believe people on KGS play more conventional go, which I enjoy more.

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Re:Online-go – Source code for the Online-Go.com web interface by fiatjaf on Saturday February 25, 2017 @08:05AM (#13731393)
OGS is also fire and forget. If you create a game "room" it will be filled in a matter of seconds, even if you put up some crazy game conditions.
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Re:Online-go – Source code for the Online-Go.com web interface by matburt on Saturday February 25, 2017 @12:51PM (#13732742)
automatch is definitely on the near-time shortlist of features we'll be implementing.
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Re:Online-go – Source code for the Online-Go.com web interface by artursapek on Saturday February 25, 2017 @01:25PM (#13732958)
That's awesome to hear
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