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Re:HN: Like playing Go? Review my new site. It was a "weeken... by gambling8nt on Sunday June 28, 2009 @09:43PM (#678342)
I'd recommend giving a quick overview of the Kyu/Dan ranking system and then asking people in line to estimate their rank if they don't know it.
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Re:HN: Like playing Go? Review my new site. It was a "weeken... by sh1mmer on Monday June 29, 2009 @03:07AM (#678634)
It would be slick if it figured out their approximate Kyu/Dan from watching them play. Not sure how you'd do that.
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Re:HN: Like playing Go? Review my new site. It was a "weeken... by zzkt on Monday June 29, 2009 @05:40AM (#678723)
perhaps by having them play against gnugo a few times at varying levels?
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Re:HN: Like playing Go? Review my new site. It was a "weeken... by davepeck on Sunday June 28, 2009 @09:54PM (#678353)
Yeah. I'm starting to think that my site best serves people who are new to Go, or who are casual about it, and want to play some fun games without worrying too much about all the complexities. So having tutorials about the game, including this kind of information about Kyu/Dan (especially in the match-making section of the site) I think makes a lot of sense.

Thanks.

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