KGS Teaching Ladder

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The New (and hopefully improved) Straw Hut, The KGS Teaching Ladder's name is also its mission statement. In other words, it's for people who don't only want to be taught but are also willing to return the favor to weaker players. You will find us in the Lessons section of the room list.

Players of all strengths are welcome in the KGS Teaching Ladder. If you are a beginner needing help, please feel free to ask! Don't worry if you think you aren't good enough to teach: even a 25k can help a complete beginner with the basics. For everyone else, the idea is that if you receive a teaching game from a stronger player you should give a teaching game to a weaker player. "The Hut" runs on an honor system but so far it seems to be working really well.

It is also a social room, although we try to keep the emphasis of conversation related to go in some way. We also have simultaneous games? a lot and a few other fun things.

Table of contents


Weekly Schedule

Intro & Info

We are trying to organize a teaching shedule whereby people will teach hopefully once a week if not more. Please check if there is someone who can teach you. Ideally we would like it if someone ranked 5-6 stronger could teach you, and then you teach someone 5-6 ranks weaker, thus making a ladder.

If you would like to add your name to the teaching schedule, please copy the format used in the schedule by other teachers. Short and specific is best and please include the rank level you are targeting.

Note: One time events are also fine. Also note that if you're interested in a teaching game you do not have to wait for an of us, lazy folx to preschedual - Just get online and ask in the room! ;)

Daily

Everyday at 5:00 p.m. EST.. umezawayu, gives teaching games for the 19k-30k range,, the games are even games. The discussion after will focus on answering the most important aspects of the game played,dealing with shape,, life and death, and all other topics as needed. umezawayu's other account is ozawagaku. feel free to send a message to that account as well.though If i am in a game.. please wait till the game is over. thank you

Monday

No events currently scheduled.

Tuesday

Lambic (2k KGS): I will try to play a teaching game around 12 GMT. Everyone welcome but preferably 18-8kyu.

Tsumego Tuesdays - Every Tuesday at approximately 21:00 GMT we will be working some Tsumego as a group.

Wednesday

Scartol (7k) is offering a weekly lesson on Wednesdays at 5:00 PM EST (10:00 PM GMT). I'll focus on tactics for those in the 20-15k range, but all are welcome. See Scartol School for more information.

Saturday

YouCantWin will be giving lessons every Saturday at 7pm EST. Come to the KGS Teaching Ladder to get your questions answered:)

Sunday

OreDa (9k ish) will be doing a Teaching game every Sunday at 10:30 Japan Standard Time (GMT +9) with Futuresai. He will be answering questions during the game, and also giving advice throughout the game to both viewers and Futuresai. Also, after the game, he will be open to play or review games with anyone between 15 and 30 kyu.



Time Zone Translation

Need to translate your local time to GMT or vice versa? Checkout [ext] this link. Also hold in mind that EST is five hours behind GMT (EST = GMT - 5 hours).


Teachers available in the room

Jared I'm on KGS a lot these days, if I'm not playing a game, talk to me and I'll teach you. My accounts are "Jared" and "meditation"

tomicus? if I'm on, <20k I'll try to help the best I can.

Mef: I tend to give the occasional teaching game, and idle quite frequently, if you catch me during one of these idling sessions feel free to ask for a game or review (though if you are too much stronger than about 10k, I can't guarantee I'll have too much to teach)

chiriri Im usually on. I tutor 15-25k

Agilis: Always happy to help any weaker players during my long stints of idling/watching between actual playing. Drop a message if you need me.

Drimgere: give me a yell if you need something, i'm usually good for a review whenever you ask, and sometimes een a full teaching game

[BotanyBoy {16k}] I feel confident in offering teaching to 22-30k. I'm very happy to do so almost always, since I often discover things as well.

Rykunetsu (11k)? If I'm ever on and am not playing a game, feel free to ask for a teaching game. preferably 15-30k any lower and i might not be able to help you. My alt users are Tek? and Tekunetsu?

Peterium (10k): If I'm not playing a game, talk to me, I may have time for teaching games. I prefer 13 to around 20k but anyone's good. I'll try my best to help you.

EmTom? (12k): Anyone looking for a T game is welcome. Be sure to know some very basic stuff (read some interactive tutorial at least) before you want someone to teach you further. PM me if you want to play.

germaine (-): I´m around 4 kyu here on kgs - ask for teaching games or reviews if you like. I might also prepare simple "lessons" about topics like "ladders" or "time" - ask me about that as well, if you are interested.


Misc

Discussion

Drimgere all right, all the extra stuff is gone. in answer to Reuven's question: i prefer ppl who want to teach post themselves up instead of having ppl request lessons, for one, it's more polite.... and secondly, no one really likes being asked for a lesson when they are tired, working or playing other games.

if ppl would bother to put themselves on the schedule for times they'd like to do reviews and games, then interested parties could show up at those times.

There's no easy way to please everyone, especially with such loose organization, but it seems that to get everyone motivated takes a lot of continued energy, and includes pestering a lot of strong players, I don't have the time to do this. I have noticed a large number of SDKs (3-9 kyu) teaching DDKs (12-19 kyu) and hopefully we can work on that, if the ladder can be a place for intermediate kyus to go learn, it would be a nice niche

Dronak: Out of curiosity, how current is the weekly schedule of events higher up the page? Some of them sound like they may be useful to me as a total newbie, but I'm not sure if people's availability has changed since they added a scheduled event here.


How to find us?

  • Step 1 - Never been on KGS before?
    • Visit the [ext] KGS website, where you can either download a client for KGS or use the [ext] applet.
    • If you're new to the KGS, enter a nick (any nick, you would like to log on with) and click on "Guest".
    • You will land in the "English Room".
  • Step 2 - Where's the "KGS Teaching Ladder"?!
    • You will find a menu called Rooms at the top, click on Room List under it.
    • Open the category called, Lessons and enter the KGS Teaching Ladder!
  • Step 3 - Enjoy! ;)

Related links

We need a new monthly event! Have one in mind? Visit the Ideas page to see and/or post new ideas!

Also see the monthly challange game archives.


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