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Most-wanted answers about KGS
If you're a KGS newbie and you have a question about the server, check this list. It is very likely that the answer is here.
- If you're completely new to KGS, have a look at Welcome To KGS.
- Any rating with a ? is just a completely unreliable guess and you shouldn't be surprised if it changes suddenly.
- Your rating is computed from the current rating of your past opponents. If they go up, you go up with them. If you don't play, that makes KGS assume that you are progressing at the same rate as everyone (which is reasonable if you are still playing off-line).
- In order to get a rating without a ? you must have at least 2 rated games won and 2 lost against solidly-rated opponents. Typically about a dozen rated games are enough.
- Only the result of a rated game matters to your rating. The score is irrelevant, and it doesn't matter if it's a win on time or a win by resignation. A win is a win, as far as the rating system is concerned.
- Ratings (ranks) are computed very frequently (every minute or so), but the graph is updated only once a day.
- The requirements for pictures submitted for your account information are: 141x200 pixel dimensions, JPEG or PNG format, 7 kilobytes maximum size. The picture has to be approved by an admin, which takes about 1 day. You are not notified if your picture is rejected.
- If your opponent leaves in the middle of a game, assume that he will come back. You should wait at least 5 or 10 minutes, he has to reboot his computer and reconnect to KGS. If he doesn't come back, you can close the game window. You will be able to resume the game later with the resume button.
- If claim win fails after your opponent's time has run out, it's not a bug. His clock has run down to 0 because he got disconnected without the server noticing it. You cannot use the claim win menu because the server knows he is disconnected (really!). You can leave the game by closing the window.
- KGS is equipped to deal with people who deliberately leave rated games to avoid losing. Read owl's info to learn what happens to them. If your opponent does it, get over it and play a new game with someone else. In particular, announcing in the KGS Game Room your opinion of the player is not fruitful.
- All games are stored on the server for 6 months. All games are stored in the
KGS archives indefinitely.
- If an unfinished game has fewer than 20 moves, then it is automatically deleted by the server, on the assumption that the players screwed up the setup and don't want to play the game after all.
- When you are scoring the game (after both players have passed) if some stones are accidentally marked dead you can shift-click the stones that were marked dead by mistake, it will bring them back to life.
- The people who have their names in boldface are admins. They can kick you out if you misbehave, they can reset your password if you lose it, but most importantly they are there to help you when you have a question about the server.
- If you have a question not answered here, use the Help menu and read the
KGS help files. You are very likely to find the answer there.
If you still can't find your answer here, you should ask for help in the English Game Room. You can then add the answer to this list to help other newbies.
Thanks for that. For the sake of clarity, please supply the questions for your answers, especially the second to fifth.
You're missing the point. It's much more fun without the questions. And shorter, too.
Neil: Clarifications added.
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