Flower/preferences
Italics denote subjective opinions that are unfit to serve as premise or argument :)
Area scoring
- allows for more concise rulesets
- valuable dame prevent the bad habit of 'not filling the dame'
- scoring stones on the board focuses on 'life' and is as such splendidly life-affirming
- I am close to Daoism, I feel that its essence mirrored more clearly in Area Scoring.
Suicide
- 'no suicide' requires an additional rule thus reducing conciseness of the ruleset
- 'suicide' allows more options and in rare positions even more skillfull play
- I know no drawbacks connected with not forbidding suicide. (without reason nothing should be forbidden)
- I dislike the idea of sending my own stones into death.
Equivalence Scoring
- fast and easy counting
- easy integration of Ikeda's Rule
Ikeda's Rule
Free Handicap
Proper Handicap
Fair Komi
Natural Situational Superko
- I like that it only applies to board plays
- One could reword them by saying: "One may not play in such a way that the opponent is presented with the same position twice."