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[ext] http://www.go4go.net/v2 is a Go web site serving the Go community since Novermber 2002. A Chinese version ([ext] http://www.go4go.net) was online sometime back in year 2000. The author is macelee, a 6 dan amateur player. The site contains a frequently updated professional game database as well as various other services.

Features:

  • The Go4Go site has a completely open environment in which users can participate forum discussions, writing blogs, authoring wiki pages and contributing news articles. They can also make comments on almost any existing contents. As an example, the following link shows how users can discuss a game directly below the game board on the web page: [ext] http://www.go4go.net/v2/modules/collection/sgfview.php?id=1708
  • Posts made by users are not limited to text. Diagrams are supported. If you know how to post diagrams here at Senseis' Library, you can use the same text format to post diagrams anywhere in Go4Go.net.
  • The site is based on a Content Management System, which means faster future development of new functions.
  • Professional Game Collection: containing 14,000+ games (as of Feb. 2007) covering most of the international tournaments and the domestic tournaments of China, Japan and Korea. Very frequently updated: 150+ new games added per month. Historical games are also gradually compiled and included in this ection. Games are viewable online and downloaded individually. For a small fee, users can have the latest SGF files delivered by weekly emails.
  • Game Commentary (commercial): by Alexandre Dinerchtein 1p, who comments on pro games and KGS games, and sometimes gives special reports on major European and American tournaments. About 10 commented games per week. One monthly commented [ext] game for free.
  • Till the end of this year (2007) you can get Go4Go membership ($25 or $50 worth) free of charge and get the access to thousands of commented games by Alexander Dinerchtein (breakfast on KGS): [ext] http://www.go4go.net/v2/modules/alex/

We will only ask 1-3 links on your Go-related site in return. That's all!

Send me the url of your site/blog to "backpast" at gmail.com and your Go4Go nickname (prefered nickname, if you are not yet registered). Not-Go related sites owners are also welcome!

Suggestions and/or Comments:

Feedback that might be of public interest can be left here. The author can be contacted at support_AT_go4go.net (replace _AT_ by @ please).


macelee: Thank you for those who created this page. I hope people don't mind me taking control of this thread. It is about my 'pet' site anyway. I will remove the following messages at a later time if nobody objects.

Hikaru79: Also, this site just got a forum, which I am trying really hard to promote. It's like an Ikonboard, the likes of which I have been looking for for a very long time! The address is [ext] http://go4go.net/forum/index.php and it comes in both Chinese and English. It's still very new right now, but with your support, it can grow into a thriving community! Join soon!

And now, I'm not plugging the site... I just happen to really like it! ^^;

choreck: What is wrong with the site? [ext] http://www.go4go.net/english/ (GMT+2 12:52)

IlyaM: I guess it was hacked.

ZeroKun: Yes, this is a worm. I've seen one other site on my favorites affected by it.

macelee: The site was hacked on Dec. 21, 2004 and was down for quite a few hours. It was not my own fault but a security hole in old versions of phpBB forum software allowed hackers to break into the system. It was even more unfortunate because the attack occured just a few hours before my flight heading to a small town in southern China where the Internet access was very limited. I have disabled the forum part of the site for further reviewing the security issues. Go4Go database is safe and most part of the site remains functional after recovering from backup.


macelee: go4go.net is very unstable and is almost not accessible as of 2006-01-04. This is due to a wave of severe deny-of-service attack against the hosting servers. Please be patient.


macelee: It is 2007-01-29 10:00 AM GMT. Go4Go.net has down mysteriously since about 1 hour ago. The technical reason is massive loss of files from the server. I do have backup of them so I am not worried. But I have to figure out why this has happened. It does not look like a hack. Strange enough that the files remaining on the server look pretty much like an old version of Go4Go back in 2003! A hacker wouldn't selectively delete my latest files and only keep the old ones.

Anyway I am seeking helps from my hosting company. Your patience during this downtime is greatly appreciated. I will report any progress here from time to time.

Update 1: I don't believe travelling in a 'time tunnel'. But it seems that the server hosting my site has been 'reset' to a state back in March 2003. I actually begin to receive old emails dated around that time. :)

Update 2: It turns out that the hosting company is updating their server IPs and wrongfully mapped my domain to another server which happened to contain an very old copy of my site. Now the situation has been corrected and it will take a few hours for the DNS record to propagate before the site will return to normal.


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