Western Go Ladder / Discussion

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Great Idea

jfc: I hope that the WGL propers! Having an on going tournament seems like a good way to find serious games.

On a tangential note, it would be cool if KGS implemented a ladder similar to the WGL. Presumably it could be even more automated.

Perhaps even better would be to develop an open protocol that would allow KGS, IGS and other Go servers to automatically integrate with third party Go tournament websited (e.g. WGL). Mostly this just means having the server automatically report results to the tournament server.

For KGS games, perhaps when the game is created the user could specify the tournament URL.

Malweth: I think the WGL is a good idea because it has some meaning -- in other words, it keeps a good record of various people in the western world. The problem with something like this, is if it gets too big, it loses a lot of its meaning. The best thing to do in such case is to split into mutiple ladders -- perhaps with a (yearly, quarterly, etc) mini-tournament with the top player from each tier playing the corresponding tiers of other ladders. This is in fact similar (though not identical) to how littlegolem runs the championships.

A KGS / IGS application of this would be interesting... both are starting to run more tournaments (KGS+, etc), though nothing along these lines. UGS would also have this potential (though it's only in the very early planning phases).

Cut from main page when the 14th round started

Steve Kroon I have just been added to the ladder for round 13, so I doubt the ladder has been suspended. - 13 June 2005

jfc: I just joined (2005 Jun 13). Looking at the website I see games being reported after May 23 so i'm not sure about this suspended claim. Can anyone corroborate or refute the claim of it being suspended?

What exactly is meant by suspended? Ignoring the veracity of the suspended claim for a moment, what exactly is meant when you say the Wester Go Ladder is currently suspended? I don't think you mean that the website is inaccessible be cause it appears to be up. I don't think you mean that "the Western Go Ladder aministrator is not managing the site" because a new round has been announced. As far as I know KGS, IGS and real life has not prohibited the playing of Western Go Ladder games.

Velobici: The last round, round 12, ended on May 23rd. At that time, Bob o'Malley informed me that the next round was being indefinately delayed, that is suspended. The new round, round 13, began on June 13th, which is about two week later than the scheduled one week break between rounds.


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