Sofia's Mega Rengo
"Sofia's Mega Rengo" is a huge correspondence team Go game being played on OGS, to celebrate the long-awaited introduction of rengo and team Go functionality to the server. It was organised by Italian OGS moderator, streamer, ex-youtuber and simultaneous correspondence record holder Sofia, and began on 8 February 2022.
Two teams, initially of fifty players each, are playing on a 25x25 board. There is a full range of skill level, from 7d down to 25k. The time control is a simple five days / move, with pausing on weekends.
Currently, 66 players remain of the initial 100. Both teams are in their first cycle of players, meaning that no-one has yet taken more than one move. The white team will end their first cycle soon.
The game is here.
For another highly collaborative game being played on OGS, see the OGS Forum All-in-One Democratic Game.
After the 15th move ( in the second diagram), the game was mysteriously paused, due to the effect of correspondence vacation time. The players were forced to wait for obscure team member
이용민123 to play the obvious move for the white team (
in the second diagram). He was unresponsive. The lack of a move by 이용민123, who had apparently quit the site, resulted in the pause continuing for over a month. Due to frustration over this delay, around 10% of the players eventually withdrew, before 이용민123 finally timed out. The 17th move was played by reliable team member MooToYouToo, very soon after the end of the pause. He did, indeed, play the obvious
.
A second long delay occurred on the 35th move ( in the fourth diagram). From May 9, three players of the white team timed out when called to play their move, resulting in the game stalling for two weeks. Once reliable player martin3141 was able to take the wheel, he took his turn quickly.