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Tsukino Usagi
Jan 21, 2012, 10:51:37 PM1/21/12
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I spend more time on Kaya GS now than KGS.
Maybe that's because it's new. Maybe it's because 99% of the people
there have spent money to be there and that just "makes it better".
I feel.. that old sense of community... that KGS has lost
Yes, kaya.gs has a "poor" UI, so to speak, because it's new. But they
have already done a dozen things RIGHT that KGS should have done 5 years
ago:
1. tweaki. <--- applause. (note to self: finally someone in charge who
knows what the community wants, even if they never read it ;-)
2. malkovitch command for commenting moves during games. <--- We asked.
You saw the need. We asked again. You didn't comment. We asked again.
Years passed. We asked. You did nothing. And now, Kaya.gs. Thank you.
3. Ability to publish hover-over variations in the chat window. <--- god
mode.
4. Gravatars. <--- Which means you can have bigger avatars. And multiple
avatars. Nice move, well played.
5. Money <--- Being serious about money instead of pretending they dont
want more subscribers, in short, "request for patrons", is a smart thing
that KGS did (or was approached and got without asking, can't remember)
that has seen them well -- and IGS as well, from the Japanese populace
who pays to use it. Very smart. No such server would succeed without
financial backing and while slow to start I am sure they will get more
as time goes by. I'm sure the admins are smart in this area.
This is all me trying to justify why I spend more time there. Oh yeah
another one, they never cut off my connection when I go eat dinner so I
don't miss chat messages.
Because you know what... it IS a chat server. Really.
And a thousand other reasons.
Maybe that's because it's new. Maybe it's because 99% of the people
there have spent money to be there and that just "makes it better".
I feel.. that old sense of community... that KGS has lost
Yes, kaya.gs has a "poor" UI, so to speak, because it's new. But they
have already done a dozen things RIGHT that KGS should have done 5 years
ago:
1. tweaki. <--- applause. (note to self: finally someone in charge who
knows what the community wants, even if they never read it ;-)
2. malkovitch command for commenting moves during games. <--- We asked.
You saw the need. We asked again. You didn't comment. We asked again.
Years passed. We asked. You did nothing. And now, Kaya.gs. Thank you.
3. Ability to publish hover-over variations in the chat window. <--- god
mode.
4. Gravatars. <--- Which means you can have bigger avatars. And multiple
avatars. Nice move, well played.
5. Money <--- Being serious about money instead of pretending they dont
want more subscribers, in short, "request for patrons", is a smart thing
that KGS did (or was approached and got without asking, can't remember)
that has seen them well -- and IGS as well, from the Japanese populace
who pays to use it. Very smart. No such server would succeed without
financial backing and while slow to start I am sure they will get more
as time goes by. I'm sure the admins are smart in this area.
This is all me trying to justify why I spend more time there. Oh yeah
another one, they never cut off my connection when I go eat dinner so I
don't miss chat messages.
Because you know what... it IS a chat server. Really.
And a thousand other reasons.
sobriquet
Jan 22, 2012, 9:07:30 AM1/22/12
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sobriquet
Jan 22, 2012, 3:16:56 PM1/22/12
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Op zondag 22 januari 2012 04:51:37 UTC+1 schreef Tsukino Usagi het volgende:
available via the website of the Beijing Go club that has some additional cool features, like auto-observe and staying logged-in indefinitely.
http://beijinggoclub.com/
> This is all me trying to justify why I spend more time there. Oh yeah
> another one, they never cut off my connection when I go eat dinner so I
> don't miss chat messages.
BTW, there is a solution for that. There is an enhanced version of the KGS client
> another one, they never cut off my connection when I go eat dinner so I
> don't miss chat messages.
available via the website of the Beijing Go club that has some additional cool features, like auto-observe and staying logged-in indefinitely.
http://beijinggoclub.com/
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