OGS and the Mini Tournament of Doom
I recently discovered a website called Online Go Server (OGS) that seems friendly toward beginners. I thought it did, anyway. It doesn't seem like too many people want to play handicap games, nor games against provisionally ranked (read: new) players.
It doesn't help that I apparently screwed up when I told OGS to give me a provisional rating of 15k. I honestly had no idea what I should be ranked at, I was just using the ranking that the Little Golem website gave me. Which is apparently what *they* use for a provisional rating.
Most tournaments at OGS don't seem to allow provisionally ranked players, so I figured I'd start a small tourney of my own to get some games under my belt and find out what my ranking really *should* be. The trouble with this idea is that half the people who signed up didn't even bother showing up to play. The one opponent who did show up managed to blow me off the board pretty easily. I doubt he even worked up a sweat. For some reason we drew each other again on the final round and he just resigned without playing a single move.
So now I'm apparently annoying my opponents by being a rank beginner posing as a mid double digit kyu (DDK). To mark the occasion I now have silver trophy that I shouldn't have even won and I've only managed to play a single ranked game. I need a total of 5 to lose my provisional status and it will probably take about 20 games to fall to my actual ranking. Whatever that is.
I thought a small tournament would be a fun way to break the ice and find my footing, but the only thing I feel after this is mild depression. So, new plan: forget the tournament scene and just play five ranked games per week. I'll find out what rank I should really have (probably not 15k), and then I will work on improving my game.
I also have one game from this whole fiasco that I can review on my own, along with a new goal. The next time I win a trophy, I want the skill to back it up.
It might be a long road, but I'm used to traveling those.
It doesn't help that I apparently screwed up when I told OGS to give me a provisional rating of 15k. I honestly had no idea what I should be ranked at, I was just using the ranking that the Little Golem website gave me. Which is apparently what *they* use for a provisional rating.
Most tournaments at OGS don't seem to allow provisionally ranked players, so I figured I'd start a small tourney of my own to get some games under my belt and find out what my ranking really *should* be. The trouble with this idea is that half the people who signed up didn't even bother showing up to play. The one opponent who did show up managed to blow me off the board pretty easily. I doubt he even worked up a sweat. For some reason we drew each other again on the final round and he just resigned without playing a single move.
So now I'm apparently annoying my opponents by being a rank beginner posing as a mid double digit kyu (DDK). To mark the occasion I now have silver trophy that I shouldn't have even won and I've only managed to play a single ranked game. I need a total of 5 to lose my provisional status and it will probably take about 20 games to fall to my actual ranking. Whatever that is.
I thought a small tournament would be a fun way to break the ice and find my footing, but the only thing I feel after this is mild depression. So, new plan: forget the tournament scene and just play five ranked games per week. I'll find out what rank I should really have (probably not 15k), and then I will work on improving my game.
I also have one game from this whole fiasco that I can review on my own, along with a new goal. The next time I win a trophy, I want the skill to back it up.
It might be a long road, but I'm used to traveling those.
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