Discussing format changes for the OGS July Team League

Tournaments
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  1. Players / team.

4 players is good for me. With fewer players, ranks would be too spread out in each category. Or we could allow 4/5-player mix.

  1. Round duration: I like 1 month.

  2. Game length. I am happy with 30 min + 5x30s. As a player I’d prefer longer times, but as a spectator 30 min + 5x30 is better.

  3. Ruleset. Default Japanese, optional Chinese & others .

  4. Komi in handicap games. 0.5 is standard.

  5. Handicap. The simplest is H = ΔR -1 (maximum 9 stones): a 5k plays even against a 6k, gives 1 stone to a 7k,…, gives 9 stones to a 15k and weaker.

  6. Rank balancing. I wrote my opinion here: OGS June Team League - #118 by jlt

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