Feature Request: Observe a game

[goodvibes]

I used to play a lot on KGS, and I used to love the feature of being able to click on an available game, and then automatically be an observer of it once it started.
So for example if a player I admired was seeking a challenger, I could click on the game and await with eager anticipation to see the game unfold.

I have not seen this option available on OGS.

So frequently, when an interesting game comes up that I want to observe, I have to go to that user’s profile, and wait for the game to appear there, to be able to join and observe. It’s not as smooth of a user experience as I had with KGS.

I think it would be simply be a matter of adding an “Observe” button next to the “Accept” button to the games list.

Thank you for considering this suggestion and overall I am a huge fan of the way OGS is designed.

Dave

PS: Excuse me if this has already been requested. I am new to the forums.

[GoInfluenchess]

I like It, but I add, instead to observe a game, observe a player, makes more sense to me, beacuse for example if game comes from automatch, is not in the list to be observen, but you want to observe that player at all.