[Feature Request] Reverse Board as White Setting

[Yuatrian]

My thoughts here is a toggle in the settings page to reverse the board perspective when you are playing the white stones. This would mimic real-life over-the-board play for both players.

[teapoweredrobot]

Seems related to this discussion from previously about how black and white are shown online.

First move etiquette

Where does etiquette suggest Black’s first move should be played? My understanding is that in real life games black should place his first stone in the far right corner to be polite to white. Can this translate online? I am in the habit of playing upper right as black but I’ve noticed that on the games list black is above the board and white below. Therefore should black play lower left as if black is sitting at the top of the board? (I think that really black should be at the bottom of the boa…

The main problem is that I guess people will have to get used to coordinates being wrong or rather back to front/upside down.

[Groin]

To be fully realistic we could have all the views, the sides one too for people watching the game.