Features everyone secretly wants on OGS but will never be implemented

[Conrad_Melville]

Thumb-down is worse than a mere disagreement, I think. In real life and even on the internet, I have disagreed with someone but still appreciated the comment if, for example, it stimulated some new thought or insight. In such cases on the internet, I have still given a like, while posting a response to speak to a point of disagreement.

[benjito]

@Conrad_Melville

Thumb-down is worse than a mere disagreement

Meh they seem about the same to me, one just conveys less information. But sometimes there are posts that don’t require a response beyond a thumbs down. (See any number of posts about OGS’s colorful logo)

[jlt]

We need an emoji meaning “I like your post but I disagree”.

[Animiral]

Also, “I don’t like your post but I agree”

[Groin]

I understand the wish to express disagreement in a very short and direct way but i don’t think this would contribute positively to the debates and instead would push for opposition and tension between different opinions.

[Samraku]

Don’t add that! then I’d have to go back and apply it to every Jeth Orensin post I hadn’t liked when I read it!

[Samraku]

@Groin

I understand the wish to express disagreement in a very short and direct way but i don’t think this would contribute positively to the debates and instead would push for opposition and tension between different opinions.

I’m not sure whether or not I agree with this, but I do like that the simple like or ignore way we have now, encourages some sort of reasoned response if one wishes to communicate one’s displeasure

[turtoise]

Achievement badges on your profile page.

Go Achievements

I think it might be entertaining to come up with achievements for go and give them fancy names. Some examples to illustrate what I mean: Win a game with only one living group against at least two living groups. (Name: Connected) Win a game with six living groups. (Name: Creator of Life) End a game by triple ko. (Name?) Do you have something in mind that should be considered an achievement? How should it be called?

Also, a compendium of the different types of trolls you may encounter on the site.

@Conrad_Melville

There are also cancellation trolls. This comparatively rare breed of troll enjoys wasting people’s time by canceling games. Coincidentally, a cancellation troll has recently been pestering OGS, so this is a timely subject.

[benjito]

@turtoise

Achievement badges on your profile page.

Ahh too pessimistic to put it in this thread! not that I’m aware of any plans, but this feels like it should be relatively high on the “list”

[turtoise]

Apparently it’s already on the todo list. I hope we get more achievement badges in addition to the WSC ones.

Feature request: Incentivizing players to play on OGS

[Sighris]

@Samraku

I actually actively do not want multiple “like” options.

Yeah, @trohde got me to see (agree) with just having ONLY one “like” button… At first I thought a “LOL” button would be nice to have so I could easily (one-click) laugh at the jokes made here, but after I read his reply to me I agreed with him (and you).

[Atorrante]

maybe a broken heart?
the heart for loving it and the crack in it for disagreeing?

[benjito]

Okay maybe we don’t need but I think we can all agree we need

monkey jump
keima
haengma
tigers mouth
dumpling
white and black
that group’s dead
bamboo joint
teasuji
pro/n00b

[trohde]

please not … when I was little, love deprivation was a common punishment for disagreeing with my parents. Later it was a quite difficult lesson for me to learn that we can disagree and still be friends.

[Dyonn]

The move counter visible on the forums site

[mark5000]

A special “sandbagger” account type, where ranked games affect your rank but not your opponent’s rank.

EDIT: Intended for streamers and similar use cases.

[Conrad_Melville]

The problem is the system can’t recognize most sandbaggers. It might recognize rank-manipulating sandbaggers, but that is trivial.

Edit: Thanks for the clarification. Now that makes good sense!

[Groin]

So after your game you get a message like "lucky day, you just played an official sandbagger, so your result is no change in your rating! "

[BHydden]

I think it would be silent… but then we would get people in here asking “why didn’t my rank change after this game?”

[Chinitsu]

Make it “Certificated Sandbagger” with an icon next to the account name xD