Improving OGS' scoring system

OGS Development
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Good IMO:

  1. Beginner ends game prematurely with open border
  2. Game is scored with a load of dame, so different score to if they continued playing and closed, but correct score according to the rules of go at that terminal position
  3. Beginner feels sad
  4. Beginner learns about need to close borders
  5. Beginner plays another game
  6. Beginner closes border and is not such a beginner
  7. Next game beginner closes border and is not such a beginner
  8. Next game beginner closes border and is not such a beginner
  9. Next game beginner closes border and is not such a beginner
  10. Next game beginner closes border and is not such a beginner
  11. Next game beginner closes border and is not such a beginner
  12. Beginner is happy they now understand scoring.
  13. Ignorance in the world decreases, someone learnt how to play go, they could teach others

Bad IMO:

  1. Beginner ends game prematurely with open border
  2. Score estimator is used as a scoring tool so assumes continued skilled play and scores as though border closed, so not following the scoring rules of go, but what beginner thought it would kinda be like
  3. Beginner is happy
  4. Beginner thinks you don’t need to close borders
  5. Beginner plays another game.
  6. Beginner ends game prematurely with open border
  7. Score estimator is used as a scoring tool so assumes continued skilled play and scores as though border closed, so not following the scoring rules of go, but what beginner thought it would kinda be like
  8. Beginner is happy
  9. Beginner plays another game.
  10. Beginner ends game prematurely with open border
  11. Score estimator is used as a scoring tool so assumes continued skilled play and scores as though border closed, so not following the scoring rules of go, but what beginner thought it would kinda be like
  12. Beginner is happy
  13. Beginner continues in the delusion you don’t need to close territory
  14. Ignorance persists
  15. Beginner gets to 20 kyu
  16. Uberdude meets 20k who doesn’t know you need to close borders and is sad.
  17. Beginner teaches his friend you don’t need to close borders.

EDIT: I forgot the whole calling a mod who wastes their time annulling games in the bad story.

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