Jigo implementation? ✅

[Mulsiphix1]

@teapoweredrobot

Maybe I should have added that I would be against the idea that a range of winning scores could be declared draws.

I find the idea interesting, but I too would be against seeing it implemented on an official basis. It might be interesting if contained to specific scenarios, like a tournament. Playing with different settings or slight changes in rules is always fun in a tournament setting.

 

@teapoweredrobot

My feeling about allowing draws via integer Komi is that it’s more natural.

I wholeheartedly agree .

 

@opuss

So if the expectation value is 0.75, then the stronger player would lose for a draw the same amount of rating points that they would have gained for a win.

@teapoweredrobot

And then if the score would otherwise be equal why should one side be declared the winner?

Based on how @opuss and @flovo (link) describe draw’s being treated when players have different ranks, I am not a fan of this either. It takes the notion of a tie and throws it out the window. Even in a draw, there is still clearly a winner. That doesn’t seem fair to me. I can see how a weaker player might be rewarded some points in a ranking system, to reflect that they were able to achieve a tie against a higher ranked player.

But for the stronger ranked player, it feels unsportsmanlike to punish them for a draw. I can wrap my head around why it is done inside the ranking system, but I personally wish that the stronger player’s points were not affected in this scenario.

 

@teapoweredrobot

Someone will doubtless be able to tell us what ratio of games were decided by half a point!

I am dying to know this information. I wish OGS had a stats page that broke down different statistics for the platform. Something similar to the same treatment members get from the G0t Stats? Analystics Tool. I wonder who might even know such a thing .

 

@teapoweredrobot

I think it’s one of the strengths of Go that draws are unlikely. But having the (slim?) possibility I think is good. A one point win or loss would be as exciting as a half point one currently is wouldn’t it?

Yes. Yes it would .