With the start date for round 1 getting nearer I’ll try my luck with a few predictions for that round:
With so many players, there’s probably bound to be two paired up that find each other online at the same time and resolve to play out their game live. In fact, perhaps some players will specifically aim for the distinction of finishing the first game in this long tournament.
Just resign one game and there you have it!
I guess richyfourtytwo and I also envisioned early resigns as not counting, or perhaps some will want the distinction of having the first game finished while going to scoring.
Move 3 pass pass, yep my stone is dead, gg.
Hmm, not sure what I envisioned. I guess for me an early resign because of an honest mistake would count. No way to formalise that though.
It’s exciting to see that @topazg, one of the original creators of OGS, has now joined this tournament.
Related to long-term thought, here is a thread discussing the history of OGS
One thing to note is that this current incarnation of the forums was only started in March 2014. Prior to that, there was a forum built into the main site, but it was replaced with this Discourse software.
Even platforms for discussion are ephemeral. Will we still be using this Discourse forum when this tournament finally ends? I wonder if those that finish the tournament will still be able to come back here and read these words.
Technology can help us preserve information, but the rapid pace of advancement and obsolescence creates challenges for long-term storage. Even NASA has struggled to preserve and keep track of the records from its crowning achievement. Here is an anecdote about the preservation and accessibility of personal records over a long passage of time.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/hf2fuk/this_person_sold_their_vhs_player_on_ebay_and_got/
The above image is dynamically linked from reddit, and I wonder when this might eventually break.
I invited topazg
We talked here a little bit about whether people are gonna bond any more than usually. I want to say that at least I bonded with OGS player base already. When I invited people I did it manually and actually looked through players’ profiles before inviting. And I looked through almost 10 000 profiles. I don’t know if I learned anything concrete but I definitely feel like I got a little more enlightened.
[18:23]anoek: I did a trial 2k tournament on our dev system and it seemed to hold up ok, after a couple of tweaks, so I think we’re going to be ok
“Biggest, longest, overallest”
you made me smile, very catchy and inspired. 
(Also I’m stealing the joke for everyday use)
Haha, be my guest.
Looking forward to the tournament starting. I will definitely make it a point to get to know my fellow group players. 
I’ve been quietly observing Go games on this server for quite some time now, but I never felt compelled to engage… until now.
Many of your comments are somehow reminiscent of Tom Scott’s video at the White Cliffs of Dover. For those who have not seen it yet, here it is, it’s beautiful.
I’ve been thinking extensively (obsessively) about things that stand the test of time lately; no doubt this pandemic mess has contributed in a way to this feeling, although it feels larger than that. I don’t know if it’s just me, but I feel like we’re reaching a new point of departure, where there’s little room left for predictions of any sort. Quite a lot is about to change, and a significant part of our lives is already changing for better or worst (whether we approve these changes or not). Sounds like a good time for all of us to ask about the state of life and our roles in it once again.
Just a couple minutes before I found this tournament, I was reading a thread on Twitter about how this new generation is so oblivious to songs that would be considered standards just a generation ago. We’re being overwritten, and with us everything we stood for.
But there are attempts for preservation as well, such as this one. Such as the Elia Vouvon. The question “can Go stand the test of time?” feels very similar to “will we stand the test of these times?” today. So I signed up for this ridiculously long tournament, even though I can’t even play.
Where there’s life, there’s hope, after all.
Even if you are a slow learner - and I have no reason whatsosever to suspect that - you will have plenty of time learning before it’s over!
Are we quoting TWD here?
The invite said it was from him (“S_alexander has invited you …” etc). Indeed I see that he has admitted to manually sending out invites to nearly 10000 people, and looking at their profiles too first. I’m still not sure how he constructed, or where he got, this list since API games queries are disabled. Maybe he’s been hoarding this list for years just in case he ever needed it?
How long does it take to type a name, look at a profile and paste a message to them? 30 seconds? That’s about 3 and a half days to do it all manually, and probably twice that if you include eating and sleeping. So he is clearly - how shall I put this politely - very very very devoted to his project.
Or, maybe, the quarantine lock-down got to him.
Clicking on that link I see that the 2014 tournament has -1000 players in it!! Apparently there are some anti-people on OGS.
