old OGS had one, so new OGS should have one too, kgs, igs don't matter. easy decision.

i was fond of the old list especially at the time I was within the top20. uberdude must be missing it badly

Maybe I have high expectations, but 30 minutes seems like a really long time to wait for a game.

So it seems like people are talking about two different things here:

1. List of all registered players (optionally restricted to active players)
2. List of players currently online

The first isn't really relevant to the subject of this thread, I think, but I do agree it should be available.
The second might make OGS feel more busy/active.

Yes, she'd like that a lot.
I understand the feeling of cluttering, bu for me it's an important information that should be given on every page except forums and chat. Maybe the best solution would be that it is either optional and can be activated through each players preferences, or that this bar (if it would be done like e.g. it is working on KGS) can be folded, just like it can already be done with other parts of the bar-menu on the left side. But ok, that's wishful thinking here. I'll wait and see and hope that the developers will make some kind of announcement on what they are working on and maybe when we'll see some results. I hope, that after christmas there'll be some major debugging. *crosses her fingers*

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Whatever it is that we want, IMHO we should definitely let matburt and anoek know, preferrably in the chat there (I think the “nova” chatroom might be best), or in the "Help” menu —> “Report Bugs & Give Feedback” since we don’t know how closely they are watching this forum.

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You might have high expectations, but you certainly have a short attention span, as a bit further down the page I actually tested this at a random time of day and had games almost instantly.

I don't think it's helpful to start ad hominim responses from a personal observation of 1 at a particular rank. 30 minutes is indeed a bit long, and I've had game offers up for up to 2 hours last weekend.

OGS is my favorite go server by far. Of course, this has to do a lot with the fact that I like correspondence games.

OGS guarantees that you can get a correspondence game anytime you want. Join one of the ladders and you have gained a list of opponents who MUST accept your challenge if they want to keep their place on the ladder! Because the ranks on OGS are not very accurate, the ladder might be a more fun way to get games than challenges.

I guess there are places you can find a game faster if you want live games.