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| Author: | zendo [ Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Poll: Go Ranking & Improvement |
Hey everyone, I'm new here.  Out of curiosity, I decided to create a poll to see how long it usually takes Go players to rank up, and what people's main strategies are for improvement. Here's the poll, if you don't mind taking a couple minutes to fill it out: Poll: Go Ranking & Improvement I'll share the results in a few days here in the forum! I'm also posting on the r/baduk subreddit and OGS forum. |
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| Author: | FuriousGeorge [ Wed Jul 26, 2017 4:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Poll: Go Ranking & Improvement |
I'm a little too weak to be of much statistical value to your survey (3 months of playing of mostly correspondence games, 25 to 20kyu), but I'm interested to see the results! |
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| Author: | sybob [ Sun Aug 06, 2017 12:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Poll: Go Ranking & Improvement |
The poll ended. Can you give us a summary? And please, do not refer to the Google document: those pie charts are terrible and not always the most appropriate. |
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| Author: | Tapani [ Wed Aug 09, 2017 9:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Poll: Go Ranking & Improvement |
The average time from total beginner to SDK is somewhere around 6-12 months. And to 1k, 12-18 months. Even getting to dan level in 1-6 months is not unheard of. Am I a hopeless case and wasting my time with this game, or maybe people are not reporting their progress accurately? |
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| Author: | Bill Spight [ Wed Aug 09, 2017 11:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Poll: Go Ranking & Improvement |
Tapani wrote: The average time from total beginner to SDK is somewhere around 6-12 months. And to 1k, 12-18 months. Even getting to dan level in 1-6 months is not unheard of. Am I a hopeless case and wasting my time with this game, or maybe people are not reporting their progress accurately? I think that there is a selection effect. People who answered the poll are probably better than average. When I was 2 kyu a friend took me to the Kitani Dojo. Kitani Reiko asked me how long I had been playing. When I told her a little over a year, she was quite impressed. The real question is, do you enjoy the game? If so, it is not a waste of time.
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| Author: | BlindGroup [ Thu Aug 10, 2017 7:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Poll: Go Ranking & Improvement |
Tapani wrote: The average time from total beginner to SDK is somewhere around 6-12 months. And to 1k, 12-18 months. Even getting to dan level in 1-6 months is not unheard of. Am I a hopeless case and wasting my time with this game, or maybe people are not reporting their progress accurately? Having played you, I don't think you are wasting your time  That said, one issue might also be the differences in the ranking systems. (See http://senseis.xmp.net/?RankWorldwideComparison, for example.) Someone playing on KGS would report making SDK much faster than someone playing on IGS. |
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| Author: | Uberdude [ Thu Aug 10, 2017 8:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Poll: Go Ranking & Improvement |
Tapani wrote: The average time from total beginner to SDK is somewhere around 6-12 months. And to 1k, 12-18 months. Are you sure you interpreted the results correctly? I suspect the correct statement would be more precisely worded "(For this sample) Of players who have got to 1k or stronger, they took an average of 12-18 months.". That is very different to saying a random person will on average take 12-18 months to get to 1k as many will not. Of people who have won the Ing cup, they took an average of ~20 years of playing Go to do so. However, not many people who have been playing Go for 20 years can expect to win the Ing cup. |
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| Author: | Pio2001 [ Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Poll: Go Ranking & Improvement |
You're right, Uberdude. For people who are 1 kyu or more, the average time is 12-18 month. But what about people who are NOT 1 kyu or more ? Some, like me, will stay forever below this level. |
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