Some Frequently Asked Questions to Admins

FAQ on escapers:

Admins don't deal with escaping, the system does. A player who leaves a time-limited game first gets marked as escaper. Above three escaped games, a player is not allowed to escape

more than 10 % of his time-limited rated lost games (if he has less than 100 time-limited rated lost games)
more than 10 lost games (if he has more than 100 time-limited rated lost games).

The oldest games which exceed this limit are automatically forfeit. When a player has 10 forfeits ("chronic escaper"), all games he is leaving first become forfeits immediately (auto-resign).

FAQ on shortcuts for CGoban3 on Windows:

Go to Program Files -> Java -> Jre -> Bin then launch javaws.exe, select CGoban3 in the list, finaly choose the Install Shortcuts item in the Application Menu

FAQ on running java web start for CGoban3 on linux:

/path/to/java/bin/javaws http://files.gokgs.com/javaBin/cgoban.jnlp

FAQ on how to become assistant/admin:

Assistants are chosen by admins among mature users known to help other users and newbies on the server. We recruit assistants when there is a need to, not to reward people. Especially, asking for it is definitely not the best way to be recruited: if you want to become an assistant, you'd better help the other users, maybe someday you'll be chosen. Finally, an assistant must be fluent in english and have some skills in moderating public rooms.

FAQ on KGS Room Creation and Maintenance Policy

FAQ on moderation in main rooms:

First, KGS is a family-aimed server. So the main chat rooms should be readable by people of any age from any culture. Thus, no sex related conversation and so on (see the current Terms Of Service in the Help Menu).

Second, the main purpose of the main chat rooms is to help users with go and KGS. So any discussion unrelated to these scopes will be tolerated only if it doesn't interfere with this aim and my first statement. In particular, if you think a question from a user is (or would be) flooded in such a conversation, then you must ask them to stop. It should be clear for the users that it is only a tolerance and not the purpose of those rooms.

N.B. Long discussions in a different language than the room's default language should be driven to their dedicated main room. Of course, this doesn't apply to conversations with lost newbies.

FAQ on moderating kibbitz in games:

Same as above but replace "helping users" with "commenting the game" and "questions from users" with "comments on the game".

N.B. All languages are welcome in game kibbitz.

FAQ on GMT/UTC time:

http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_UTC.aspx

FAQ on avatars:

141x200 pixels, < = 7 ko for java 1.3, or let java 1.4 resize the pic for you. Avatars must be manually validated by admins or assistants; so be patient :-)

FAQ on how to get a rating:

Play some rated games against rated users. First, you get a "guessed" rating with a '?', e.g. 12k? (not enough data to calculate a rating). You need at least 1 win to get higher than 10k?. After 2-3 wins and losses you get a proper rating (without '?').

FAQ on lost passwords:

http://www.gokgs.com/password.xhtml

FAQ on Icons:

gold/silver star = admin/assistant, gold/silver crown = tournament 1st/2nd place, computer = bot, cross = censored, sun = KGS+ subscriber, eye = people you are fan

FAQ on issues with nVidia network card:

Go to "Start" > "Control Panel".
Double click to open "Network Connections".
Right click on your network adapter and go to properties (should be labeled as "NVIDIA nForce Ethernet Controller").
Click on "Configure" and go to the "Advanced" tab.
Select "Checksum Offload" and choose disable in the window to the right. It may be called Hardware Checksumming or a Checksum of some type.
Click on Ok.

FAQ on group rates:

several KGS+ accounts at once purchase:

3 months price:

from 5 to 9 accounts, 12$ each
from 10 to 19 accounts, 11$ each
from 20 to 39 accounts, 10$ each
from 40 to 79 accounts, 9$ each
from 80 to 149 accounts, 8$ each
from 150 to 299 accounts, 7$ each
from 300 to 599 accounts, 6$ each
from 600 to 999 accounts, 5$ each
above 1000, contact us.

1 year price:

( price for 3 months times 4) minus 5$, each.

KGS+ broadcasting account: (only 1 account for broadcasting KGS+ lectures, not allowed to attend other KGS+ events, that is tournaments or teaching games)

3 months price:

from 5 to 9 members, 30$ total
from 10 to 19 members, 50$ total
from 20 to 39 members, 80$ total
from 40 to 79 members, 120$ total
from 80 to 149 members, 200$ total
from 150 to 299 members, 300$ total
from 300 to 599 members, 500$ total
from 600 to 999 members, 1000$ total
above 1000, contact us

1 year price:

(price for 3 months minus 5$) times 4

Please email admin@gokgs.com for payment procedure.