Thanks!.. going there now. :)

Who were the winners? Is there a place online where we can see the tourny results?

It's beyond me why the opening move restriction is such a problem. Personally i would have been much happier to learn the game closer to the exact rules, over at IYT. Back when i began at IYT, i was on webtv, and couldn't play the pro-(correct) version.. so became used to a game that really wasn't even pente (or keryo.) I'm glad to be learning the correct versions now. If i want to play the other version, which no longer interests me, i could play at IYT. I know that's not a viable solution for most, it's simply how i consider things.

The new move restrictions on the smaller boards has hardly been instated.. it seems like we're judging before giving it an adequate chance. That's just my 2 cents worth.

is that it gives ppl who can't afford a puter, those who feel computer illiterate, and many elderly ppl a chance to experience the internet. For many, it is just a stepping stone to a puter. And others are content with all that webtv provides.

Personally i'm much happier with a puter, particularly one with dsl access here.. but i won't cut down webtv, because that's what introduced me to the WWW.

Dmitri.. i used to have a webtv.. the problem is with the loading.. the 19x19 boards have too many pixels to load properly on webtv.

I've played pente (small board) and keryo (small board) at IYT for three years. I didn't know that pente even had move restrictions til they implemented pro-pente (which is really regular pente) at IYT.

Now that i'm giving up IYT and playing mostly over here, that i have to relearn pente all over, along with keryo.. because i wish to play the proper versions.

As i told Dmitri, it's like teaching somebody raquetball, and telling them it's tennis. Then when they go to play real tennis, they realize they're dealing with a much larger court with very different rules. Just because they're both played with raquets and balls, doesn't make them both tennis. And having learned raquetball first, it will take you some time to realize that the two games requires you to learn and adapt different skills.

Now with that being said, i don't take any game/game site too seriously. If you find yourself so frustrated that you have to pick on somebody's typing skills, it's probably best to take a break from it.