Durham Go Tournament 2021

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To sign up, please send an email to tournament@durhamgo.club with your name, club, rank, and which rounds you are planning to attend.

Note that you can change your grade on registration, if it's no longer correct.

If you register but then can't make the tournament, please let us know - otherwise we will assume you are playing!

If you do not have an OGS account, please register with the site in advance of the tournament. If you have trouble with this, there will be a session on the Friday evening to help talk you through it.

If no one has signed up around your rank yet, please sign up yourself to encourage them!

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Sadly - as the tournament isn't in person - our usual prizes (Goat Ornaments, local alcohols, chocolates, etc) won't be making an appearance this year.

There will be some small token prizes for tournament winners, however - details TBC.

All entries for Round 1 must be registered by 9am. You can play in as many rounds as you'd like, but you must inform the Tournament Director at least one hour before each round if you're going to either miss, or join for, a round.

Friday 18th:

Help with setting up OGS:

7pm

Saturday 19th:

Registration:	9.00 (at the latest)
Round 1:	10.00 - 12.00
Lunch:	12.00 - 13.00
Round 2:	13.00 - 15.00
Break:	15.00 - 16.00
Round 3:	16.00 - 18.00
Evening lecture:	7pm
Zoom party:	After the lecture

Sunday 20th:

Round 4:	10.00 - 12.00
Lunch:	12.00 - 13.00
Round 5:	13.00 - 15.00
Break:	15.00 - 16.00
Round 6:	16.00 - 18.00
Results:	Results should be announced shortly after 6pm (TBC)

The social side of Go tournaments is almost as important as the games! Our annual BBQ won't be possible, but we're planning several fun activities over the weekend in parallel with the tournament:

• A Discord server running all weekend, so you can chat with other players
• A lecture on a technical aspect Go
• A party over Zoom, for general chat between players

Throughout the weekend, keep in touch with other tournament entrants with our dedicated Discord server!

You'll need to register with Discord before you start.

Click here to connect to the Durham Go Tournament server.

If you'd rather not use the web interface, you can download the app (for Windows, Linux, MacOS, Android, or iPhone) then use the same link as above to connect to the server.

The server has several groups of channels:

• Announcements: This is where we will give updates on the running of the tournament
• General channels: This contains a text channel ('#text-chat'), where you can type messages, and a voice channel ('Voice Chat'), where you can talk
• Breakout rooms: This is a set of voice channels for chatting in smaller groups - such as talking about a game, or discussing a review

Please keep the conversation family friendly!

If you're using the voice channels (such as General Chat), you'll need a microphone and speakers. Discord has a setting for testing your microphone if you're not sure you're set up correctly.

Sadly we will not be able to run this lecture - we tried asking various museums from across the country, but unfortunately they're all too busy reopening now that Covid regulations are relaxing!

A lecture from Sandy Taylor (3d) on 'Mistakes that matter (and why most of them don't)' - Saturday 19th at 7pm on Discord

This will take place over Zoom, as a way for players to get together for a general chat - this year you'll have to supply your own BBQ, though!

It will be on the Saturday evening, after the 7pm lecture. All welcome.

If you haven't used OGS before, you will need to register in advance of the tournament - here are instructions for setting up an OGS account. There will be a session on the Friday night to help people if you have trouble with this - we'll be in the Voice channel on Discord from 7pm to try to help get you started.