Dragon Introduction

• What is this place?

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Dragon etiquette

• How to behave on the server?
• How should the resources provided by DGS be used responsibly?
• Is it okay to wish someone "good luck" when starting a new game?
• Can I use aids while playing a game?
• Can I seek help during play?
• How do I file a complaint?

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Dragon site access

• How do I log in to my account?
• How do I log out of my account?
• I forgot my password. What can I do?
• Why are cookies needed?
• What is my user access quota?
• I'm blocked from accessing DGS. What can I do?
• How do I log in to my account faster?

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Go rules

• Where can I learn to play Go?
• What are the basic rules of Go?
• Which ruleset is used on Dragon?
• Where can I learn more about a particular rule?
• How can I get a teaching game?

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Dragon games

• What are the items on the Status page?
• What are the items on the Games page?
• How can I change the order of the status games?
• How can I order the status games by a customized priority?
• What are Observed games?
• How can I find fair-komi games?
• How can I add a game review (SGF) for a game?
• How can I find game reviews (SGFs) attached to games?
• What is the meaning of the two-colored stones icon in my running games list?
• What are the items on the game-info page?
• What are all those items on the page showing a single game?
• Will Dragon notify me when it is my turn?
• How do I know that there are hidden or secret game comments?
• Can I reject a win of a game?

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Dragon game setup

• How do I start a new game?
• How can I invite a friend to a game?
• How can I add a new game offer in the waiting room?
• How can I delete my game offer from the waiting room?
• How to start a fair-komi game?
• What are the items on the Waiting room page?
• What are the items for a game offer?
• What types are there for a game offer?
• What is shown in the Settings column in the waiting room?
• What does a red background in the waiting room mean?
• How many games can I start at the same time?
• How can I prevent that the same user joins my game offer more than once?
• Why is my game not rated?
• What does handicap mean?
• Where are (standard) handicap stones placed?
• What is the difference between conventional and proper handicap?
• What is an even game with nigiri?
• What is a double game?
• What is a fair-komi game?
• Can I start a game with the same settings of an existing game?
• Can I start a game by uploading a SGF?

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Dragon game playing

• How do I make moves in my game?
• Can I make moves by entering a sequence of moves as a list?
• Can I submit moves by email?
• Can I undo a move?
• Where can I store private notes about one of my games?
• Can I communicate with my opponent?
• Can I download a SGF from a game?
• How can I view SGF files?
• How can I store text in the SGF?
• How do I delete a running game?
• How do I end a game?
• How can I remove dead stones at the end of a game?
• What do small green or red squares mean at the end of a game?

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Dragon multi-player-games

• What is a multi-player-game?
• What is Team-Go?
• What is Zen-Go?
• What is Rengo and Pair-Go?
• What are the rules for a multi-player-game?
• How can I talk to other players in a multi-player-game?
• How can I create a new multi-player-game?
• How can I manage a multi-player-game?
• How can I find my multi-player-games in setup-mode?
• What are the items in the list of participating players for multi-player-games?
• How can I find players for my multi-player-game?
• How can I invite a specific player to my multi-player-game?
• How can I offer my multi-player-game in the waiting-room?
• How can I remove a joined player from my multi-player-game?
• How can I make teams / groups for my multi-player-game?
• How can I choose the handicap and komi for my multi-player-game?
• How can I set the order of players in my multi-player-game?
• How can I start my multi-player-game?
• How can I delete a multi-player-game?
• How can I play a multi-player-game with a shared team-account?
• How to play a multi-player-game?
• How much time do I have in a multi-player-game?
• How can I resign a multi-player-game?
• How can I find multi-player-games?
• How can I recognize a multi-player-game?
• Why does my multi-player-game not appear in my game lists?

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Dragon shape games

• What is a shape-game?
• What are the items on the Shapes page?
• What are all those items on the page showing a single shape?
• How can I create a shape or game-board?
• How can I create a game board in the forums or messages?
• How can I start a shape-game?
• What happens with running shape-games when I change the shape?
• How can I create a goban with the Goban Editor?
• How can I edit a goban in the Goban Editor?
• Are there examples of game boards?

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Dragon users

• What are the items on the Users page?
• Why are some users not listed in the User list?
• How can I see who is currently online on the server?

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Dragon user preferences

• What are the items on the User info page?
• What are all the items in the user profile page?
• Why does Dragon want to know my email address?
• I set the wrong language and can't find my way back now. What can I do?
• Why can't I edit the sleeping time in my user profile?
• How can I change the default number of rows for table lists?
• What are Email notifications?
• What does a user's "activity" mean?
• What does a user's "percent" mean?
• What is a user's hero %?
• Can the last N game moves be marked or numbered somehow?
• Can I delete my account and are inactive userprofiles removed?

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Dragon contacts

• What are Contacts?
• What are the items on the Contacts page?
• How can I add a user to my contact list?
• How can I remove a user from my contact list?
• Can I prevent certain users from joining my waiting room games?
• Can I automatically reject messages from certain users?
• Can I automatically reject game invitations from certain users?

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Dragon community features

• How can I communicate with other users?
• What are the items on the Forums page?
• What are the items on a forums Thread overview page?
• What are the items on a forums Thread reading page?

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Dragon messaging

• What are private messages?
• What are Message folders?
• What are the items on the Messages page?
• What are all those items on the page showing a single message?
• Why doesn't Dragon tell me my opponent's email address?

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Dragon menus and options

• What are the items on the Statistics page?
• Are there any key shortcuts defined on Dragon?
• What are Bookmarks?
• What are Bulletins?
• What are Search Profiles?
• What are Templates?
• How to save a template?
• How to use a template?
• How can I hide or show columns in table listings?
• How can I change the order of table listings?
• Can I mark a row to get a better orientation in big tables?

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Dragon ranks and ratings

• How do I set my DGS rating?
• I am new at Dragon. Which initial rank should I enter?
• What if I have no idea what my initial DGS rating should be?
• Does it matter, if I start with a wrong initial rating?
• Is there a Rank converter?
• How does Dragon's rating system work?
• Does the board size impact the ratings?
• Does it matter, if I win by 0.5 points, 100 points, resign or time-out?
• What happens with my rating on a draw (jigo)?
• Which games will affect my rating?
• What does the rating-column in the user list mean?
• What does + or - after a rating mean?
• Why do some new users get a fractional rating?
• What does the blue area in the rating graph mean?

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Dragon time features

• How does Dragon count time?
• What is main time?
• When are my game clocks counted down?
• Does my opponent's clock count down when my clock is paused?
• Can I submit a move while my game clock is paused?
• What is Dragon's weekend clock?
• How does the Japanese byo-yomi time system work?
• How does the Canadian byo-yomi time system work?
• How does the Fischer time system work?
• What is sleeping time or night time?
• What time zone is used for my sleeping time?
• Why did my game clock jump 9 hours down within 10 minutes?
• How does sleeping time affect Fischer time?
• What are vacation days?
• How many vacation days do I have at Dragon?
• Why is the use of vacation days limited?
• Can I add time to my opponent's game clock?
• Can I add time to my own game clock?
• Can a timed-out game be revived?

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Dragon searching

• Can I search Dragon?
• How can I search the FAQ / Help page?
• How can I search in the waiting room?
• How can I search my messages?
• How can I search for users?
• How can I find a certain user?
• How can I search in my contact list?
• How can I search games?
• How can I search the forums?
• How can I search for the most recent forum entries?
• What is a full-text search?
• How can I do a full-text search?
• What is the syntax of a NUM-filter?
• What is the syntax of a TEXT-filter?
• What is the syntax of a RATING-filter?
• What is the syntax of a SCORE-filter?
• What is the syntax of a DATE-filter?
• What is the syntax of a RELDATE-filter?
• What is the syntax of a MATCHINDEX-filter?

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Dragon codes and markup

• Can I use HTML tags on Dragon?
• Which HTML tags can I use on Dragon?
• Which Dragon tags can I use?
• How can I create a link to an arbitrary Dragon page?
• How can I create a link to a users info page?
• How can I create a link to send a message to a user?
• How can I create a link to a game?
• How can I make a link open a new window?
• How can I embed images in texts?
• How can I create a game diagram?

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Dragon icons and images

• General icons
• Table-listing icons
• Game icons
• Game board images
• User icons
• Message icons
• Forum icons
• FAQ-editor icons

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Learning and teaching

• How can I get stronger?
• What is The Go Teacher?

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Bots

• What are bots?
• Should I declare a bot?
• Which bots are active on DGS?

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Dragon tournaments

• Can I start or organize a tournament?
• Are there tournaments maintained directly on Dragon?

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Dragon alternative interfaces

• Request limitations of alternative interfaces
• Does Dragon support RSS?
• Does Dragon support WAP?
• Does Dragon have a robot interface?
• Does Dragon support GTP or GMP?

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What's new in the last update?

• Overview of release DGS 1.0.15 (08-June-2012)
• Overview of release DGS 1.0.14 (14-December-2008)
• Overview of release DGS 1.0.13 (07-October-2007)
• CSS
• Code improvements and recommendations
• Former updates
• Known bugs

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Dragon development

• Can I suggest a new feature?
• Can I become a Dragon translator?
• Can I become a Dragon developer?
• Is Dragon's source code available?
• Where is the development of Dragon's source code being discussed?
• What is the Devel Dragon Go Server?
• Who are the people behind Dragon?

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Dragon bugs and problems

• How to report a problem or a bug?
• Are all bugs discussed in the FAQ?
• Duplicated messages and Duplicated posts
• Connection to database failed. Too many connections
• I'm swarmed! There are bugs everywhere!

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Dragon administration

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Some common Go terms

• I found a go term not listed in the FAQ. What does it mean?
• Aji
• Atari
• Byo-yomi / Byoyomi
• Dame
• Dan
• DDK
• Even game
• Fuseki
• Geta
• Goban
• Gote
• Handicap
• Hane
• Hoshi
• Jigo
• Joseki
• Ko
• Komi
• Kyu
• Liberty
• Moku
• Nigiri
• Onegaishimasu
• Real-time
• Sanrensei
• SDK
• Shicho
• Seki
• Sensei
• Sente
• SGF
• Tengen
• Tenuki
• Tesuji
• Turn-based
• Yose

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Miscellaneous

• Where can I find more Go web pages?