Unfortunately I had to make some changes to http://goratingserver.appspot.com , which broke the bot interface (updates now come in via web sockets). However it should now be a lot easier to connect a bot to the server as I created a jar file and configuration ini file that connects a command line gtp bot to the server just like on KGS. The jar file and an example ini file (for gnu-go) as well as source code is available at https://github.com/typohh/GTPRest .
Hopefully the site looks prettier and works more reliably now. Dead stone estimation should be much more accurate and only need cleanup in exceptional circumstances (fewer than than 1/200 games). I have no intention of putting up ads on the site and only plan to charge for custom names nothing else (to cover some of the server costs). Because of the changes in protocol the official launch of the website also got delayed, if however everything runs smoothly for a few more days I will run two day tournament for beta testers to stress test the site followed by a public tournament (basically whoever gets highest rating before deadline, and another category with additional minimum number of games played during the tournament time frame). Bots will be welcome to participate in the tournament, more on that later. Right now there are some human beta testers and 4 bots playing on the site. The bots are between 15kyu, and 2dan which should guarantee a pairing for any player within ~15 minutes at most. Once again any and all feedback much appreciated. -Henry Hemming
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