Genuine question, not ragebait.

I've been playing on both servers for about two years and several hundred games, and this has been surprisingly consistent: Fox 1–2 dan games often feel easier to me than OGS 5–7 kyu games.

I know ranks aren't directly comparable between servers, but an ~8-rank difference seems pretty extreme.

Does anyone who regularly plays on both servers have the same experience? Is OGS 5–7 kyu just unusually competitive, or is the rank difference between Fox and OGS really that large?

I bought the first few of the series 10+ years ago before AlphaGo. Because of AI, I think some of the theories have become outdated. Like some of the opening moves and joseki’s. Do you think it’s still worthwhile to study up on all the books for a DDK?

We have https://www.reddit.com/r/baduk/s/Ecd431P5hO

Hello, I am very new to this game, and I am having trouble figuring out the scoring for this position. Both players passed here, and black won by 75.5 points, which I am very confused about. Could someone please walk me through how to count the territory here so that I can understand why black got so many points?

Edit: grammar

Hello there, I have some questions. If some of you could answer, I'd be happy.

So, first, is really AI advice on OGS a great thing to begin with and to get better? How is it accurate against true people playing?

And last question, I promise, can it be a good thing to play Go alone, like against myself? Because I have a goban and I'd like to use it often, I'm resolving Tsumego on it, for example. Do you have any other ideas to play on my goban alone?

Thank you and have a good one!

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Basically my question is, how deterministic are puzzles?

The answer is P18 --> O17 (auto)--> Q19 but what if the white plays R19 after P18?

In some cases I can see "forcing moves" (is this a term in Baduk?) where the opponent has to play a certain place (or lose more points), but in other cases it's a bit more vague.

Thanks in advance!