From: Andrew Okun <okun <at> ENI <dot> NET>
Date: 2 dec 1999
Subject: Re: Yahoo!

I just played a game on ShogiDojo and liked it very much.

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> [mailto:SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL]On Behalf Of Manabu, Terao
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 12:35 AM
> To: SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL
> Subject: Re: Yahoo!
>
>
> My point is that Shogidojo has a high potential to be a real Shogi
> portal site worldwide if all the function of it become available in
> English and I never deny the possibility for any mass-market portal
> site like Yahoo to be lisenced by Shogidojo.
>
> In my opinion, the success factors of Shogidojo are not only providing
> a good online platform to play shogi, but also depending much on the
> sitemaster's planning ability and practice.
>
> The current function/contents of Shogidojo available in English are
> very limited.
>
> The function/contents which are not available in English are;
>
>     Forums/Bulletin Boards
>         Shogi Question Box
>         Event forum
>         "Daily report of play" forum
>         "Club Ryu-o-sen" tournament forum
>         "Club Meijin-sen" tournament forum
>         "Club Ouza-sen" tournament forum
>         "Club Tatsujin-sen" tournament forum
>         "Club Oza-sen" forum
>         Record room
>         Shogidojo software Q&A forum
>         Free talking forum
>
>     Kifu database(more than several hundred thousand gamescores)
>
>     Kitajima 5dan(Pro)'s commentary corner
>
>     and many more.
>
> The sitemaster reads every writings in all the forums and writes
> by himeself whenever necessary. He often shows up almost every
> forum. If there is a sitemaster who uses English and he make the
> abovementioned function available in English, Shogidojo will
> certainly serve to non Japanese players(Westerners especially)
> much better than now.
>
> Larry Kaufuman wrote
> > It is free for those outside Japan, though I'm told it's not
> >free within Japan.
>
> According to Shogidojo's announcement of 10/18/1999, it has decided
> to keep free for those within Japan as well. The sitemaster is sure
> he will be able to find sponsors due to the increase of access to
> the site.
>
> Manabu
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