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The Basics

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I thought MasterGo had over 17,000 games. Why am I only seeing 820 games?
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How do I search for a pattern?
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I downloaded the shareware version of MasterGo and played through the first three games. What's so special about that?
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Import/Export

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I have a lot of .sgf files on my computer that I have downloaded from the internet. Can I use MasterGo to search them?
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I have a thousands of games that I downloaded off the internet. Importing one game at a time is tedious. Is there a faster way?
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When I import games into MasterGo, must the games be in sgf format?
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Does MasterGo support importing games with variations?
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I see that MasterGo games are stored in 'non-standard' form, would I be able to export as .sgf, add variations and comments for a class or for my personal exploration? Or are the games 'fixed' and only viewable via the program? I do a regular class and like to take games that have interested me with lots of variations to show kyu players. Having to re-enter the games is time consuming & boring.
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Can I import handicap games?
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Platforms

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Does MasterGo work on a Mac?
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Does MasterGo work on UNIX/Linux?
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How do I install MasterGo on a Mac?
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User Interface

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How does the globe change what MasterGo is searching?
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I am finding it tough to keep track of prisoners when I am playing through a game. Where can I see the number of prisoners ?
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If I reach the same search pattern with different move orders are the results the same?
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Why does the number of hits sometimes go up when I add a stone to the search pattern?
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When I enter search patterns, I notice the result list increases when I press the yin-yang button. Why is that happening?
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What does the sum button do?
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I understand what the black and white stone buttons are. But what is the gray button?
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When I click 'Advanced', there is a slider 'Search Distance'. What is it good for, and what values should I use?
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Sometimes I click on 'A', and get no matching games. Is this a bug?
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Can I change the background color of the board?
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The program says there are 25 matching games for move B, but when I click there, there are only 10 or so. Why ?
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Upgrading, Registration, Etc.

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I was told there would be an update to 20,000 games when I bought the program. What do I have to do to get it?
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I tried to run the self extracting upgrade and I get the message ""No CE Signiture Found"". What is wrong?
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Troubleshooting

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I have installed MasterGo on my computer, and I see it in Start/Programs/MasterGo. But whenever I run the program, I get some error message immediately, and it terminates.
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Miscellaneous

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Is this the same data base that Hall & Fairborne have put together? Does it do anything that the H&F product together with its search engine or Kombilo will not do?
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Sometimes when I am playing through a game it seems to end prematurely. Why is that?
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Question:
Who is Michael Redmond?
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What is his shoe size?
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