Author: Tina Long
Date: 20:05:35 03/23/00
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I agree with Roger, & add: this was all happening in the middle of the night for Xie Jun, waiting around for an hour to start a five hour game, after playing during the day, in a "proper" tournament, and going back there the following day. Sooner or later you've got to say "F#$% This!" and go to bed. Tina Long On March 23, 2000 at 19:27:22, Roger wrote: >I think her faith in KK was damaged at the beginning, when they failed to honor >their contract with her, and was damaged more and more as the games degenerated >into the absurd. Eventually I think she doubted even that a computer was really >playing. She may also have felt that since they'd had so much trouble with the >connection (in her mind, it was a KK problem), they might just have a human play >not to embarass themselves more. Eventually, trust changed to complete distrust, >and she wanted out of the games. > >Raj > > >On March 23, 2000 at 18:33:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On March 23, 2000 at 07:49:02, Tina Long wrote: >> >>>On March 23, 2000 at 07:37:50, Mogens Larsen wrote: >>> >>>>On March 23, 2000 at 03:26:05, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >>>> >>>>>I just think she should have continued the match via telephone. I basically >>>>>don't understand her reason not to. I mean, yes, using the telephone is sort of >>>>>a breach of contract, it is something that was not agreed upon, it is changing a >>>>>situation that is already messed up. >>>>> >>>>>However, how could using the phone possibly mess up the situation any more than >>>>>it already was? And it's not like using a phone is rocket science. It would not >>>>>have made anything more complicated. On the contrary, it would have simplified >>>>>everything and made it work. But oh well. >>>> >>>>Who was the independent observer at the other end? If there wasn't any then I >>>>can't see why she should agree to play over the phone. >>>> >>>>Best wishes... >>>>Mogens >>> >>>That was a point that Xie Jun made. It seems she believed, possibly >>>erroneously, that while on the internet she was connected directly to Deep >>>Junior (isn't that how internet chess like Yahoo & ICC & FIC's work?). On the >>>Telephone there was a human at the other end betwen her and DJ, and she could >>>not be 100% sure that the moves and times she received were DJ's. >>> >>>Anyway, it's finished. >>>What's next? >>> >>>Tina Long >> >> >>I don't buy that argument. She may have felt 'abused' or whatever. She may >>have felt (apparently justifiably I might add) that KK was totally incompetent >>and that they could not repair the situation enough to make it viable. But to >>say she couldn't be 100% sure that the computer was on the other end is total >>nonsense. How could she _possibly_ be sure she was playing DJ? Answer: She >>couldn't. The only way to be 100% sure is to play _in person_. So while she >>had plenty to grumble about, this isn't legitimate.
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