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Subject: Re: Explanation for Scrappy's ratings climb

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 22:57:09 04/25/00

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On April 26, 2000 at 01:22:34, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On April 26, 2000 at 00:13:46, Peter Kappler wrote:
>>On April 25, 2000 at 23:27:40, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>On April 25, 2000 at 23:06:56, Peter Kappler wrote:
>>>>On April 25, 2000 at 22:28:04, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>On April 25, 2000 at 21:40:32, Jerry wrote:
>>>>>>Sorry James, check his FI notes and see for yourself. I do notice his last 20
>>>>>>games are against Goldmund(GM) elo 2553. 16 wins but with a quad xeon and elo of
>>>>>>3300+ that is nothing special.
>>>>>>He SHOULD BE able to play extremely good against both humans and computers!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Finger notes mean nothing here.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Bob, why not just update Scrappy's finger notes so this issue won't keep coming
>>>>up?  Many ICC users don't know about the 'vars' command.
>>>
>>>I don't think you will ever make everyone happy.
>>>Even if the notes were accurate, the bob-haters would demand to know why only
>>>humans are on the list.
>>>
>>
>>Not if he explained in the finger notes that it was just a temporary rating
>>experiment.
>>
>>It would take maybe 47 seconds to type the new notes.  Maybe somebody should
>>volunteer to type them for Bob and post them here so he can just do a cut and
>>paste into the ICC window.  That should save him a good 22 seconds.  ;)
>
>Do you really, seriously believe that fixing the notes will put an end to the
>banter of the detractors?

Sigh...  Of course not, Dann.

But it would probably help avoid some confusion.

And even if it only prevents *one* of these silly threads from erupting it would
be well worth the 47 seconds, don't you think?

--Peter



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