Author: KarinsDad
Date: 09:16:44 06/30/99
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On June 30, 1999 at 11:20:54, Pete Galati wrote: [snip] > >Would somebody pleas explain to me why these ratings are needed? I'm quite sure >that I have a very narrow focus on the whole thing, but I really don't see what >they are being used for. If it's a marketing thing, then it does not seem to >apply well to most programs?-most of which are not comercial as I see it. > >Pete They are not needed per se. However, the idea was mentioned due to the normal rating problems that are exacerbated on ICC. So, if you had a more tournament-like environment and hence, tournament-only ratings, it would be more difficult to inflate your tournament rating, especially for a computer program. It would still be easy to deflate your tournament rating, just by cheating and playing poorly. And a person could inflate their tournament rating by cheating and using a computer. But, the mechanism of using a computer and only playing certain opponents could not be used to inflate a computer tournament rating. KarinsDad :)
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