Author: Micheal Cummings
Date: 16:38:01 09/08/99
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On September 08, 1999 at 18:08:56, Dann Corbit wrote: >On September 08, 1999 at 17:36:38, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: > >>Should the game Rebel-Hoffman be taken in account to calculate the performance >>rating of Rebel in the GM challenge? >> >>-Yes 1 >>-No >>-Abstain > >Why such an absurd position as to claim it should count despite machine crashes? > >Because it does not matter *why* the outcome was as it was. > >If a GM defaults because he does not feel well enough to continue, does that >invalidate the loss? No. And neither should this one. > >No cries of "mess-up... do-over" should be allowed. You are right. If a GM has a heart attack and is taken to hospital the match would be a loss to him. Or a draw depending on how kind the other player is. Rebel just had a heart attack. If it is not up to playing with the big boys then the offer should not have been made. I my opinion you either win, lose or draw. And stuff any outside happenings. It was a loss to Rebel for whatever reason. Which makes me sad cause I like the program and want it to do well.
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