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Subject: Re: Sad forum

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 13:45:21 01/13/00

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On January 13, 2000 at 15:47:13, Albert Silver wrote:

>On January 13, 2000 at 09:47:48, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>
>>chris whittington has opened a new chess-forum
>>(also other forums like shogi, go etc.)
>>at
>>
>>http://www.oxford-softworks.com/osmforum.html
>>
>>So i will from now post my millennium-tournament exclusively
>>there.
>>
>>The chess-forum is open for anybody to read, and
>>if you want to post you need to sent an email
>>to the admin to get username and password.
>>than you can post too. So it is moderated.
>>Of course you can post about other programs like
>>CSTal
>
>Only programs like CS Tal? What if I don't know of any programs like CS Tal? :-)
>
>>, but it should be no advertising, and be
>>computerchess instead. amateurs also welcome.
>>
>>
>>we still have a few problems, but they will be solved (hopefully) soon.
>
>I don't know what to say. The forum appears dedicated to attacking CCC. The
>first thing one notices is the title: "The Intelligent Chess Forum" which gives
>a forehand taste of what follows. Sure enough, out of 13 threads, no less than 4
>were initiated by Chris and directed directly against the CCC with titles as
>follow:
>
>- "Who are these 'moderators' ?"
>- "Fool's Forum moderators are the problem"
>- "KarinsDad=Rolf Tueschen ???"
>- "Voting stuffed at Fool's Forum?"
>
>You get the picture. It is one of spite and bitterness, and all in all quite
>sad. Terms such as "Fool's Forum" (no doubt in contrast to the 'Intelligent
>Chess Forum'), "forces of darkness", etc... is what can be expected. It doesn't
>speak very eloquently on the man's balance IMO. Why waste so much energy and
>time on something that is supposedly regarded with such derision? Was the
>feeling of betrayal so deep? Make peace or move on Chris, but this? This is the
>ex-boyfriend out to get 'even' with his ex-girlfriend no matter the cost. What
>next? Pamphlets? Magazines? TV spots denouncing the evil CCC? *Sigh*
>
>                                    Albert Silver

This is about right.  I liked his post about statistics though.

bruce




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