Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 14:19:49 02/05/00
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On February 05, 2000 at 12:54:14, Peter Kappler wrote: >On February 05, 2000 at 12:40:24, Amir Ban wrote: > >>On February 05, 2000 at 12:26:13, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On February 05, 2000 at 12:00:45, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >>> >>>>Ban left the cct tourney, because Hyatt was censoring him. Actually, he seems, >>>>he left 3 minutes after Bob removed him his censor list. So junior will be >>>>forfeited and the round re-paired. Everybody is pissed at Ban. >>> >>> >>>Here is what happened: About 3 months ago, Amir directly accused me of writing >>>code in crafty that was only there to 'abuse' the opponents. IE playing on in >>>dead lost games, moving quickly to run the opponent out of time, etc... >>> >>>I absolutely do not do that, and I told him so. He kept the claim alive. I >>>told him that if he felt like that, then obviously he wouldn't want to play >>>a program that is that abusive (if you had seen his history on ICC, you would >>>have noticed that 90% of his games were against me, which is hard to understand >>>if my program was _so_ abusively written.) I then told him here that I was >>>going to +censor him on ICC, that he could play anybody else he wanted. >>> >>>At 10:45 this morning, I saw him on and told crafty to tell him "I am playing >>>a game with diepx, but I will adjourn it right before start time." I then >>>discovered that the "censor" was on (I had totally forgotten about it). At >>>10:45 (15 minutes before the round started) I disconnected crafty, then logged >>>in myself and removed the censor for ban. >>> >>>I had also censored him but had forgotten about that as well. Apparently >>>right around the time I was removing the censor, he logged on and told the >>>tournament channel that he wasn't playing until I apologized for the censor on >>>CCC. >>> >>>I'm _not_ apologizing, as _I_ didn't make the outrageous statement that I >>>had written crafty specifically to behave in an abusive way. I had planned >>>on lifting the censor for the tournament game, and then put it back on, as I >>>won't play him with a program he claims is "abusive" until he retracts that >>>nonsense. >>> >>>That is all that I know. I didn't see his tells in 164 as I was logged on as >>>Crafty removing the censor. I have no idea what he said, specifically... and >>>see no reason to storm off in a huff. He _knows_ why he was censored. And >>>even if I had not remembered by 11am, a simple request to the TD could have >>>fixed the problem... >>> >>>That's all there is. What happens next is anybody's guess. It certainly does >>>screw up a lot of stuff for a lot of people. >> >>Much of this is grossly inaccurate, but never mind this now. >> >>Bob has been censoring me ever since the "snot" post he wrote here. For those >>who who don't know what ICC "censor" is, it means you don't play with the >>person, and do not agree to hear any message from him either. He's beneath you. >> >>I've been aware of it of course. Bob did not discover this. I did, 10 minutes >>before the game, that the censor is still on. I tried to talk to the TD, but he >>was not there. I wrote a message on the tournament channel, that my opponenet is >>censoring me, and I'm leaving. I said if he wants to play, he can apologize on >>CCC. >> >>I did not withdraw from the tournament. I clarified this to Bruce later. Bob can >>get a point for this game. > > >Amir, this is crap. > >You walked out of the tourney 10 minutes before it started. You know damned >well that Bob would have lifted the censor so the game could be played. > >Your actions were extremely childish, and I'm afraid I have lost much of my >respect for you. > >--Peter So this censoring thing is not childish?! Thanks > > > > > > >> >>Bob's post is not an apology, as he himself says. It's more in the tone of the >>posts that led to this. >> >>Amir
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