Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 14:57:10 02/05/00
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On February 05, 2000 at 14:52:54, pete 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. > >Sorry to use the Caps Lock but something important hasn't been posted yet. > >Junior is still in the tournament is the new TD's SJLIM decision posted in >channel 164 ; the re-pairing was done due to the fact that else crafty would >have got a free win which seemed unfair to many . So only this round is a loss >for forfeit which is perfectly normal . Several participants have posted that >they would be happy to see Junior continuing to play and I should add that I >agree here. > >End of official part . > >My personal opinion is that Mr Bans behaviour showed a complete lack of respect >to the _other_ participants ( there are more participants than crafty and Junior >) > >While for Mr Ban this is maybe "just another tourney " for some of the Amateur >programmers this was maybe the "Event of the year " ( when it is about >computerchess ) with much effort put in . Just read Bob's own words about the tournament, in another post. Quote: "It was just an 'event that happened'. It wasn´t a "highlight day" in my life." So, well, I don't know... Thanks > >And the junior case for example completely screwed the round , the preparation , >the fun for all of them . This event started and hopefully will continue in a >very friendly and fair way . Can't you just fight your personal fights in >private ? > >How about such a thing as sportsmanship ? > >I should again repeat this is nothing more than _my_ personal opinion . > >pete aka gambitmaster
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