Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:42:46 02/05/00
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On February 05, 2000 at 17:57:10, Sune Larsson wrote: >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... > wasn't talking about "the tournament". I was talking about "the date I censored him on ICC". > 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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