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Subject: Re: To Bob Hyatt about Crafty on FICS .

Author: Jason Williamson

Date: 22:46:49 04/19/00

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On April 19, 2000 at 10:06:25, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On April 19, 2000 at 03:32:18, ed wrote:
>
>>On April 18, 2000 at 11:37:30, Côme wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Hello Bob,
>>>I have see on FICS that people who have more than 200 points worst than Crafty
>>>cannot play against !
>>>Crafty have currently about 2530 in blitz so you think that no player who have
>>>not at least 2330 can beat Crafty ? Or do you want to protect Crafty's rating ?
>>>Best Regards
>>>Alexandre Côme
>>
>>V strange that this is even being said.
>>
>>Why do ppl like to put Bob on the defensive? What has he done to u and ur family
>>to merit a rather distasteful question with all that it implies.
>>
>>Besides, what Bob does is *entirely* up him. If he only wants to play ppl +200
>>higher rated only, that is also 100% within his prerogative.
>
>
>Actually, if I only wanted to play one-armed monkeys with rubber boots on, and
>ICC had such a formula, I don't see the problem with doing so.  I don't see this
>'obligation' to play everyone.  But as I said, any _human_ can easily ask me on
>a server and I'll certainly let them play.  I do it all the time (check out
>swisse on ICC).  But I don't want to play such games all day long, which is what
>used to happen before I started using a formula.  100 wins against a 1500 player
>is not exactly useful.

You know, I wish the ICC had a formula variable: idiot.  This would enable me to
put !idiot in my formula, and life would be so easy.  Unfortunatly, that would
eliminate about 90% of the people online I suspect.  :)



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