Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 09:27:41 05/19/00
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On May 19, 2000 at 12:13:44, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >On May 19, 2000 at 12:04:05, Chris Carson wrote: > >>The only loss due to HW was the Reb-Cen Hoffman. >> >>How do I justify removing games for Shredder and >>Junior due to operator error and IP failure (which >>I think should be removed from the TPR, but listed >>in the results) but not the HW failure for Rebel? >>It may be a won position for Hoffman, it was right >>to declare him the winner with prize money, but having >>a won position and winning are two different things. >>I think this game should be left out of the TPR >>calculation. Just 2 cents. :) > >I always counted it because Rebel was indeed lost. Ed agrees, by the way. But >since you have a different opinion, why don't you make 2 lists, one with ant the >other without this game? 2 points... a) I think Rebel would have lost the Hoffman game by good play of Hoffman but how can you be sure of that? and b) the hardware collapsed, better show up with good hardware. The machine had a flu so can humans have, so always count the game in case of hardware failures. Ed >Enrique > >>Best Regards, >>Chris Carson
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