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Subject: Re: Moderation - Re: What are they smoking at Club Kasparov??

Author: Ralf Elvsén

Date: 05:51:57 06/19/00

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On June 19, 2000 at 08:01:43, Hans Gerber wrote:

>On June 18, 2000 at 22:28:55, Pete R. wrote:
>
>>I went to their site to check out the live Frankfurt games, but couldn't seem to
>>get anything actually moving other than the clocks.  So I decided to check out
>>the playing zone there.  Lame!  Not only is it web-based as opposed to having a
>>real playing client, but banner ads pop up *during* games.  What idiot thought
>>this up?
>
>snip
>
>
>It is apparently quite normal to call Kasparov or anyone out of his staff
>__idiot__ here in this CCC.
>
>This is not consistant with the so-called moderation politics. But it reveils
>the general attitude of computerchess people towards real chessplayers. More so
>if it's coming along under anonymity.
>
>
>Hans Gerber

I see his comments as directed towards kasparovchess.com in general.
It has nothing to do with Kasparov. We must be allowed to call a company
"idiotic" when we think it provides inferior sevices. Now, look at you
own post: "...the general attitude of computerchess people..." Sweeping
generalizations is a bad habit.

Ralf Elvsén



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