Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 00:53:30 07/31/00
Go up one level in this thread
On July 30, 2000 at 19:07:00, Derrick Wilson wrote: > First of all I wasn't "complaining", rating points have very little meaning >for me. I was just sharing with the group, these games because, I had never seen >a human beat a computer in this way. It looked like a complaint to me and a reasonable one at that, so the term "complaint" wasn't meant in a derogatory way. And yes I think it was poor sportsmanship >of the human, when a computer wins on time, it is not a "conscious" decision so >it is rediculous to compare the human with the computer, which is simply a >Lifeless "thing" with no will. However the human is counsciously taking >advantage of the computers lack of "awareness",. It would not have been so bad >if the human was attempting to win, but he started the game with the intention >of abusing the computer. Why you cannot see the obvious is quite baffling to me. So a computer program can win due to "lack of awareness", but the opposite is wrong? Sorry, but that is a ludicrous statement. Human players make conscious decision to achieve an advantage all the time. Taking advantage of weaknesses is a part of the game. Grandmasters use the same tactics when confronted with computer players, except they sometimes, but not always, go for the kill. Should that be forbidden as well, because it's not nice to exploit a weakness consciously? >Another problem is that the human is getting rating points that he doesn't >deserve, He distorts the rating process though abusing Icc's lack of protocol >for this type of situation, thus corrupting the rating process. Do you honestly >believe that the human deserves Rating points for winning in such a "Shady" >fashion. Would you feel Satisfied with your chess skill if you won in this way? I wouldn't feel especially good about a win like that, but there's essentially nothing wrong with that approach as long as computer programs do the same. The distortion of rating point goes both ways. If you don't want to loose on time use increment, or is the timecontrol you currently use due to the fact that you want to win on time as well? Best wishes... Mogens
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.