Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:46:27 08/12/00
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On August 12, 2000 at 22:33:40, Derrick Wilson wrote: >On August 12, 2000 at 21:59:34, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On August 12, 2000 at 20:53:25, Derrick Wilson wrote: >> >>>On August 12, 2000 at 19:34:55, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >>> >>>>On August 12, 2000 at 17:40:36, Derrick Wilson wrote: >>>> >>>>>I followed all of crafty's finger note rules, still it noplays me?? the only >>>>>other thing i can see, is that it doesn't like >>>> >>>>This particular kind of title in which a totally unsubstantiated claim is >>>>followed by an exclamation mark could spoil the atmosphere here on CCC. Why do >>>>people "shout" about something that is only a guess based on nothing else but >>>>gut feeling? Unless, of course, such a provocative title has been intended to >>>>draw a huge number of irrelevant posts about who was right and who was wrong, >>>>etc. >>>> >>>>I cannot but wonder why someone would _claim_ that program X is notorious for >>>>noplaying computers that beat it _without_ a thorough statistical analysis and >>>>prior to some kind of explanation by the operator of program X. >>>> >>>>*** Djordje >>> >>> >>> Another Hyaat Loyalist i presume?? >> >> >>Nah... Just not a loudmouth that has nothing better to do than complain like >>you. A couple of points: >> >>1) I have _no_ obligation to play you. So if I _wanted_ to noplay you, I don't >>see where you have _any_ room to complain. I wrote my program. I operate my >>accounts. If I don't want to play you, I'm simply not going to play you. >> >>2) I don't challenge other computers, _ever_. If they want to play me, that >>is fine, so long as they pay attention to my finger notes. If they don't, they >>may well get noplayed. Again, these are _my_ accounts on the chess servers, >>and I will run them as I choose. >> >>3) Since you didn't respond to my question about your handle and server, I can >>only assume that you are just wanting to "make noise" >> >>Go right ahead. And then buzz off. >> >>Just so you get the point, I'll make a couple of posts with _your_ name at >>the top, later. I assume you won't mind. > > > Well you have a right to noplay me, but I want to know why? Are you protecting >your rating? I asked for your handle and server name. If you won't supply that, then I have no idea why you were noplayed, and don't really care. If you want to know, supply the requested data and I'll look it up. But based on your post, I'd probably noplay you "just because". You could have asked your question via email, if you _really_ wanted an answer. Or you could post it in a public forum if you only want to act like a you-know-what...
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