Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 12:29:57 04/11/01
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On April 11, 2001 at 14:51:45, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >I disagree. > >What I see is a discontent for people posting results under headers that suggest >they just found the solution to the world, the universe and everything. Very >often with over-enthousiastic screams in capitals that program X clearly beat >the **** out of the other. > >In most cases those claims are made in full innocence, out of sheer enthousiasm, >but not true, and a lot of those people can't handle the fact that not everyone >shares his or her enthousiasm. Those threads are prone to become flames. > >One remark about those capitals: pointing at the thread Marcus started: on >Internet it is common knowledge that capitals are a substitute for shouting, >generally accepted as quite rude, even if it wasn't intended that way. It's a >simple thing you can avoid. > > >Playing engine tournaments or test sets are generally a lot of fun for the >player him- or herself, results may or may not be interesting, and comment can >or will follow. In nearly all "objective" threads like "my xxx-tourney >completed" the reactions can be classified as: >- yoy forgot to mention time controls >- which settings did you use >- where can we download the games >- there aren't enough games of statistically sound conclusions, because..... > >Threads like "IT IS NOW CLEAR JANGJANG 5.45 IS OVER ELO 3010!!!!!!!!!!" with in >the body the simple letters "NT" or "JANGJANG BEAT FLOTZ 2,5-1,5!!!!!!!!!"" >indeed will get the occasional strong reactions - as meant before. > > >Remember that if you take the time to run your > >>own tourneys or tests, and then take the time to post your results here at this >>forum for everyones benefit > >as you say it in your message, you mostly take your *own* time because you like >it, and the benefit for *others* -if any- diminishes rapidly if we just saw five >postings in a row about the last Schredder-Fritz tournament. > >Please keep your hobby for your own enjoyment. It's worth it *very* much. >It's also nice to share your hobby. Do that here without suggesting you just >invented the wheel. > >And if you want cheers to your dedication for other, deploy activities only if >it was specifically asked for. >The notion that people here are waiting for your or my postings can be a >disappointing one. > >Good chess - and no computer crashes, my friend. >Live well and prosper. > >J. I agree with the above, but when you have objections then there are different ways of making them, and being rude is not gonna help, what i think is the point of this whole post is that diagreement is fine, but be civil and grown up in your critique, dont bash someone for not being a hardcore beta tester with 25 years of experience, tell X that 2.5-1.5 score might look different when a hundred games is completed and do it in a nice way, share your experience and make it a point to enlighten newbies instead of, tearing them apart. Regards Jonas
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