Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 18:18:27 05/24/01
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On May 24, 2001 at 20:30:31, Dann Corbit wrote: >Why not seed from the ICC ELO at standard play? >If ICC ELO is missing, the use FICS ELO at standard play. >Obviously, the two measures are not compatible, so they would be used only for >'relative' positioning. Several problems with this: - ICC/FICS accounts are often used for experimentation, making the ratings even more random than usual! - The ICC/FICS 'formula' greatly effects the rating. For an extreme example, only playing humans at zero increment time controls is probably worth 200+ rating points - Several entrants have aquired faster hardware for this tournament - some programs have several ICC/FICS accounts - standard time control games aren't so popular on the servers, so the standard ratings are based on just a few games and are often quite outdated Peter
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