Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 10:41:09 07/09/01
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On July 09, 2001 at 13:11:20, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >I think there are many good reasons for not rating comp games on ICC: Yes. [good arguments follow] >BTW, it is a mistake to think ratings don't matter on ICC, since your rating >affects the quality of the opposition you face on ICC. Playing against the best >quality opposition as possible ought to matter to anyone serious about >improving. Tadaa. You've just killed your arguments in favor of making comp-comp unrated. Please understand that playing good (as in comparable to your strength) opponents is needed to improve a chess engine too. >There is a certain Curtis Williams that seems to have irritated a lot of people >with his policy of playing only humans with his comp account Spitfire. This post >may seem to support what he has done, but this is not my intent. Actually, what >I think people really find irritating is his motivation for doing so. He wants >to portray his account as the "King of the Hill" among comp accounts, when what >he has done has only created the appearance this is so when it is not. > >It's funny that he managed to delude himself with this fantasy, despite >employing an "artificial" means to do it. Christ why do people even f-cking care. Why are intelligent people like Bruce wasting their time on this? It looks like the neverending september has set in for this forum. -- GCP
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