Author: Jan-Frode Myklebust
Date: 07:17:19 06/08/98
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On June 08, 1998 at 09:45:18, Dan Homan wrote: >On June 08, 1998 at 07:10:37, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >> >>On June 05, 1998 at 20:25:15, Will Singleton wrote: >> >>> >>>>On June 05, 1998 at 11:14:24, Dan Homan wrote: >>>> >>>>I'll log EXchess onto FICS tonight. I should have an account >>>>set up on ICC soon. (I've set it up, but I am just waiting for the >>>>admin to register it as a free computer account.) I was waiting >>>>until I could afford a fast machine, but I figure that will be >>>>a long way away.... >>>> >>>> - Dan >>>> >>> >>>Yes, ICC does have slightly more action. The program is hardly ever >>>idle, plays almost continuously. Good competition too, though the >>>ratings are inflated relative to fics. >>> >>>Will >> >>Are they really inflated, considering that at icc the average >>timecontrol of >>a game is way faster? > >Definitely inflated, by at least 100 pts. My program plays on >both servers with essentially the same time controls (almost >always 5 0, some 3 5) and is about 100 pts stronger on ICC. This >is after only a weekend of play on ICC, however, and I had a bug in >my icc (hacked robofics) interface which caused me to hang and >lose many games to < 1500 strength players. I think the descrepancy >will be larger when I play more games. Several other programs that >I know seem to have +200 (or more) pts on ICC relative to FICS using >the same hardware, but I do not know about time controls. > Check out 'help survey' on ICC. They are running a continus rating survey to collect ICC blitz ratings, USCF regular ratings, and FIDE ratings from ICC members. the numbers so far are: Total responses so far: 969 ---------------------------- People with ICC and USCF ratings: 862 ICC average rating = 1787 Less than 200 point difference: 537 (62%) USCF average rating = 1688 People with ICC above USCF: 567 The average difference: 99 People with ICC below USCF: 288 The median difference: 85 ---------------------------- People with ICC and FIDE ratings: 158 ICC average rating = 2288 Less than 200 point difference: 122 (77%) FIDE average rating = 2233 People with ICC above FIDE: 108 The average difference: 55 People with ICC below FIDE: 49 The median difference: 73 Jan-Frode
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