Author: Terry Ripple
Date: 00:29:07 09/08/02
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On September 07, 2002 at 22:44:35, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>On September 07, 2002 at 18:01:29, Rick Terry wrote:
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>>On September 07, 2002 at 17:36:41, Robert Hyatt wrote:
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>>>On September 07, 2002 at 16:05:16, Rick Terry wrote:
>>>
>>>>Does this guy need an Attitude Adjustment or what???
>>>>
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>>>>Information about beetle(IM) (Last disconnected Sun Jan 09 2000 11:41):
>>>>
>>>> rating [need] win loss draw total best
>>>>Wild 1446 [6] 0 1 0 1
>>>>Bullet 2121 [8] 862 627 86 1575 2405 (12-Apr-1997)
>>>>Blitz 2380 [8] 14204 7694 2216 24114 2728 (20-Feb-1997)
>>>>Standard 2529 [6] 10 3 6 19
>>>>
>>>> 1: Michael Valvo Fort Collins Colorado USA 57 years old
>>>> 2: I will give takebacks for obvious mouse slips but you must ask
>>>> 3: I will play fast time controls to accomodate opponents but my aim is chess
>>>>not time (goes for silly or stupid stuff as well) so beware [don't bother
>>>>playing me if playing to win on time is your thing...I'm not into such
>>>>masturbation]
>>>> 4: I find it odd there are players here who play less than 90% of their games
>>>>as rated; Many who like their rating so much they stop playing!
>>>> 5: 3 0 is not chess (more like masturbation), but one has to do it or not play
>>>>(seems like the most popular time control)...I try, but I can't quite handle 3 0
>>>>time controls and often lose on time
>>>> 6: Accumulated hours : 4879.97 % of life on icc : 10.31
>>>> 7: I will immediately abort the game and/or put people on noplay/censor for
>>>>playing boring or wierd openings
>>>> 8: don't offer me draws I'm not interested (in fact excessive draw offers will
>>>>result in censor/noplay)
>>>> 9: giving thx after games or dising is a sure way to get censored and/or
>>>>noplayed
>>>>10: I detest increments & unrated games
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm not sure what you are asking. I've known Mike for 20+ years. He was the
>>>TD at most of the ACM events starting around 1980 or so... He's not as strong
>>>a chess player as he used to be (he is an IM), and he did suffer a stroke a
>>>few years ago that affected his chess playing ability (his words).
>>>
>>>Notes like that generally reflect poor experiences on ICC, which is not
>>>uncommon... that is why some (GM) players are anonymous...
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>>Well I thought it would be obvious to anyone with decent manners and common
>>sense that this guy if off.. when is the last time you have been censored for
>>playing a weird opening???, or put on a No-play list for simply thanking someone
>>for the game??????? People will go at lengths to excuse people because they are
>>titled players, inspite being bad human beings.
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>Not necessarily. Many people give the common "thanks for the game" as a way
>of irritating the opponent. Many don't like it. I personally ignore it but
>IM/GM players are a different type...
>
>As far as playing weird openings, I have seen players get upset with people
>playing "garbage" against them. Perhaps it has happened enough that he
>simply is warning folks first...
>
>And as I said, you _never_ know what has happened in the past. Had you read
>some of Roman's finger notes from time to time you would draw a different
>picture of him than if you got to actually know him...
>
>The network is full of jerks. They seem to like to try to irritate the well-
>known players as a way of "having fun"... It happens _everywhere_..
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I don't understand the logic of someone becoming irritated because you thanked
them for the game! What is that person's problem? Please help me to understand
because if this is a problem for many players, then i better stop thanking them!
Regards,
Terry
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