Author: James B. Shearer
Date: 19:21:18 09/19/98
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On September 18, 1998 at 14:10:17, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>On September 18, 1998 at 00:31:44, James B. Shearer wrote:
>
>> I play a lot on ICC and I like the fact that there are always crafty clones
>>available to play. I would not like to see them limited.
>>
>
>
>There are many Craftys available to play on the server at all times. Limiting
>the number of clones wouldn't affect your ability to play them at all. It would
>instead have the effect of increasing the visibility and playing time of those
>that remain.
This is not exactly true, there may appear to be many craftys but when you
eliminate the ones that only play strong players, only play weak players, will
not play the time control I desire or have unpleasant operators my actual
choices are sometimes quite limited. Also adding craftys may in fact attract
opponents.
>
>> As for the authors of other programs, instead of complaining about crafty
>>clones why not match your program against them. Also a weak program like
>>amateur will naturally be of less interest to the strongest players. Btw why
>>not allow amateur to play bullet games if you want more games?
>
>
>I would have preferred that you had said "weaker" rather than "weak". ;-)
>Certainly Amateur is weaker than Crafty, but there are few that aren't. And my
>current blitz rating of 2392 isn't exactly peanuts. There are quite a few
>programs by folks on this board with lower ICC ratings, incl the current Aussie
>National Champ. So watch it with the "weak" stuff.
>
>Amateur doesn't play bullet because it doesn't have timestamp. No mac engine
>interface has timestamp, although I'm currently hacking Fixation with that goal
>in mind.
>
>Will (don't mess with my baby mode)
>
>ps. What's your ICC handle and rating? Are you a programmer?
Ok, I should have said weaker. I posted after playing a single game
against Amateur which I won rather easily. I have since played a bunch more
games with little success. Shows the perils of basing judgements on a single
game. Btw Amateur disconnected twice in this later series. This is annoying if
it happens regularly. (I realize there may be nothing you can do about it.)
My ICC handle is "rabid". Current bullet rating 2294 (high 2336), blitz
rating 2282 (high 2488), standard rating 2191 (expired, high 2231). I play
computers exclusively. I think my rating against humans would be lower but I am
not positive about this.
James B. Shearer
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