Author: Alex
Date: 22:31:01 06/15/03
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On June 15, 2003 at 23:46:41, Rupesh wrote: >This is a commendable fact about the playchess server that they are very >committed to ensuring that nobody uses a program while playing human games. > >While the committment is commendable, the implementation is faulty. I do not >know how their software works but while playing human games I am now used to >receiving a warning. (Cheating leads to account termination). AND I do not use >any chess programs to beat human opponents. The strange thing is that i get this >warning only during certain games and not all the games. So probably this >warning is not caused by the their tracking program sensing some programs >running in the background. Otherwise I should get the warning after every game. > >So probably the software is tryihng to recognise the pattern in the way I play >the game and then declare that the person is using a program. I think this >method is not full proof as drawing a clear line between human and computer is >full of risk and can not be relied upon. Unless a good program is there for >tracking, such unfounded warnings are very offensive. > >To make the matters worse, chessbase does not keep sysops there to make >complaints. But you definitely have their icons their :). So one fine morning >they will get up and check their logs and see..oops this guy has got 10 warnings >but still he has not stopped cheating..let us terminate this account. > >Concerned >Amitesh HEAR HEAR!!!!!! I couldn't agree with you more! Although I myself have never had the occasion to experience the accusation of cheating I can see the OBVIOUS foibles in such well described as above mechanisms... I myself am a VERY inconsistent player in terms of result ( I drinks a bit) but can often pop off a GM on a good day......Will some GM or SYSOP accuse me of cheating? Alex
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