Author: Uri Blass
Date: 05:14:34 07/10/03
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On July 10, 2003 at 07:48:20, Steve Maughan wrote: >Uri, > >>I think that you take that list too seriously. >>If they do not tell you what are the games that they used then you cannot take >>the list seriously. > >I think Eric Hallsworth deserves more respect than this. This is one of the >oldest list around (started ~1985) and when it was started it was only dedicated >v dedicated. In these days it was unthinkable to publish all of the games as >the internet was not widespread. Eric only includes reputables sources for his >games and they must be at least 1 m/m. Eric is a man of integrity and this list >isn't a collection of 'Game in 3 mins' like some winboard list. > >You also put emphasis on seeing the games used. You could have a bogus list >which published / uses only a selective number of games i.e. the ones where >where their favourite engine does well - so publishing the game is not the >definitive sign of a robust rating list. The problem is not suspecting of cheating but suspecting of using information that is not exactly about the right versions that may be games of private version of the programmer against humans or games with different hardware than the hardware that was mentioned. Uri
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