Author: Graham Laight
Date: 01:31:35 11/06/98
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This is certainly a more realistic answer than the one I originally received. :-) On November 05, 1998 at 09:40:19, Albert Silver wrote: >After noticing a number of users asking about Rebel's revolutionary Anti-GM >technique, and the misinformed opinions of the forum's experts, I have decided >to explain once and for all what it is. >It follows the precepts of Ruy Lopez with some modernized additions of >Schroeder's. Ruy Lopez in his somewhat outdated book suggested among other >things to angle the board so that the sun would glare in the opponent's eyes. >naturally if you are playing against a machine there is little possibility of >this. >So what happens is Rebel slowly begins to darken the screen until the >Grandmaster, realizing that he is squinting, begins to increase the Contrast and >Brightness controls of the monitor, then suddenly the screeen will go all white >producing a flash that effectively blinds the opponent temporarily. If it works >as intended, by the time the GM's vision has cleared up, Rebel will have won on >time. >A secondary effect is to administer small electric shocks through the mouse, a >technology first developed by the CIA, and subsequently borrowed by Ed, which >will unsettle the opponent enough to have him play weaker moves, sometimes >playing a shorter move so as not to have to handle the mouse for a prolonged >legth of time. >Last, small messages flash across the screen at speeds the eye cannot properly >register but that the brain does (Yes, subliminal) tell the opponent to >sacrifice his queen. >Nevertheless, Ed assures us that his initial plan, to flash his account number >and how much to deposit in it was rejected eventually for ethical reasons. >I cannot stay any longer now, as the library will only allow me limited use of >this computer. If you wish further info I can be reached in the nearest shelter >since my funds were inexplicably transfered from my account, though the bank >assures me that it is NOT due to a hacker. > > Albert Silver
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