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Subject: Re: The Shredder-Jonny draw...

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 13:11:03 11/30/03

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On November 30, 2003 at 15:55:09, Matthew Hull wrote:

>On November 30, 2003 at 14:10:45, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>Is not so suspect...
>>
>>Johannes Zwanzger said that Shredder was clearly won, and that he did not want
>>to 'steal the victory' from Shredder because of a stupid bug.  THAT is why he
>>did not get a TD, and kept playing.  It was Johannes Zwanzger's choice, and no
>>one else.
>
>No.  It was the software's choice.  That is "who" is playing the game.  Ths
>software claimed "draw".  The operator overruled the claim, thus "taking the
>dive", throwing the game.
>
>What incentive now has SMK to fix his bugs when his opponents all lay down and
>play dead instead of hold his "bucket of bugs" to the test?  If his software is
>so good, why don't all operators simply resign or forfiet before the game even
>starts in deferrence to Shredder's acknowledged superiority?
>
>Ridiculous!!!
>
>
>>
>>Shredder won.  Period.
>
>
>Fritz won.  Period.  Shredder accepted a gift 1/2 point which it did not earn.
>Shameful!!!

Although I agree with you on the first part, I have to disagree here.

You can't blame Shredder for accepting the gift. Only the opponent for offering
it and the TD for not correcting it. ( My opinion of coarse, as usual)

Tony

>
>MH



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