Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 10:31:36 11/13/04
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On November 13, 2004 at 10:09:16, Steve B wrote: >>One of his parting statements was "I only care about FAIR play." Gimme a >>break...... How can Playchess engage as sysop like this? > >dosent surprise me in the least >i was a paying Member of ICC 3 years ago >back then (before i realized how rampant the cheating was) i cared about my >rating > >one of the final straws that broke the Camels back for me was i was actually >cheated by an Administrator >it was a rated Blitz game and the Adm was exhibiting all of the usual signs that >he was using a prog(nano second replies in very complicated tactical position,he >mated me almost instantaneously with the release of my move..etcetc) > >when i expressed surprise that he was using a prog,he shot back that i better be >careful beofre accusing him because he could get me tossed very easily >he neither denied or confirmed my accusuation > >it wasnt long after that ,that i started to play as a guest only and only >unrated games >and to this day that is the only way i will play > >there really is no reason to play rated games on any chess server >the ratings pool is corrupted with the cheaters which renders all rating's >statistically invalid > >Best >Steve Totally meaningless -- and ICC is too stupid that they are losing customers that are never coming back. But the cheating will just worse - as the cheaters ( as we know from this forum ) are very very motivated to cheat ...a sad reflection on our society ...
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