Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 17:00:48 02/12/05
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On February 12, 2005 at 19:52:19, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >The interface is irrelevant here. He reported that he took the draw to 64. This is the _exact_ reason programs are to be FULLY automated. The interface is part of the setup. If the engine/interface does not send the command properly, then it is their fault. Saying that he did, and what happened are two entirely different things. >So he accepted the draw offer from crafty. Obviously not. The server shows a flag loss. >What happened then is that the tournament director was that the icc server >simply didn't have the feature to recognize that the draw was accepted and 10 >minutes later said it was a forfeit. It was a forfeit. When you lose on time, what else is it? >What is even more wrong, is the way in which the tournament director behaves >then. Instead of asking the players meeting, he dictatorial decides what happens >here. I didn't act like a dictator. I simply made my decision and stood by it. If you don't like it... tough. You didn't have to balls to enter the event of "easy amateurs" as you put it, so why comment. Your nothing but a gutless coward. Peter
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