Author: Darrel Briley
Date: 17:21:35 02/12/05
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On February 12, 2005 at 19:52:19, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On February 12, 2005 at 19:33:11, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On February 12, 2005 at 19:03:27, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>On February 12, 2005 at 17:53:25, Anthony Cozzie wrote: >>> >>>>It was an unfortunate situation. I argued for you, admittedly partially because >>>>it would take 1/2 point off one my closest competitors :) But I really felt you >>>>should have got the half point. >>>> >>>>Nevertheless, leaving is pretty childish. I understand the feelings, but I >>>>think it would have been more sportsmanlike to continue, especially since you >>>>had 2/4 even with the forfeit. >>>> >>>>At any rate, good luck. >>>> >>>>anthony >>> >>>Anyone who would NOT leave the scene would be a person without emotions cold >>>like a frog. I fully understand his behaviour. >>> >>>Vincent >> >>By the same logic the members of a football team that continue to play inspite >>of wrong decision of the judge against them have no emotions. > >If the same cold decision taking would have been done in world champs 2004, you >would have scored a lot less points in world champs 2004. > >First few games you already caused big upsets and chaos. > >Don't you remember that? > >If the tournament direction would have been cold blooded, they would have banned >you from the world champs. > >Did you forget that? > >>I can understand the natural feeling of being angry about the decision but after >>thinking it the decision is right. >> >>The player is not only the engine of the programmer but a team of other things >>including the interface the hardware and the internet connection. >> >>If the interface failed to report ICC about accepting the draw offer then the >>decision is right. > >The interface is irrelevant here. He reported that he took the draw to 64. > >So he accepted the draw offer from crafty. > >That's all there is. > >Nothing else. > >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. > >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. > That's what Tournament director's do, and are supposed to do >Vincent > >>Uri
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