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Subject: Re: Sharing ICC noplay lists

Author: Steven Edwards

Date: 03:59:37 07/18/05

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On July 18, 2005 at 05:47:36, Thomas Mayer wrote:

>well, I do not care much about those cheaters. Just when I see some obvious
>things I put them on my noplay list. (Usually 7 day accounts...)

I avoid abuse by guest accounts by having "established" in Symbolic's formula.
I'd prefer it otherwise, but there was just too much trouble with
non-established players.

>Anyway, when Quark plays on ICC I want to see it play - I do not care much about
>it's rating... Loosing against a cheater means anyway that there was something
>stronger then my own program so I had to look where things went wrong instead
>"is the opponent cheating".

I'm not too much concerned about the magnitude of Symbolic's rating; it's
accuracy that I want.  This is necessary to measure the effects of program
changes.  One false result from a cheater may take a half dozen or more games to
correct.

>P.S.: So in my opinion you can either take a lot of time to identify cheaters,
>keeping your noplay list up to date etc. without any chance to get them all, or
>you can simply ignore it. IMO the second is best.

I don't have to take a lot of time if the effort is shared by others.



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