Author: gerold daniels
Date: 18:11:29 08/11/05
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On August 11, 2005 at 18:22:24, A. Cozzie wrote: >On August 11, 2005 at 18:15:23, Peter Skinner wrote: > >>On August 11, 2005 at 14:36:26, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>On August 11, 2005 at 14:05:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>I've never seen a beginner win an event, so in that respect >>>never a non-favourite was the 'lucky' winner. >>> >>>This is just a lame excuse yours to apology for possible disaster. >>> >>>Personally i give crafty 0%, simply because last 16 years the winner of >>>the world championship has been a program with the machine local at >>>the tournament site. >> >>Personally I would give Crafty betters odds to win than Diep. >> >>Nothing personal, but Crafty is simply a more polished program and will be >>running on bigger hardware. It will also have Peter Berger at the controls, and >>everyone knows how good he is. >> >>I don't think he is giving an excuse at all. He is stating that if a top >>favorite were to lose to a lower program, it's chances of winning go down >>drastically. If a lower rated program were to knock off a top seed, it's chances >>of finishing higher increase. >> >>That is logic... not excuses. >> >>Robert has a few World Titles to his credit. How many do you have again? Oh >>that's right.. 0 >> >>Peter > >Quite frankly, I find the Hyatt-Diepeveen feud funny enough (I can appreciate a >good flame, and Bob and Vincent are both pretty good flamers) without adding my >own fuel to the fire :) > >anthony What Flame :) Gerold.
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