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Subject: Re: Flaw in ICC best list : an illustration

Author: greg moller

Date: 21:16:31 05/04/99

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On May 04, 1999 at 17:18:58, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On May 04, 1999 at 16:47:36, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On May 04, 1999 at 15:40:05, greg moller wrote:
>>[snip]
>>>BTW, here's the 'real' blitz best-list , using the rank command instead :
>>>
>>>Rank Rat. Bullet         Rank Rat. Blitz          Rank Rat. Standard
>>>   30 2697 Finegold          1 3137 Dlugy            30 2526 BlackDragon
>>>   31 2696 Dlugy             2 3132 Ferret           31 2522 singacrafty
>>>   32 2695 heatstroke        3 3107 Nikephoros       32 2520 WienerPartie
>>>   33 2691 stein             4 3101 Mofongo          33 2510 Yeldnuh
>>>   34 2690 BAZMAN            5 3076 FlyingPiket      34 2508 Ikegami
>>>   35 2685 Blue-Dot          6 3044 jeleen           35 2494 HAL9000
>>>   36 2683 vaska             7 3038 OzsO             36 2494 SutterCane
>>>   37 2674 xypher            8 3034 Sharkman         37 2493 SWare-I
>>>   38 2672 singacrafty       9 3030 RAINHA           38 2492 mandamus
>>>   39 2663 Camila           10 3010 GMAlex           39 2487 heatstroke
>>>   40 2656 bani             11 3008 bani             -- 2484 bani<----------
>>>   41 2652 gvescovi         12 2999 Tack             40 2480 GellerGirl
>>>   42 2646 Wyrm             13 2988 ShredderX        41 2478 MoonShot
>>>   43 2645 Monopoly         14 2976 Secret           42 2475 MoonBeam
>>>   44 2639 crafty450        15 2951 Roller           43 2473 rayo
>>>   45 2637 IanCurtis        16 2950 crafty           44 2471 SuperChicken
>>>   46 2625 garompon         17 2947 Camila           45 2467 Vibora
>>>   47 2624 Lingo            18 2942 garompon         46 2465 CM6555
>>>   48 2624 MrSiniter        19 2936 aleks            47 2465 gambitmaster
>>>   49 2616 razzle           20 2933 Hawkeye          48 2455 ShredderX
>>>   50 2615 WeakComp         21 2929 kocho            49 2447 xypher
>>>
>>>As you can see, "poor" Nikephoros(GM), rated 3107 (!) and ranked #3, got totally
>>>gypped by the so-called best list.
>>I have a puzzlement:
>>Dlugy (who I assume is:)
>>FICSID	NAME	COUNTRY	RO	BIRTHDAY	SEX
>>2000075	Dlugy, Maxim	USA	2530	1/29/66	M
>>
>>Seems to eat computers up at their peak strength -- the speed games.  Why is he
>>not even on the board at standard?  I would think he would be kicking gluteous
>>maximus.
>
>It looks like the lists for standard and lightning/bullet are giving the ranks
>30-50, instead of 1-20.

That's because the blitz list, which I was trying to highlight, was centered
around the player _bani_ who was significantly lower-ranked in terms of bullet
and standard.

regards,
gm



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