Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:22:20 09/09/99
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On September 09, 1999 at 10:20:21, Micheal Cummings wrote: >On September 09, 1999 at 07:27:15, Sune Larsson wrote: > >>Well, I have this try with Crafty1615 and a friend of mine - ELO 2300. >>Yes 40 moves in 2 hours. 400Mhz pentium, books and everything, but.. >>First 4 games no problems - hard combat and 2-2. But afterwards, we had agreed >>10 games... Yeah a little money, prestige and stuff, you know... >>My computer hangs up, crashes and believe it or not - 6 times in a row! >>How things can happen... >>Problems arises - my friend want to call it a win for him 8-2, due to the >>argument "if you don't play - you lose" >> >>Need help - what to do ? And my rating for Crafty vs ELO 2300, should it >>be calculated from this 2-8? But really they didn't play the last 6 games - >>just 20-30 moves... Need perspective. Maybe from Australia... >> >>Sune :) > >Well it depends on your friend. You could play these games again. But since >money is involved I suppose that he has some small right to call the win. But if >I was playing a friend I would not take them as wins. So I just wonder how good >a friend he is ? > >I just think he is only interested in the money. Otherwise to count six games >cause of a computer crash as wins is pretty weak. If it happened one time or was >something on the scale of what Ed and Rebel have been doing, then I would say >count it as a loss. But there is no pride in winning over a program that >continually stuffs up. > >One or maybe two stuff ups take the loss. But three or more, just reply the >games. > >I would feel like a greedy scum bag if I took the money cause a computer crashed >six times. Tell him to go jump, either play the 6 crashed games again, or the >bet is off. > >That is unless of course the crashes happened when crafty was beaten anyway. Can you spell "satire"? :) Think about the above story. Then think about the Rebel Hoffman game. Get it now? :)
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