Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:06:51 10/27/99
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On October 27, 1999 at 19:18:03, Jeff Anderson wrote: >I do not know what the term "troll" means in this context, but I had no evil >intent. I just wished to point out that there are dozens of GM's who cannot >play crafty because there ratings are below 2850, the cut off point for playing >crafty at the time I made this post. I also realize now that I was partialy >wrong, because Mr. Hyatt says now that he often makes exceptions to this rule by >giving select players a 'password' to play crafty. > Sorry, but I (for one) don't buy such a cavalier toss-off. You could have made your point in any of a hundred different and non-insulting ways. The way you wrote it was definitely 'trolling' for action. I just refused to bite after one explanation of why your 'assumption' was flawed... > >On October 27, 1999 at 11:14:18, KarinsDad wrote: > >>On October 26, 1999 at 19:38:08, Jeff Anderson wrote: >> >>>Crafy has a formula that prevents dozens and dozens of GM's from playing it on >>>ICC. >>> >>>The following are GM's who are not deemed by Mr. Hyatt good enough to play >>>Crafty: >> >>Why do people insist on writing obvious trolls? >> >>Instead of stating that Crafty is arrogant or that GM's are not deemed good >>enough by Dr. Hyatt, why didn't you just say: "It would appear that the >>following GMs are not able to play Crafty on ICC. Is this true or is there >>something I am missing?"? >> >>It's so annoying to read this type of blatant jab. >> >>KarinsDad :) >> >>>Giovanni Vescovi, Loek van Wely, Maxim Dlugy, Miguel Quinteros, Einar Gausel, >>>Tony Miles, Mihail Saltaev, hugo spangenbrg, Friso Nijboer, Yuri Shulman, Felix >>>Izeta, Eran Liss, gerald hertneck, Pablo Zarnicki, Ilan Manor, Gregory Kaidanov, >>>as well as many many other GM's who do not have their name public. >>> >>> >>>Crafty also refuses to any computer chess programs that require an increment. >>>That eliminates most of your strong commercial programs, as they must be >>>manually operated. >>> >>> >>>When you are very picky about who you play, good things can happen to your >>>rating.
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