Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 23:28:58 11/29/99
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On November 30, 1999 at 02:04:05, Dann Corbit wrote: >On November 30, 1999 at 01:51:37, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >>[Event "fics unrated blitz game"] >>[Site "fics, Oklahoma City, OK USA"] >>[Date "1999.11.29"] >>[Time "22:02:46"] >>[Round "-"] >>[White "Garf"] >>[Black "chesspartner"] >>[WhiteElo "1189"] >>[BlackElo "2195"] >This seems _very_ low for a computer. What do the finger notes say about this >machine? I suspect you may be blitzing a 386. This is a bit low, but not all that low. Remember that this is not the inflated ratings system of ICC, where the same computer would probably be 2600+. It seems that the FICS ratings have gone down recently - even the highest rated computers I see on are only around 2300, with a few exceptions around 2500. Anyway, the machine is, IIRC, a PPro 200, but it is also being used for other things. Sometimes this can make it play much worse than it should. Another thing which helps keep this rating so low is that it allows anyone to match it at any time control. It seems to have a bunch of low-rated players playing it all the time; when it wins, it gets no points, but when it loses or draws, it loses points. This is the same problem for everyone else, but most have restricting formulas, with a favorite term being (assesswin>0), which says that I won't play you if I get 0 points for winning. If I get even one point for winning, but -50 for losing, I still play.
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