Author: James Robertson
Date: 00:04:06 11/30/99
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On November 30, 1999 at 02:28:58, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >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. I noticed this too, and attributed it to the large number of new Crafty/Fritz/etc. computer accounts; they grab points from the established computers, the operator gets 'board' after a hundred games, and the account retires. :( James >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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