Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 10:13:10 11/30/99
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On November 30, 1999 at 02:28:58, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >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. Its notes make no mention of this, only that its a Pentium 233. I'm pretty sure I can pull off a few more games like that. If it would stop playing other comps for a minute, that is... >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. It had ratingdiff < 400 in its formula, so this can't be 'it'. -- GCP
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