Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 10:27:44 11/30/99
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On November 30, 1999 at 13:13:10, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >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'. ? Then how did you play against it? :) I've seen many very low rated players play against it... Perhaps it changed its formula recently. *shrug*
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