Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 17:24:10 02/05/00
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On February 05, 2000 at 17:19:49, Sune Larsson wrote: >On February 05, 2000 at 12:54:14, Peter Kappler wrote: > >>On February 05, 2000 at 12:40:24, Amir Ban wrote: >> >>>On February 05, 2000 at 12:26:13, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On February 05, 2000 at 12:00:45, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >>>> >>>>>Ban left the cct tourney, because Hyatt was censoring him. Actually, he seems, >>>>>he left 3 minutes after Bob removed him his censor list. So junior will be >>>>>forfeited and the round re-paired. Everybody is pissed at Ban. >>>> >>>> >>>>Here is what happened: About 3 months ago, Amir directly accused me of writing >>>>code in crafty that was only there to 'abuse' the opponents. IE playing on in >>>>dead lost games, moving quickly to run the opponent out of time, etc... >>>> >>>>I absolutely do not do that, and I told him so. He kept the claim alive. I >>>>told him that if he felt like that, then obviously he wouldn't want to play >>>>a program that is that abusive (if you had seen his history on ICC, you would >>>>have noticed that 90% of his games were against me, which is hard to understand >>>>if my program was _so_ abusively written.) I then told him here that I was >>>>going to +censor him on ICC, that he could play anybody else he wanted. >>>> >>>>At 10:45 this morning, I saw him on and told crafty to tell him "I am playing >>>>a game with diepx, but I will adjourn it right before start time." I then >>>>discovered that the "censor" was on (I had totally forgotten about it). At >>>>10:45 (15 minutes before the round started) I disconnected crafty, then logged >>>>in myself and removed the censor for ban. >>>> >>>>I had also censored him but had forgotten about that as well. Apparently >>>>right around the time I was removing the censor, he logged on and told the >>>>tournament channel that he wasn't playing until I apologized for the censor on >>>>CCC. >>>> >>>>I'm _not_ apologizing, as _I_ didn't make the outrageous statement that I >>>>had written crafty specifically to behave in an abusive way. I had planned >>>>on lifting the censor for the tournament game, and then put it back on, as I >>>>won't play him with a program he claims is "abusive" until he retracts that >>>>nonsense. >>>> >>>>That is all that I know. I didn't see his tells in 164 as I was logged on as >>>>Crafty removing the censor. I have no idea what he said, specifically... and >>>>see no reason to storm off in a huff. He _knows_ why he was censored. And >>>>even if I had not remembered by 11am, a simple request to the TD could have >>>>fixed the problem... >>>> >>>>That's all there is. What happens next is anybody's guess. It certainly does >>>>screw up a lot of stuff for a lot of people. >>> >>>Much of this is grossly inaccurate, but never mind this now. >>> >>>Bob has been censoring me ever since the "snot" post he wrote here. For those >>>who who don't know what ICC "censor" is, it means you don't play with the >>>person, and do not agree to hear any message from him either. He's beneath you. >>> >>>I've been aware of it of course. Bob did not discover this. I did, 10 minutes >>>before the game, that the censor is still on. I tried to talk to the TD, but he >>>was not there. I wrote a message on the tournament channel, that my opponenet is >>>censoring me, and I'm leaving. I said if he wants to play, he can apologize on >>>CCC. >>> >>>I did not withdraw from the tournament. I clarified this to Bruce later. Bob can >>>get a point for this game. >> >> >>Amir, this is crap. >> >>You walked out of the tourney 10 minutes before it started. You know damned >>well that Bob would have lifted the censor so the game could be played. >> >>Your actions were extremely childish, and I'm afraid I have lost much of my >>respect for you. >> >>--Peter > > So this censoring thing is not childish?! > Thanks Yes, it is childish, too. Big egos usually don't mix well. --Peter
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