Author: Luis E. Alvarado
Date: 07:07:03 02/19/00
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On February 19, 2000 at 08:05:29, Mark Ryan wrote: I was too very suprise how some of the members of this community reacted when the game was forfeited in favor of Adams. Even Kasparov was blamed for the incident. The strange part is that some of the comments were posted before the facts were known. We need to be smarter than this. Comments like that may hurt Deep Junior chances of being invited to another tournament. We need to remember that the top GM's and of course Kasparov are very influential people, they could completely ban computer programs from more tournaments if they want to. So I suggest to everybody to be cool and wait for another opportunity and do not bite the hand of the people that could eventually make PC chess programs more comercially successful. >Hello, CCC friends: > >As a result of the forfeit disaster in the KasparovChess Grand Prix, Michael >Adams has been called some bad things here at the CCC: >"a coward" (post 97669); >"a jerk" (post 97673); >"the coward" (post 97689); >"despicable and cowardly" (post 97721); >and many other bad things. This language always seemed out of place here, even >before the accusations were contradicted by the very man responsible for the >forfeit, Mig (Michael Greengard). Just as Amir and Shay have been treated >unjustly, so has Michael Adams been treated unjustly by very premature and very >exaggerated accusations. > >Am I being too naive to expect a high standard of proof from chess players and >computer fans? Am I being too naive to expect a high standard of language in a >moderated forum whose charter requires that messages: >"2. Are not abusive in nature > 3. Do not contain personal and/or libelous attacks on others " ? > >Moderators: although I have mentioned post numbers, it is not my intention to >complain about specific messages; I am merely giving examples to express my >general concern to the whole membership. > >Sorry if I have ruffled any feathers. It was just something I had to say. > >Respectfully, >Mark
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