08 Jan 12
Originally posted by tharkeshLet's be generous and say 100 people care (much fewer than that have bothered to post). 100/16000 = 0.00625%
But the forest is habitated, no? Some "saw" the fall of the tree...
A handful of people isn't a popular uprising, it's a pancake social. Or a slow night at the chess club.
08 Jan 12
Originally posted by VarenkaHi V.
Are you trying to show that some games/positions didn't involve engine analysis, and therefore infer that an engine was not used at other times? Sorry if I misunderstood. What is your summary to this "pearl"?
It was a wee joke V.
I was nearly on a plane going round to that lads house to show him 8.Nxf7.
09 Jan 12
Originally posted by wormwoodSerial killers? Wow, I guess this thread has jumped the shark. Good night everyone!
what a great idea. lets give every serial killer in the world immunity. after all, only a tiny fraction of the world population become their victims. almost nobody, really.
then again, maybe it DOES matter.
09 Jan 12
The post that was quoted here has been removedskeeter is not the important thing here. exposing and banning cheaters is. skeeter went on doing it for YEARS and most people knew it. now that we're finally allowed to talk about it in public, all the resentment and disgust is coming out. is there any surprise in that? I think not.
09 Jan 12
The post that was quoted here has been removedAll I meant to say with the post you quoted was: skeeter was not nice most of the times and she certainly knows more then me about (correspondence) chess...
I have worked with very arrogant and oppinionated appearing people before - some of them turned out to be harmless, others completely nice and simply misunderstood.
But one was certain most of the times: whoever appeared to be arrogant was treated by others as such, never hepling the cause.
Sorry for becoming so boring as above, but the surface is not always as it seems. Even in repeated, arrogant-appearing forum posts. It tells you little of the person behind.
It tells you, which cords this persons hit in you. Which doesnt suddenly mean you should start to love arrogant-appearing people. Simply remember what you really know and what parts do you feel.
Many people in this thread mix up feelings/believes with knowledge here. Almost like in the spirituality forum...
I am a scientist (no, it is not on my profile, and yes, it could be just made up to help my position...). Our publications always get peer-reviewed. Statistics hitting the grey zone (or border line) always call for more evidence... In the ideal world, these experiments are done and then published together - unfortunately, this can not always done to the reviewers satisfaction (not saying now, that the reviewer is always right)...
Originally posted by KaoslosThought you were done with this?
I think the witch-hunt-accusing-cheats going on by 8-10 players are way of doing anything good to this community, whatever it’s the chess or the profile we are talking about.
I prefer to discus chess! and I don’t appreciate people jumping at me for absolutely no reason other than a high rating. And my very high rating I consider a result of the sides no ...[text shortened]... s that the witch-hunt ends and people starts to behave descent towards one-another. Thanks!
09 Jan 12
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The post that was quoted here has been removedHey Duchess64,
talking for myself, I am taking Skeeter not more serious then anyone else here - but I see some principles violated, at least from my point of view (see above).
For me the case of her being a cheat is not prooven, sorry to say. For others it is. I would love to show someone, that this is not a matter of believe - but people are claiming here for real, that winning 20 times in a lottery is being a cheat, whereas I wish to insist that it is also possible of being just highly unlikely...
One single, stupid question: What, if, Skeeter was the first to brake the borders of matchup rates without engine use? Are you going to tell me, it is not possible to get a matchup rate of 70% without engine use?
Yes, I am not very fond of cynism...