[Computer-go] CrazyStone in the 5-dan footsteps of Zen

[Jim O'Flaherty, Jr.]

Remi,

There might be a very simple explanation for the "sandbagger" - what if it is actually an account that is shared? In other words, it could easily be a man around 45 years old playing occasionally on his device. And then allowing his dad to use it thereby removing all of the noise of trying to manage his father's account.

Of course I am making this up. The point is that the assumption that a single account is associated with exactly one human who is the same human to play on that account. Additionally, there are those out there in the human world who don't value rank variation near as much as those creating bots might like or want. {smirk}


Jim



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 From: Rémi Coulom <Remi.Coulom at free.fr>
To: computer-go at dvandva.org 
Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2012 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Computer-go] CrazyStone in the 5-dan footsteps of Zen
 
On 8 janv. 2012, at 20:45, Jouni Valkonen wrote:
> oh, Zen is drifting more than I expect, when old games are dropping. It did not look like getting into 6d when she played actively in November. I guess that I already lost the bet. Is it ok, that I pay the bet as buying CS for iPad2? It is only €5.99, so after reducing Apple's share and taxes, it may be a little less than 5 euros for you. 
> 

You have not lost already, but yes, if you lose, it is OK :-)

I believe the main reason for the recent drift is the un-rating of the sandbagger. Also, the mid-december drift was caused by BOTHater36 playing humans:
http://www.gokgs.com/graphPage.jsp?user=bothater36

The most efficient way to improve one's rank on KGS is to stop playing.

Rémi
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