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

[Don Dailey]

That's an interesting thought.    Perhaps by looking at the comments that
could be established, or you could even ask in a non-threatening way.

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Jim O'Flaherty, Jr. <
jim_oflaherty_jr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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.
>

That's an interesting thought.    Perhaps by looking at the comments that
could be established.   Or you could ask in a non-threatening way.
"Hey, are the you the same guy that played such a nice game against Crazy
Stone the other day?"     You will get an honest response if he doesn't
think you are trying to pin him down.




> 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
>
>
>   ------------------------------
> *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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