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. < [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *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 > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > > > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >
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