Cheaters Beware - You Will Be Caught
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Oct 14, 2007
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#141
Thank you Eric for keeping the site clean.
Being a newcomer to this website, I would not dare to say much about cheating here. But it is true elsewhere. I have been beaten by players 200 to 300 points below my rating. This is on a website where blitz games are played. Blitz games are supposed to eradicate cheating by computers and yet these things are happening. It is very obvious - handheld computers are being used as an aid! What is the solution to this perennial problem? We have to put our heads together to find it.
Oct 14, 2007
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#143
Exactly.
But I would surmise that people who cheat aren't really as interested in becoming good, as they are in just seeming good.
Oct 14, 2007
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#144
phoenixrjp wrote: I know from other sites and talking to members that the problem starts to get alot worse from say 1600 and up. I know for a fact that I have been whipped by 1200's and it was quite obvious. As players all we can do is police ourselves and bring our concerns to the "web leader". It's up to us to keep integriety in the game and the site. Noone wants a yahoo site.
I think when you get whipped by a 1200 it is because a really good player just joined the board. :-) Regarding cheating, if someone consitently takes 47 of 48 hours to move when they are behind, they are just hoping you will need to be away from the computer for 2 days sometime in the next month. These c haps need to get a life. The rating isn't worth it.
the good
the bad (the cheats)
and the Ugly (the cosequenses that they run away from)
Oct 14, 2007
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#146
If I'm playing someone who's cheating by using a computer then at least I get a decent game while all they get to do is press a few buttons. I doubt anyone would continue to play with a computer for long - wouldn't that be just too boring? In which case let's just ignore them & wait for them to go away.
Or maybe some people's lives really are that sad ... or am I just being naive?
Great!...
I thought loosing was just as - if not more important than winning in chess. I'm not saying we should try to loose but it does teach us more about the game than winning does. We can go back, ananlyze our mistakes, and see where we went wrong. In the end your rating in chess is just a ballpark figure in terms of what kind of chess player you are. It's sad that people think their rating is more important than actually learning something about the game.
batgirl wrote:
"or am I just being naive?"
It's very possible
wow, kitty got her claws out
batgirl wrote: kitty?
female form of cat!!!
mmm..pedantry, my favourite
i'll admit my ignorance and confess that i have no idea what the name for a female bat is!
However bat does rhyme with cat, which can be kitty-kat, or even kitty, its a rather long-winded logic i know, but you'd be rubbish at crosswords :-)
fair_and_equal wrote: What is the point in cheating! These people are sad and should be punished good on you erik!
ditto!! i don't get it-what's the motive(profit,better rating, no to all)? apparently my motivation for playing(getting better at chess and meeting some incredible people-yes you are!)and the cheater's motivation(whatever thAT IS) ARE NOT THE SAME! it baffles me that someone would despoil such a great game by cheating,but perhaps that is more prolific than i first expected.
Oct 15, 2007
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#157
"Would batty please you?"
No. It would merely describe me.
"However bat does rhyme with cat..."
and rat.
i recently played a match where a guy resigned on purpose cause he lost his knight.
batgirl wrote:
"Would batty please you?"
No. It would merely describe me.
"However bat does rhyme with cat..."
and rat.
Yasser Arafat, he always looked a bit similar to a rat (or is that just me?)
