TransWarp Ignored & !provisional impressions.

Well, since many rating pts have been taken from TransWarp, no IM or GM really seems interested in playing, since they have more pts to risk. This is another downfall of the hippo position players, they are basically just playing to gain pts at the expense of a computer that is helpless until the operator wakes up and can try to update the book. One of the risks of trying to be a service to high rated players and help them with their blitz, check opening lines they might play in a tournament.. I'm sure the hippo won't appear in tournaments as a result of all this. Maybe at lower level play with C players trying to blockade an expert or A player. But even then, as a former low B player (at my best, without all the pain meds and pain that got worse as the disease killed more and more of my muscle tissue). But once you get put on high doses of Morphine and 10mg of Percocet when the pain breaks through, trying to concentrate on a tournament game is hopeless, plus I would fail the drug test if I was a GM..lol!

Tankist and COMEGNIO were kind enough to play some standard chess, with COMEGNIO achieving a win. Now TransWarp has an official rating in standard and not provisional anymore. I really hate when people limit provisional play, after all, they were ALL provisional at one time! Then to get on a high horse and !provisional, (not play in formula). Not playing provisional players is a variable that should be taken out of ICC options. I know one Admin that would agree with that, (Kiebitz) a really cool admin who also set up the BettingBot game on ICC, which is a lot of fun for the human players, Comps can't play, but that's okay with me. I've had fun for years playing Bettingbot, but still haven't gotten my BM (BettingMaster) title. I stink :D

So let's hope TransWarp gets some blitz games, it's a good opportunity for those rated 2700+ to play instead of just 3000+! Also note: COMEGNIO and Tankist are two new players as well as that sneaky lodachnik I really hope he learned a lot playing pretty much the same game over and over. The bot JimmyS can note when a comp is crashing, too bad we can't have a bot that notes players repeating moves, but with so many games going on...I guess it would be impossible. But there is the system recording high rated games...you would think it would note the same ECO code over and over...hmn. Ahh well, tis life.