by AAFitz on Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:18 am
actually, basic math and logic tells you that scoring has nothing to do with weather a person will cheat or not. And basic math wont be enough to make any determinations in scottlands games. Percentages of wins on speedfreestyle mean nothing in that context. Im just glad I didnt play scott 300 times, because Im pretty sure my win rate would have been lower than bruces.
Now Im not saying theres no chance that bruce wasnt even favoring him, im merely suggesting that the math doesnt prove anything either way. Anymore than looking at the 1 out of 16 wins or so i have with comic boy in escalating games, would suggest im favoring him to win. Using that example just shows you are jumping to conclusions, because Ive watched that case since it started, and anyone that can definitively say they know what happened is just deluding themselves. If you approach it from either end, you can make a decision and back it up fully...which of course was why it was locked. In the end, only Bruce knows if he was favoring Scott, which is the absolute worst that could even possibly have happened in that situation. Its a matter of trusting bruce's word. Some will, some wont. But anyone who thinks they can definitively say there was obvious cheating in those games, especially on the part of scottland himself, simply doesnt understand the 8 person freestyle speed games. Ignoring the subtleties on those, which you are certainly doing, is easy, but doesnt make it right.
I could easily write 3 pages of the possible ways those games could have played out and ended up with those results. The same way you can look through my games, and find that there are some players I beat every time. and others I lose to every time...and thats on just regular games, where speed and skill dont necessarily affect the outcome as they do in speed escalating games. Anyone who doesnt think scott can kill someone in that many games is deluding themselves. Similarly, anyone who doesnt recognize the fact that obviously bruce could have been favoring him, is also deluding themselves. Its a matter of trust, as is any case this complex.
Liberty, Im sorry you dont live in the nice simple to label world that your intellect obviously needs to makes sense of everything nice and neatly, but the fact of the matter is, as many who know this site in and out, like myself, and others have told you time and time again, your assumptions are not correct, and in some cases wildly wrong. Your passion for pointing them out, and your zeal to post them over and over makes them no more correct.
The scoring system doesnt affect cheating in any way. Cheaters cheat. Non cheaters dont.
As far as changing it, any kind of flat system would demolish and demoralize the site. The scores wouldnt be at 5000, theyd be at 50000. The scoring system is just fine. A separate scoreboard for other types of games would enhance it, but changing the underlying formula, would be an absolute disaster.
Youre simply jumping to conclusions. Your not fully analyzing all of the data thats right in front of you, and personally, I think your just grandstanding for fun, and are glossing over the details of your arguments, for a nice quick post, thats empty, and sometimes just wrong. I truly hope your advice in your political job is more thought through for all of our sakes.
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AAFitz on Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:20 am, edited 2 times in total.
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