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manhattan
1/07/2008
00:45:04
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 Subject: 7000
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yea , i made it at last 7000 wins @ GK
have a great time!
cheers
Janis
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blackbaron
1/07/2008
03:50:30
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I notice your average opponent rating is about 150 less than your own rating , so maybe not worth boasting about so much?
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manhattan
1/07/2008
05:16:28
[ report abuse ] | try ya self
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play ~ 200 games and tell me how it go.
Janis
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bucklehead
1/07/2008
05:17:35
[ report abuse ] | I see...
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...lots of even matches in his active games list, so I'm inclined to offer congratulations.
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tim_b
1/07/2008
05:37:24
[ report abuse ] | Congratulations
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manhattan
I would have smoke coming out of my ears trying to play more than 20 games at a time.
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perro_feo
1/07/2008
09:46:26
[ report abuse ] | 7000
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Congratulations Janis
p
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ravster
1/07/2008
09:57:08
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blackbaron, i would not call manhatten 's AMAZING record on winning 7000 games 'boasting'. It is not so easy espectially when you are playing 200 games at the same time. Players like cyrano 's average opponent's rating is nearly 500 points below his own rating...
Congradulations manhatten !!! Like tim_b mentions, it is not easy to have 7000 wins and play 200 games at a time :)
Ravi
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dysfl
1/07/2008
09:59:01
[ report abuse ] | Wow
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Congratuations.
It is amazing how many game some of us are playing at a time. I know I could avoid stupid blunder if I trim them down, but it's addictive to fill the slots for more game. That's why I didn't upgrade my subscription last time.
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eqj2
1/07/2008
15:27:15
[ report abuse ] | Congrats
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Well done Janis keep up the hard work. I hope to be there some day. I only play 10-15 games so it will be awhile.
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blackbaron
1/08/2008
01:26:18
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190 out of 201 current games against opponents rated lower than you currently. Im sure we all could rack up the wins if we picked out the cannon fodder to bully too. No big achievement , come back when u get your average opponent rating up and brag then
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ravster
1/08/2008
11:26:26
[ report abuse ] | Blackbaron!
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You are missing my point! It does not matter about how good or how bad your opponents are, 7000 wins is great work! It is a tough thing to do even if you are playing players in the 900 zone. Constanly playing low rated players might rack up your wins but manhatten 's average opponents' rating is 1439. That is not bad at all that is higher than your rating! Also, when i was checking his active games, the lowest rated player out if the 200 players was 1234 and that was a division match. It might be true that many of them are below manhatten 's rating but it was not by much; most in the +/- 50 zone. The rest were high 1300s, 1400s, a few 1500s and a couple of 1600 and those are very challenging ratings. With manhatten also playing 200 games, i think it is unfair to say that he is 'bragging' of 'boasting'.
Ravi
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chessnovice
1/08/2008
11:41:28
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I'm glad to say one of those wins is against me. :D
Congrats!
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ccmcacollister
1/08/2008
15:26:22
[ report abuse ] | Congratulations ...
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That IS quite an achievement }8-)
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ionadowman
1/08/2008
16:17:53
[ report abuse ] | A fine record, manhattan -
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Congratulations! I think it might be worth pointing out to detractors that manhattan is prepared to place his own rating on the line in each game. I reckon that places his record in a creditable context.
Cheers,
Ion
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sorceress_queen
1/08/2008
16:26:20
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Congratulations!
If having 1000 wins isn't easy, figure you 7000 (and raising!).
Way to go! the 8k barrier is coming fast!
Keni
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tag1153
1/11/2008
11:59:29
[ report abuse ] | I'm going the other way.......
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........I just hit my 3000th loss on GK:(
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ravster
1/11/2008
12:27:08
[ report abuse ] | YAY!!!
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Well done tag1153 on your 3000th loss! :)))) Keep it up and you will be a great player :)))
Just kidding. Does not matter so much you have been on GK for a while it was going to happen eventually.
Ravi
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blackbaron
1/12/2008
06:09:59
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Excellent work tag1153 , whats your secret? Thats the kind of bragging that I like to see ! Lol
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nathanman22
1/12/2008
10:37:54
[ report abuse ] | Congratulations!
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Manhattan--congratulations on 7000 wins...! I have had the opportunity to play Manhattan in 2 matches and I find him to be a great person as well as an excellent chess player. I was impressed with him even then. I wish you the best in the future Manhattan!
-Nathanman22
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usethepawn
1/14/2008
03:19:07
[ report abuse ] | I agree with blackbaron
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with an avg opponents rating much lower then yours it is alot easier to rack up the wins.
And i cant see how playing 200 games at a time makes it more difficult to rack up 7000 wins. try playing 1 game at a time and racking up 7000 wins see how long that takes
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ganstaman
1/14/2008
05:58:56
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"And i cant see how playing 200 games at a time makes it more difficult to rack up 7000 wins."
Because the more you play at a time, the less time you can devote to each game, and the worse you play each game therefore. If you play only 1 game at a time, you are capable of doing much better in that game.
And no matter what, I find 7000 games, won, drawn, or loss, to be impressive. What's with all the hating?
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ravster
1/14/2008
10:21:22
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What ganstaman said was what i was trying to say for the first 2 posts :)))
Ravi
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dena
1/14/2008
21:02:49
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time to get a life, or at least a donut cushion on the computer chair ;)
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usethepawn
1/14/2008
23:34:26
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Alright gangstaman.
give it a go, for one year play one game at a time see how many wins you get, then another year try playing 200, you would easily get more wins playing 200 that 1.
Even if you only win 50% of your games that still one hundred wins. You would complete many more games in a day play 200 then playing 1.
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chessnovice
1/15/2008
08:56:20
[ report abuse ] | to each their own, but...
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Why make such an effort to bring a person down about their accomplishments? You could also play one game per year blindfolded. But would that take away from the person who played one game at a time regularly? The only reason that you'd get less wins playing one game at a time, honestly, is only because you'd die before you could catch up.
The 7000 win mark obviously means something to him, so just say congrats and move on. And if that proves to be too difficult, then just don't say anything at all.
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mfeeney93
1/15/2008
14:33:46
[ report abuse ] | chessnovice
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Here! Here!
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eqj2
1/15/2008
16:10:44
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Well said chessnovice
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brunetti
1/18/2008
07:43:07
[ report abuse ] | Just to remark
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that 7,000 is not a record, and that the 8k barrier hasn't still to be broken ;)
Alex
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sorceress_queen
1/18/2008
11:36:28
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I'm counting the days, and betting for when, gothicgirl achieves:
- 10.000 wins
- 20.000 finished games
These records are lightyears ahead of me... :)
Way to go, Julia!
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gothicgirl
1/18/2008
13:17:50
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thx, keni !!! :))
I will try my best, its only a question of time! ;-)
Best, wishes Julia
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gothicgirl
1/18/2008
20:29:42
[ report abuse ] | maybe I should add..
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... that, my
number of wins actually is: 9466
number of finished games is: 19663
Julia
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marinvukusic
1/28/2008
11:36:14
[ report abuse ] | Wow
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Now I wonder how many games I played in my life (including blitz) :O
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