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crazycanuck
5/17/2003
22:18:03
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 Subject: The Burninators (page3)
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Ok Ok Ok OK guys I get it. Every time I say that the team appears to be getting turned around we take a nose dive. So I guess I will have to be silent until that happens!! But I'm still excited about this elite teams prospects!! I see that the set back is not a serious one and it will be just a couple of games before this deficeit is a thing of the past!! GO BURNINATORS!!!
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d123
5/18/2003
11:21:44
[ report this post ] | Team Score
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yes, my friend will soon have finished his 5 games and he wants to join the team as well. he might have a score around 1400 - 1500. I'm sure he will be the team luck !
go burninators !
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fliszt
5/18/2003
15:01:29
[ report this post ] | Team Score
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Not to belabor the point, or to diminish anyone's enthusiasm and team spirit, but what this team needs is not "luck." It needs commitment to excellence and dedication to upholding the pride of the team. Losing a well played game is an honor. It is like getting shot in combat and we should treat any teammate who lost a tough, hard fought game as a hero and heap praise upon him. However, on the other hand, it should be noted that we have a few among us who are giving away games, and team points, by falling asleep during the struggle and losing their games on time. I know this may be hard for some on the team to believe, but I am afraid to say that it is true, unfortunate, but true. As far as I'm concerned, losing a game by timing out is the same as being a traitor. It is intentionally losing a battle and costing the team hard earned points.
We need a team rule on how to handle these traitors in the future. I suggest, as I did once before, lose a game on time and be banned of further team play for three months. Lose two and it's six months. Three is a year and so forth. We need to address these cowards now, I say.
I look forward to hearing what the other team members have to say, especially my distinguished colleage, heartbeat.
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crazycanuck
5/18/2003
17:11:34
[ report this post ] | Team Rule #2
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Yes fliszt this has been a bothersome concern for me. It has come to my attention through the GK robot that we had a couple more of timed out games. :( I have received apoligies for the tardiness and have addressed the players' involved in this. This time I have taken action and will suspend one of the players' from team matches and the other assures me that there was technical difficulties that was not corrected in time to resond. He had missed his dead line by mere minutes and will keep an eye on his games. Which brings me to a point. Starting today,May18/03 and it's 6:00 p.m. my time, I will suspend players' for timing out for a minimum of 3months for the first infraction and then 6 months for the second infraction. If for some unexplicible reason it happens a third time then I will suspend them for 1 year from team matches. I will be keeping a record on who is naughty and who is nice. Any more timed out games over 3 times the player will be asked to leave the team. If this seems a little harsh then by all means make your voice heard. I will listen to what you all have to say. I think that I have been very generous in the past with the timed out games and I feel as team captain that something has to be done immediately to prevent this suicidal action in our climb to the top!!
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fliszt
5/18/2003
18:29:09
[ report this post ] | Team Rule #2
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Applause! Applause! Bravo! Bravo! Author! Author!
I assure everyone that there are no players on the INVINCIBLES, or any of the other top teams on this site, who are allowed to suffer the disgrace of timing out. To do so would be an embarassment to the team, and those teams do not get embarassed. If we truly want to play big time chess as a team, we need to start acting professionally and responsibly. We all owe that to the team and we owe it to our captain who continues to work so tiredlessly to improve the performance results of this team.
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heartbeat
5/18/2003
18:50:04
[ report this post ] | Team Rule
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We were back to -25 and were very excited yesterday! There are only 4 or 5 teammates (I guess so) have tried to contribute. I admire them, especially my Cap, who gain 8 team points. But now the team score is -34 . The situation has changed within 1 or 2 days. What's happened?
I suppose some teammates not do their best and even have irresponsible attitude. I was concerned that the team score may slip to -34 or even -40 if we don't have any solutions. As all of you seen, the endeavour of some enthusiastic teammates cannot make up for the loss of others.
Eveyone can loose sometime because he/she cannot concentrate all his/her mind and makes mistakes or the opponent is too strong. But if they loose game after game and let time out, it is a matter. I suggest that irrespective of reason, we should have hard discipline. For example,
In case of anyone has his/her team score
-3,-4 Cap will remind him/her
-5,-6, he/she will not be allowed to play against higher rating players and the his/her team games must be limited (2 games, I suggest)
-7,-8, will be banned for 3 months
-9,-10, will be banned for 6 months
lower than -10, will be banned for 1 year
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crazycanuck
5/18/2003
19:07:32
[ report this post ] | limit on games.......... hhhmmmmm
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I like that heartbeat, put a limit on games. GOOD POINT!!! I think that I will smile on that one!! Until it gets turned around and a big improvement that some players may have a limit placed on their team matches. As of right now there is one player that will be suspended from team matches for 3 months. I regret having to do this but this action has been put off for a long time. As commented by fliszt, I'm also sure to that the top teams do not accept time outs by their team mates. This is to only assure the team in it's Quest to be the Best!!
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fliszt
5/18/2003
20:38:09
[ report this post ] | Team Rule and limit on games . . .
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I agree with heartbeat that players should be chosen to play games based on their team results. However, I don't think that the player's team point score is the only determination of either his contribution or his ability. I think that his rating also needs to be considered. An 1800 player, for example, who loses close, tough matches to 1900 players, and as a result winds up with negative points, should still be a good candidate to play other 1800 or lower players. I do not like the idea of establishing play selection rules based solely on point scores. As I wrote earlier, a teammate who loses a long, hard battle against a worthy foe is to be honored for his effort on behalf of the team and treated as a fallen comrade, wounded in combat. We should not scorn him or punish him. He gave his best for the team and that is all that we can ask of our fellow players. In summary, I believe that the rating system used here on this site, as unorthodox as it is, is a better measurement of a player's skill than just his team points won and lost. I vote to continue to let our esteemed captain exercise his already proven judgement and evaluation skills in determining who deserves to play in team matches and as to how many games they are capable of playing simultaneously. Our disappointing point scores up until now are not the result of poor scheduling and player selections but they are the result of poor play and giving games away due to falling asleep on the battlefield.
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fliszt
5/18/2003
20:59:06
[ report this post ] | Also . . .
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Also, I am sure that there are a lot of other considerations that have to be taken into account in scheduling who plays in certain team matches. A lot of players, myself included, especially newer players, have only a limited number of games available by the server's silly rules. Also, some players may actually prefer to manage only a few games at a time, while others, like our energetic captain, may have nearly limitless play potential. And, if we're faced with a team challenge and an 1800 on our team, with a point score of -4, is one candidate for our captain to chose and a 1200, with a score of +5, is another available choice to play against a 1700 I know that I would pick our 1800 to play. My point is that there are a lot of fundamental and subjective factors that need to be considered in selecting a lineup for team matches and this is what we pay our captain to do and we should let him do his job withourt handcuffing him with points rules.
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fliszt
5/18/2003
21:25:52
[ report this post ] | Eeee Gaaaaad!
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-36 now. Maybe this is getting serious. Do our guys know that the idea is to try to win games, not just lose them?
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crazycanuck
5/18/2003
23:26:23
[ report this post ] | Team rules......
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Yes , you are right fliszt. There is a lot of things that I do consider when making the team challenges match-ups. One of them is, obviously, the ability of the players' that I hook up and also if I honestly think that they have a good chance of winning the match ups. I must apoligize for some of the early match-ups that we have had because some of the teams captains matched the players' up with very unfair ratings pairings and didn't like it at all. I would like to also say that some of the match-ups were when the team was very young and didn't have the depth of the team like we do now. Now that has been said. As of the recent performance of the team, yes it has been disheartened a bit, but in the previous entries I have taken steps to ensure that all team members' take note that we are a serious team intent on making a big mark on this site. I know that some of the matches are tougher then others but those players will be rewarded with more team matches for their hard work. As far as penalities go for being -10 or -8 that will not fly as a team. Those players' have had difficult matches and have tried their best against long odds. I will have to re-evaluate how I proceed with future matches. As fliszt has said it is a difficult task as to how the team matches are made. The new team rule will almost apply to all timed out games. I do believe that all players' feel bad about losing team matches and I have been on a winning streak as of lately with my team matches and hope that it will rub off on the rest of the team. The team match-ups do involve the considerations of the opponents ratings. That is just common sense in setting up the matches, I think anyways. In closing I would like to say that some of us have to dig a little deeper to see some positive results. :) Lets to get them!! GO BURNINATORS!!!
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heartbeat
5/18/2003
23:47:28
[ report this post ] | To fliszt
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I agree with fliszt that "a teammate who loses a long, hard battle against a worthy foe is to be honored for his effort on behalf of the team and treated as a fallen comrade, wounded in combat". Furthermore, chess is only a game and The Burninators is only a virtual team on the virtual battlefield GK. We play chess on GK for learning and to relax but we should have strict discipline in order to have more interesting and excited games and that's all.
I also agree with fliszt that "An 1800 player, for example, who loses close, tough matches to 1900 players, and as a result winds up with negative points, should still be a good candidate to play other 1800 or lower players". However, what is matter with him in case he looses 5, 6 or even 9, 10 games when he plays against 1900 players. Regardless of his ability or his limit of time, I think he should play against lower rating players preferably. Though his rating is quite high and his own games are good but he does not attach much importance to team games or maybe he is a spy of another team -:), I think it is necessary to limit his team games or even ban him from team games.
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d123
5/19/2003
00:04:51
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I think those players who have a score of like -10 or more should leave the team. It's kinda depressing when you give your best winining your games and getting the team score up and then see players loosing their games in a row..
On the other hand, maybe the burninators should help eachother in the games (if its allowed).
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fliszt
5/19/2003
08:12:25
[ report this post ] | Current matters under consideration . . .
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As usual, my distinguished colleage, heartbeat, makes some sound points. The possibility does always exist that we may have a "team spy" or two in our midst. I would venture to say that if we found a team member with a high rating consistently losing his team matches to equivalent players, but winning a lot of his personal matches, or matches with other teams, then he would look to be very suspicious. However, I don't believe that is the case with any of our current members. Also, given our team match record, it is questionable why any other team would be concerned about us at this point. We seem to be a threat to no one. But that will change soon. In any case, these are matters best addressed by our esteemed team captain. We must put our faith in his judgment.
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crazycanuck
5/19/2003
14:35:19
[ report this post ] | Current matters........
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I think that by speaking for all team members' that we can all be assured that there is no spy on board. Once again fliszt and heartbeat have expressed concerns over the team situation. Their concerns are duly noted. I have received positive feedback from other players' on the team about how I have been with the captaincy and I thank all of you for your support. We will be relentless in our hunt for the number one spot. It may not go as planned but we will succeed in our mission. If anyone out there knows of players' that are looking for a team send them my way. I would perfer players' that are 1900+ and are just as dedicated. I don't know if other team members' can help with a team game, I wouldn't think so. It's not allowed in OTB play and the game is analyzed at a later time.
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crazycanuck
5/19/2003
14:52:44
[ report this post ] | Team games
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I just checked out how many games the team has on the go. We have 170 games. If I have done my math right if we win 2/3 of our games we would erase the negative score and would look at about +22. Not bad!! I would like to think that the team as a whole can win 2/3 of our games, with some exceptions. Those being our top players' simply because of the level of play that they are involved in, but still I think that we can do this if we are as dedicated as we think we are. GO TEAM!!!!
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fliszt
5/19/2003
18:17:06
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For once I must beg to differ with our esteemed captain. If the so-called "top players," myself included, can't win at least two-thirds of our games, no matter what level of competition we are facing, then we have no business playing the top boards on a team with the potential that this team has. There are just way too many really good chess players out there and as a "top player" on a team I feel that I have the responsibility to more than hold my own with all of my opponents or else I should be replaced and relegated to the minor leagues.
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crazycanuck
5/19/2003
19:09:59
[ report this post ] | Got ya!!!!!
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Got ya fliszt!! I know that level of expection is truly lofty!! I would say that if the top players win 20-30 games out of 100 then they are doing an excellent job!! I realize that at level if they hold their own then they are doing a remarkable job. Anytime that the top players win a game it is done extremely well!! If the game ends in draw then it is still well done!! I must also add that I am truly proud to have the players' like yourself and heartbeat, skay23, ramarao of your calibre on the team!! If I offended you fliszt I must apologize. It was meant to stir the pot up with the other guys and help them see some light at the end of this dark tunnel. I looked in some of your games, they look very exciting!!
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fliszt
5/19/2003
22:42:26
[ report this post ] | Got ya!!!!!
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You did not at all offend me, coach. I will always give my utmost to the team and everybody else on our team needs to do the same. I may not win or draw every game, but I damned well better at least win or draw two-thirds of my games or else I need to give up the fight.
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d123
5/20/2003
12:47:22
[ report this post ] | go team !
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I never give up a game, even when the game is totaly lost. the opponent can still make a little mistake which brings you back in the game !
Its looking good taht I will win my 2 team matches that are going on !
go team !
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dickes
5/20/2003
19:32:49
[ report this post ] | Cup Cakes City
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Team mates, it has accrued to me. That in some of my team match games the player does not have a true rating. They got fat on lower rated cup cakes. I always like to play the toughest player I can get. I'm trying to find my true rating and improve at the same time. Although, I might already be over the hill. I urge our team mates to play up. My rating could be 100 200 points higher by eating cup cakes Ones goal should not be padding ones ratings,but, becoming a better player. Be true to youself, be true to the team. You become a cup cake by eating cup cakes.
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crazycanuck
5/20/2003
20:10:47
[ report this post ] | emailed games......
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I wish to congratulate kiza kondor on a well fought and won game for the team. I just got it off my computer!! A well played game for dickes and a win!! And last but not least mattitude1 for his win! Congrats guys and keep up the good play!! :))
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crazycanuck
5/20/2003
20:58:15
[ report this post ] | fliszt
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I know that you will always fight to the bitter!! I have the utmost confidence in you!! :) If you slip then I will know that you too are human, just like the rest of us. Keep up the great play in your games!!
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fliszt
5/20/2003
22:03:15
[ report this post ] | Cup Cakes City
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Dear dickes, that is one of the big problems on this server, I've noticed. The rating system is not USCF or FIDE or Sonnerberger, the usual ratings schemes. It is a goofy system that does greatly reward one for beating up on a bunch of grunts, or as you call them, cupcakes. I, for one, do not intend to waste my time beating the crap out of a bunch of lowly rated players just to slowly elevate my rating. I prefer, if you will look at my opponents, to play against players who have ratings close to mine, one way or the other.
Also, thanks, coach, for the encouraging words. I will always do my best for the team. Also, I am trying to forego all private matches from now on so that I have more room on my games list for more team matches.
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d123
5/20/2003
22:47:30
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I played once a team game against a player of a rating of like 1000 and in my opinion his true rating would be much higher... but oh well, its disapointing to loose 8 points in an "unfair" way....
I'm working really hard to get my rating up, and I think I'm on a good way :)
go team !
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d123
5/21/2003
06:32:39
[ report this post ] | team matches
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I have 2 current games going on (team-matches),
I will win one of them for sure. (jsut got his queen and in his next move he will loose a rook)..
the 2nd team match is still open, but I'm sure to win that one as well..
so 2 more points for the team
go burninators !!
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dickes
5/21/2003
14:26:03
[ report this post ] | Cake
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Dear fliszt, I didn't mean to impliicate anybody. I just wanted the team mates to guard aganst playing cupcakes. I have looked at your games in the past. Theyare always excellently played.
Thanks for the encouraging words, coach. But, i must apologize for one game I blew. It should been a draw.
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crazycanuck
5/21/2003
18:03:03
[ report this post ] | blown games.......
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I'm guilty of that one too!! It just goes to show that we are all human and bound to err. It erks me too when I lose a game that I felt I should of won but I try to see where the mistake was and try to avoid it next time. By the way d123 won his 2 team matches against seingalt65, way to go! Kiza kondor won another for the team, woo hoo. The team match with el che and palermo went bad for el che, he was out classed by his opponent! Fought to the end though!! Let's give him a pat on the back. Better game next time. I think that palermo is rated at 1600 or so now. Tough opponent!!
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d123
5/22/2003
02:16:25
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I feel guitly too. I should have at least 3 more team points...
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fliszt
5/22/2003
22:42:08
[ report this post ] | -26
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Minus 26 and counting down! Way to go teammates! Keep up the good work. Go Burninators!
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d123
5/23/2003
05:57:22
[ report this post ] | -26
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YES !!!!!!
Go Burninators !!!!!!!!!!
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crazycanuck
5/23/2003
17:33:49
[ report this post ] | emailed games......
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I just checked my messages and we are going up again. 3 more wins for the team!!! GO BURNINATORS!!!
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fliszt
5/23/2003
19:29:39
[ report this post ] | emailed games
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All right! Now we're cooking. Let the skeptics be silent! Go Burninators!
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crazycanuck
5/23/2003
21:31:43
[ report this post ] | Team games
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A short time before the GK engine changed our team score the robot informed me of a player losing on timed out games. I have taken steps to suspend the player from team matches for 3 months. We have worked too hard in the last few days to get our deficeit down to have any more set backs on timed out games!!
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crazycanuck
5/23/2003
22:31:59
[ report this post ] | Team games
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I have changed my mind about a team player. I have not banned him for 3-months as previously posted but I have kicked him off the team. I am still upset about maykx losing 8 games on time violations!! Losing one game on time out is hard to swallow but to lose 8 at one time is just not excusable!! As everyone knows on the team I have been working hard to improve the teams chances at being number one and with team mates such as the one I kicked off it is not making any progress and that is not acceptable at this point!! If some one has a different opinion on how to handle this let me know. I would like to think that everyone's agenda is still the pursuit of being an elite team on this site.
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dickes
5/24/2003
01:26:55
[ report this post ] | Here, Here!!! Cap
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I support your actions whole heartlly.I won two games on timeouts. Where do these people come from. They kick loyalty around like a tin can. Yes, two team games.
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heartbeat
5/24/2003
01:47:00
[ report this post ] | What's matter with these guys?
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Maykx hasn't signed in since 10 days. Maybe he never come back. You don't need to be anxious for him any more, Cap!
Nateinstein is another guy you have to kick off, Cap! He has lost 11 games on time out recently and the last time seen on GK is about 5 days.
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fliszt
5/24/2003
08:11:12
[ report this post ] | Team games
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I join dickes and heartbeat in saluting our captain's actions. Timeout losers are losers period and they have no place on the Burninators.
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crazycanuck
5/24/2003
11:35:44
[ report this post ] | Current matters........
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Thank-you. You just helped me with another matter that has been on my mind. You guys sure can make my job easy at times!! Thank-you. I will remove another team member. I have not heard from him in some time. I think that I will remove another from the team, I have dropped messages and got no answer and I won't give him any team matches now. Once again thank-you for your support!!
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crazycanuck
5/24/2003
20:44:52
[ report this post ] | Happy Memorial Day
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Wishing all the American players on the team a happy memorial day on Monday.
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d123
5/25/2003
12:37:49
[ report this post ] | Team Games
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I totaly support our cap in kicking of these two team players..
Its way to frustrating seeing our score going down just because of time-outs..
we all try our hardes to become number one here and loosing by time outs isn't allowed...
if you cant log in in the next 10 days or so you postpone your games and if you dont want to play anymore you finish those games you are currently playing and then leave, and not loosing by time outs.. this makes me angry...
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fliszt
5/25/2003
13:27:29
[ report this post ] | Team games
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The time-out losses are frustrating for all the dedicated players on this team, d123. But our captain is handling them with due aplomb and dispatch. My only further suggestion, at this point, might be that we need to be more selective as to future team mates. We certainly don't need any more losers, of the ordinary or time-out variety. Perhaps more thorough screening is required now. And I'm not saying that our distinguished captain has been lax at all in this regard in the past. I am sure he has examined all team candidates exhaustively in the past. It is just that, given how we've all now been bitten by these vile traitors, even further diligence is required at this point.
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d123
5/25/2003
14:00:59
[ report this post ] | Future Team Members
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Maybe as a selection, is that the possible future team member should be known by at least one of our current team members.
+ the new team member should have played at least 1 game against our current team members.
(if not this person have to play against some of our current team members to find out his way of playing)....
what do you guys think about this....
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crazycanuck
5/25/2003
14:18:26
[ report this post ] | New Team Member
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My esteem team mate, fliszt. You are right in that I try to research the new applications as best as possible. My team mates have the confidence in my ability but it may come to pass that I will let a bad one on the team. If anyone has suspicions about a future team mate then by all means let me know, please. Good point d123, I think that it would help team production if one of the team members' knew who was applying to the team. That would help in making my job a little easier. :) Of all the changes to the team recently I am still actively seeking 1900+ rted players'. I am still waiting for replies but of this moment nothing new to report. I see that some of the guys are closing in on the 2000 mark and fliszt if closing in on 2100 quickly. Keep up the good work skay23 and fliszt. I will keep you posted on any new team players.
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fliszt
5/25/2003
16:06:31
[ report this post ] | Future Team Members
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d123 and captain, having read both of your last two posts here are my thoughts concerning future team members. As I see it we are talking about two issues here. One is the screening process to keep more villains and traitors out and the other is a means of recruiting good, solid players. One way I might suggest to find out if a new member, after the captain has screened him as carefully as he can, is worthy is to always start all new members out very slowly in team matches. First give them one team game to play, and see how they do. After that game is completed then maybe give them two more games. Put them on like a probation period. Then after they've completed the next two games try giving them four and so forth until you are fully confident that they are trustworthy. It's not so much that you are concerned with how well they play, but that you are concerned about their dedication and their ability to avoid time-outs. Also, that way new members will not have the ability to trash eight straight games in a row like that worthless Philippino did. Now, secondly, as for recruiting good players, may I suggest that you go to "PLAYERS," then "TOP PLAYERS ON THIS SITE," then new players with under 50 games. You will see that "heartbeat" is number four and I am number seventeen. Research some of the other players on this list and if they have a personal profile that seems plausible, and if they are not using other screen names on this site, and if they are beating good players and not just thumping lowly rated players, and if they are not already on a team, and since they are new to the site many of them may well not be on a team yet, then invite them, just like you did me and I presume "heartbeat." Hope this helps some, captain, my captain.
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crazycanuck
5/25/2003
18:42:57
[ report this post ] | New Team Member
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Yes very good points fliszt. I think that you would make an excellent captain too!! I had a few hours to kill this afternoon and put some thought into new players' and I came up with a similar game plan as you fliszt. I knew that I would get a reaction to the lastest situation and I'm glad to see that the team is thinking along the same lines as me. I have been using the players' bar to search for new team mates. Now that, I hope, we have weeded out the losers' and now have a very dedicated core of players' on the team I'm sure that the rest of the job will be easier. I now only hope that we can find a few missing pieces of the puzzle to make a statement to the rest of the teams on the site. As everyone on the team probably already know it has been a time of tribulation for me with all this chaos going on around the team. This just goes to show what kind of character this elite team has. All we have to prove now is how new team members' will react when we invite them aboard. YES, my screening process will go to a level that I thought that I would not have to do!! My goal and the goals of the team was and is still to attain the number 1 status on this site and I hope that the first step will be to erase this negative score we have by the end of July!! That is one of my goals and I wish that the rest of the team will help me in the pursuit of that one goal. Another one of my goals is to attain a rating of 1700 and get a better understanding of the middle game and it's tactics. I know that this goal is going to take a lot of hard work but I'm willing to do it. If anyone else has goals or a little something to share please let me know. Thank-you fliszt for your input. I'm glad that we are thinking of the team as a whole. Keep up the good play on the board as well!!
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fliszt
5/25/2003
22:57:45
[ report this post ] | Being a team captain
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Ken, thank you for the compliments, but there is absolutely no way that I have any spare time to be a team captain. Being retired, you'd think that I would have lots of free time on my hands, but that's not the case at all. I barely have time to stay caught up and study all my games because of my involvement in other chess sites. For example, I like to play live on Yahoo as often as I can. And I am on a team at Gold Token, and that keeps me pretty busy. And I am playing in the final round of an IYT tournament. And, to top it all off, I am an official, of sorts, with the IECG (International E-Mail Chess Group) where I also play in a lot of tournaments, including their 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 International Cup Tournaments as well as their 2001, 2002 and 2003 World Masters' Championships. Besides all of that I have a swimming pool to take care of, a Hot Tub, lots of landscaping, fountains, flowers, an outdoor sound system and abundant outdoor lighting on our three level deck and patio that keeps me busy outside when the weather is decent. So, needless to say, no thanks, I have neither the time nor the patience to be anybody's team captain. Also, I like this team and I like my captain so I'm not about to think about switching.
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d123
5/25/2003
23:18:43
[ report this post ] | My Goals
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My Goal is to reach is to reach the 1700 - 1800, but I think that will take a little while..
I'm still trying to understand the openings, like which opening should I play when I'm black and white plays f.e. skandinavian ... etc.
I hope we can erase our negative score by the end of june (I'm positive about that)!
About the screening, I have fully confident in our captain. If you need help, I try to help !
GO BURNINATORS !
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heartbeat
5/26/2003
03:03:58
[ report this post ] | Spirit or Ability
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Bad news:
-40 now ???!!! Hardcorepawn has lost 14 games yesterday on time out and his team score is -8. I used to say that our team score may slip to -40 just emphasizing my opinion that we must have solutions to go up. But it is true unexpectedly now. Hardcorepawn still has 12 team game left. What will happen if he lose all of them on time out? We will plod along from -50 (or -60, oh no...! I cannot imagine!). Captain! You should not let hardcorepawn play too many team game at the same time, I think !
Not bad news:
I'm glad that I've just won fitfugitive at game of round 1, 12th tournament to be the winner of our table. I finished my first goal and recognised that Fitfugitive is a good player. He has been following our forum but has not said anything (???).
I have 12 team games now and on my way to get the first team score. But my goal No. 3 to reach rating 2300+ is quite difficult now because I can only play up to 14 games at the same time and my board almost has no place for my personal game.
So please let the number of my team games at 10, Cap!
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maykx
5/26/2003
05:15:56
[ report this post ] | My sincerest apology... =(
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When I arrived here in Philippines, a series of problems occurred and.......ah, no amount of reason will bring back the points I pulled out from this great team.
From 1800 rating I dropped to 1600 something. This is not the thing I'm sad about but to be disregarded anymore in this team.
I fought hard in my team match-ups but time is the thing I cannot buy whenever I face difficulties in real life.
So long, team.
I wish you more accumulated points.....for I understand now that getting score is the real meaning of success in a team, and not the spirit of comradeship.
-Mike
P.S. Before I go, please take the "traitor" badge in my handle.....for I am not.
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fliszt
5/26/2003
07:07:44
[ report this post ] | Incredible tragedy . . .
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One player, Hardcorepawn, loses fourteen games in a row on time! Incredible! Unbelievable! How can these people look themselves in the mirror? Why is he still on the team?
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d123
5/26/2003
07:09:05
[ report this post ] | to mayks
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the spirit of comradeship counts too, but it just cannot be that a team player looses allot of games on time out.
I understand that there can be problems (internet probs, job probs, etc..).
This team is very very ambitious. We want to reach number one someday, and then it just cannot happen to loose games in time outs...
We have a score of -40 and I'm sure, at least 20 of then could have been won....
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