Low-life tactics of means to end

[AtW]

I need opinion of the enlightened members of this board on the following matter: I play online chess from time to time on a place where they keep rankings of the game. I am barely average, which is rather annoying :rolleyes

So I thought of this: get good chess program and mimic-opponents moves in turn copying computer moves on real board. Do you think this is low-life to even consider doing that? :rolleyes

[ScotsPine]

i do indeed

however arasan may serve you well in your skullduggery.

[MisterGoof]

if your playing for your benfit then dont do it
If you are playing to impress others then do it. You wiont be the first

personally i play online games for ME, some I am really bad others not to bad, but i'm happy with it

[Lucifer Box]

So I thought of this: get good chess program and mimic-opponents moves in turn copying computer moves on real board. Do you think this is low-life to even consider doing that?

Watch the following episode of Blake's 7 (late 1970s BBC sci-fi show) to assess the risks involved in doing this (which in that case is death):

Gambit

Avon and Vila smuggle a miniaturised Orac into the casino, and use his mathematical prowess to break the bank. Krantor drugs Vila’s drinks, and talks him into playing Speed Chess against an unbeatable chess-master called the Klute - not only is a wealthy prize at stake, so are the contestants’ lives… Orac helps Vila to win the game, and the Klute’s failure is rewarded with his electrocution

[AtW]

cheating

Well, it would have been cheating if I did it -- that would take the achivement out of the game, I rarely used cheats in games, and when I did I could not play that game afterwards.

That's why I can't be arsed to live anymore ever since I have won £10 mln in Lotto :rolleyes

[DimPrawn]

Re: cheating

You can play games when you have finished the SKA and it actually does something useful. :b

[AtW]

useful

Oh that? I will just need to recompile it with -D=USEFUL parameter then :b

[snaw]

Re: useful

Maybe there's a lesson in this for you AtW - it's not about your ranking, it's about taking part ..

BTW Those 14K+ posts, how many of them were an AtW bot?

[WageSlave1]

get good chess program and mimic-opponents moves in turn copying computer moves on real board. Do you think this is low-life to even consider doing that?

AtW, oh dear. If you want to cheat, then be careful; a machine plays like a machine and is fairly easy to beat. What happens when your skilled opponent takes you out of book and throws the software?

What's your ELO or BCM rating?

[ScotsPine]

D=USEFUL

no wonder you scoff at obfuscators. no need with vars like that, eh? :evil