FICS ratings compared to USCF ratings

Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromfics
You are fortunate to have transportation and the time to play!

I didn't decline a challenge. I may have challenges turned off, but I never actually received one from you and turned it down. Sorry

Lies make baby jesus cry. :'(

Originally posted by antiopenings
Lies make baby jesus cry. :'(

???
When and where did you challenge me?
???

I have recieved no challenge from you at this website.
Besides, you are already playing the 6 game limit, so how could you challenge me?

I challenged you last night after reading this FICS thread. 3/7 me as Black.
No big deal. I would have lost.

Originally posted by antiopenings
I challenged you last night after reading this FICS thread. 3/7 me as Black.
No big deal. I would have lost.

My maximum games settings is set to 1. I am playing 3 games now.
Therefore, I never got the challenge.

I'm pretty sure you should have seen that somewhere on the screen.

When you get a free game, challenge me again. It will say the same thing.

* I didn't actually decline that game, since I never got the challenge.

I will be happy to play you AFTER you have played some games AND have losses under your belt. I don't play newcomers or undefeated players. I've been burned too many times. It doesn't matter to me whether your rating is 1000 or 2400 as long as you meet those two criteria.

Thanks

Oh I will 😉

And for the record, I don't like being called a liar.

LoL

Antiopenings has been on the RHP site for about three minutes, and he's already showing some low class. Great.


And to thesonofsaul: If you don't care about ratings, why does your bio say: "My USCF rating has finally risen to join my RHP rating at the lofty height of 1740! Now if could only figure out how I achieved this feat so I can get it back up after it plummets..."

Originally posted by joesheppe

And to thesonofsaul: If you don't care about ratings, why does your bio say: "My USCF rating has finally risen to join my RHP rating at the lofty height of 1740! Now if could only figure out how I achieved this feat so I can get it back up after it plummets..."

the people who don't mind playing against cheaters, just haven't yet experienced the infuriating frustration of wasting months or years just to find out it was for absolutely nothing. but they will, sooner or later.

that's just how it goes, that's how it went for all of us.

Originally posted by wormwood
the people who don't mind playing against cheaters, just haven't yet experienced the infuriating frustration of wasting months or years just to find out it was for absolutely nothing. but they will, sooner or later.

that's just how it goes, that's how it went for all of us.

If I was as strong as you I might get upset about it. For now I couldn't care less if my opponent cheats. I doubt it happens at my 1500 level though.

Originally posted by antiopenings
If I was as strong as you I might get upset about it. For now I couldn't care less if my opponent cheats. I doubt it happens at my 1500 level though.

almost never. only right after they join and whoosh through the lower levels like a red hot knife through butter. the time they spend on any hundred point range under 2000 is minute. but around 1800+ you start getting them in tournaments, and it only gets worse the higher you get... I don't know how the big boys can stand the engine bombardment. I suppose a lot of them simply don't.

I'm sure not liking what you're saying there, Wormwood. I'm worried about this a bit, as half the players I see are over 2000. I already played one guy who started out near my rating, but shortly after rose pretty fast to 2150. My coach at the time looked at one of our two games where the guy offered a draw, and said 'Oh he probably looked at the tables and decided that it wasn't worth playing on.' That was disconcerting.