The thing with fishing is that it is almost completely luck. There are some things you can do to increase your chances. Know what kind of lure to use, in what habitat, and what kind of day increases your chances. As well as a general knowledge of fish and habitat biology can help you know where to find larger fish, but all these are things everyone else knows too. No one is discovering anything that everyone else doesn't already know, so it is basically luck.
I have no problem with luck driven competition, but it just makes cheating that much more ridiculous. No one is going to win all the time.
It reminds be of the bingo scandal that happened in the small town I used to live in. My friend's mom would always win, and people were like, how are you so good at bingo? As if there is a strategy involved. It eventually came out that her kid's father was the one calling the numbers and he would have people walk by to see what numbers she needed, and would then call out those numbers. Fixing it for her to win was his way of paying child support.
This is amazing.
Its absolutely insane. But it is amazing.
They need to make a movie about this event and the Bingo Caller needs to be Kevin Spacey.
__________________ The Beatings Shall Continue Until Morale Improves!
This Post Has Been Distilled for the Eradication of Seemingly Incurable Sadness.
The World Ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in store. - Flames Fans
If you thought this season would have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Locke For This Useful Post:
A court in the US state of Missouri has dismissed a $100m (£78m) lawsuit filed by top chess player Hans Niemann over cheating allegations.
The antitrust claims were dismissed with prejudice, meaning they cannot be brought again.
Carlsen's lawyer, Craig Reiser, said "we are pleased the Court has rejected Hans Niemann's attempt to recover an undeserved windfall in Missouri federal court". Lawyers for Chess.com have also said they are pleased with Tuesday's outcome.
Hans Niemann lawsuit has been settled. Sounds like nobody is changing their positions on what happened, but Chess.com is letting him play on their website and in their events and he is dropping the $100m lawsuit. Magnus basically only said that he will play if he is paired against Niemann in the future.
Interesting. Have to think there is an undisclosed financial aspect to this settlement but honestly who knows what that looks like? Niemann won’t have had a ton of leverage given the dismissal of his action with prejudice, though presumably he still had some options on appeal.
Interesting. Have to think there is an undisclosed financial aspect to this settlement but honestly who knows what that looks like? Niemann won’t have had a ton of leverage given the dismissal of his action with prejudice, though presumably he still had some options on appeal.
I personally doubt there was a financial component. I don't think he had a realistic chance of winning anything in court. Reinstatement to be able to join Chess.com events is a good result for him, as it re-opens the door to some significant chess events and the fact that they are willing to let him play in all events is probably the best he can get in terms of a chance to start rebuilding his reputation.
The fact that they are not walking back their previous reports and statements at all speaks volumes, imo.
Hans Niemann lawsuit has been settled. Sounds like nobody is changing their positions on what happened, but Chess.com is letting him play on their website and in their events and he is dropping the $100m lawsuit. Magnus basically only said that he will play if he is paired against Niemann in the future.
I pretty much had no idea if anyone was cheating. I got 3/7, which is pretty much just random chance. I think what I found hard was the ELO of the players were much higher than myself, so many moves I found odd might just be someone much better than me finding an interesting tactic.
Looking back on it, I think I could do better if I tried again.
Spoiler!
I think the games that had big jumps in evaluation on both sides were probably clean games, whereas the ones with only one person with the big jumps as the cheat games.
__________________
Much like a sports ticker, you may feel obligated to read this
Went through the games looking for moves that didn't seem intuitive but drastically changed the evaluation. Really hard though with players better than me and a lot of Sicilian openings I am not familiar with.
__________________
The masses of humanity have always had to surf.
To my surprise I also got 5/7. Felt like I was guessing most of the time, and mostly I answered that the players were not cheating (I think twice I said they were). I don’t see a way to check which of my answers were right and wrong though—that would be kind of nice to know.
I’ve learned that usually when I think my opponent is cheating it’s really just that I’m trash…. Though chess.com has refunded me some rating points in the past when some of my opponents were busted cheating. I don’t report people—I just rely on the site to catch them, as I don’t think I am good enough to really tell. I figure most cheaters get caught eventually and even if they don’t it’s not like I have to play them again ever.
I havent watched the whole thing, but I have no sympathy for these people. If you want to shove something up your ass to prove something then thats on you.
In my mind its no different than when people received signals in their shoes in Vegas Casinos playing Blackjack.
Of course you can do it, it just requires a different level of commitment.
__________________ The Beatings Shall Continue Until Morale Improves!
This Post Has Been Distilled for the Eradication of Seemingly Incurable Sadness.
The World Ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in store. - Flames Fans
If you thought this season would have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
I havent watched the whole thing, but I have no sympathy for these people. If you want to shove something up your ass to prove something then thats on you.
In my mind its no different than when people received signals in their shoes in Vegas Casinos playing Blackjack.
Of course you can do it, it just requires a different level of commitment.
Shoving something up your ass and putting something in your shoes is no different?
Shoving something up your ass and putting something in your shoes is no different?
Within the context of cheating, signals are signals. How you choose to receive those signals...well thats a personal preference and we dont kink-shame.
__________________ The Beatings Shall Continue Until Morale Improves!
This Post Has Been Distilled for the Eradication of Seemingly Incurable Sadness.
The World Ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in store. - Flames Fans
If you thought this season would have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
Magnus Carlsen vs. Hans Niemann: First Game Since ‘Cheating’ Scandal
Niemann is proving under tremendous scrutiny that he is one of the best chess players in the world. He is currently ranked 21st in classical chess. He gave a tremendous interview about a week ago, pointing out that the allegations have never been proven true and that his play has remained impressive even with extreme surveillance. Really compelling stuff happening in chess now.
Quote:
To say there is bad blood between Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann would be an understatement.
Nearly two years after the two chess grandmasters played their infamous over-the-board game in St. Louis, the two men will meet in Paris next month in the 2024 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship semifinals.
Niemann, a 21-year-old American, advanced to the semifinals with a convincing win against GM Wesley So on Wednesday. Carlsen faced GM Arjun Erigaisi on Thursday in his effort to make the semifinals. The 33-year-old Norwegian, widely regarded as the best chess player in history, was a -1400 betting odds favorite at Bwin Sportsbook to defeat Erigaisi.
A Carlsen-Niemann matchup in blitz chess marks their first face-to-face meeting since Carlsen accused Niemann of cheating. Following a stunning loss with the white pieces to the much lower-rated Niemann in September 2022, Carlsen withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup classical chess tournament after just three rounds.
The scandal grabbed international headlines.
It was the first time Carlsen, the megastar of the chess world, had publicly accused an opponent of cheating over the board.
Niemann, who had admitted to cheating while playing online in the past, denied Carlsen’s allegations. A defamation lawsuit from Niemann followed, with the parties involved settling in 2023. Financial terms were not disclosed, but Niemann was reinstated by Chess.com, which had published a report alleging that Niemann had cheated online more than he had admitted.
The report also called Niemann’s over-the-board progress suspicious.
There isn’t evidence that Niemann has cheated in over-the-board games, with Carlsen later admitting that he had nothing to back up his allegation. The St. Louis Chess Club, which hosted the tournament, found no evidence of Niemann using outside help to cheat.
Carlsen never rescinded or backtracked from his cheating allegation against Niemann. His social media post accusing Niemann of suspicious play remains on X (formerly Twitter).
Quote:
“What I experienced was hell, absolute hell […] I was branded as a cheater in the news—anal beads, all of it, I go outside and live with this insane label that I didn’t do,” Niemann said in a fiery interview after defeating Wesley So on Aug. 7.
Despite Niemann calling Chess.com “evil” and “corrupt,” Chess.com promoted the interview on its YouTube channel. The video had received over 70,000 views within about 12 hours.
Niemann also attacked Carlsen. “I think [Carlsen’s] a sick, deluded person who wanted to destroy my life, and he did this out of pure vendetta,” Niemann said.
“I am very motivated to settle things” in Paris, Niemann added.
