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Joe Joyce wrote on Fri, May 20, 2005 07:05 PM UTC:
I think we're going a little overboard on the reactions to 'outsiders' ratings of this largest of variants. Mr/Ms Holmes is being, to be blunt, accused of cheating to get a good rating, by creating fictitious raters, or by enlisting family and friends to give excellent ratings. As to the first, I've seen some of the names before; one commented on a game of mine. As for the second, I admit I'm jealous; I can't get my family to even look at the site! Seriously, though, a number of members rated the game good or excellent, for an average member rating of excellent, so how much more can the rating be improved? Why should a contest judge who is effectively a professional chess variant designer be swayed by the opinions of people known or unknown to this site? Further, isn't it part of the purpose of this site to encourage more people to play chess in all its' variations? How is this accomplished by treating 'outsiders' as second-class citizens? Even accepting Mr. Smith's excellent and minimal change for the ratings promotes the concept of two tiers of people. I encourage the editors to leave this site fully open to all. Two final things: I sincerely hope D. Holmes is not padding the resume (someone this good should not have to); and I thought the 'Salmon P. Chase' comment was humorous.

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