Re: [Bug-gnubg] miscellaneous bugs and suggestions

[Joern Thyssen]

On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 01:14:36PM +0200, Jim Segrave wrote
> On Thu 05 Sep 2002 (14:15 -0700), David Montgomery wrote:
> > > > - just wondering, is it clear to any (native) English speakers that a 
> > > > "novice" is a better player than a "beginner", as by GNUBG's ratings?
> > > 
> > > Can't answer that one. My English - Danish dictionary translates novice
> > > and beginner to the same word :-)
> > 
> > Supposedly I'm a native English speaker.  They're synonymous to me.
> > I always thought this was a poor choice of terms by Snowie.  But what
> > do you call below beginner/novice without being derogotory?  
> > "Psuedo-random" play, maybe? :-)
> 
> I'm an English speaker and I find that novice and beginner do convey
> the desired distinction (although it's not ideal).
> 
> Possible improvements:
> 
[snip]
> or (my preference)
> beginner->novice
> novice->student

Sounds fine to me. Any objections?

He he, I'm actually tempted to add the "pseudo-random play" rating if the
error rate is below, say, 0.060...  Would anyone object to that? I'll of
course give David the credit (and blame) when get offended by gnubg
rating their play as pseudo-random :-)

Jørn

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