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Hand recording while on the clock

Posted By: Jason Lee
Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2012, at 1:27 a.m.

In Response To: Hand recording while on the clock (Timothy Chow)

My guess is that the fear is that someone may have implemented some software that automatically parses the position and gives instant feedback on the correct play by consulting a bot. Or maybe it just sends the image to a confederate, who texts a reply. Phones can do almost anything nowadays.

Yeah, but here's the thing. If I'm going to cheat and I have an accomplice, I don't need a camera or a phone. I've got a tough cube decision. My accomplice walks by, takes a note of the position, casually wanders over to his laptop set up in the back, six rows away, puts it into XG, and the carefully choreographed signal with the casual left arm stretch tells me whether it's a take or a pass.

One of two things is true: Either (1) there's (almost?) no real cheating going on in ABT tournaments or (2) I'm super naive. I'd like to presume that (1) is true, in which case I'm leaving the paranoia at home.

JLee

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      rory -- Thursday, 6 September 2012, at 7:10 p.m.
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          Henrik Bukkjaer -- Friday, 7 September 2012, at 11:41 a.m.
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              Michael Nielsen -- Friday, 7 September 2012, at 4:13 p.m.
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                Henrik Bukkjaer -- Monday, 10 September 2012, at 12:18 p.m.
                • Hand recording while on the clock
                  jdg -- Monday, 10 September 2012, at 1:26 p.m.
                  • Hand recording while on the clock
                    Henrik Bukkjaer -- Monday, 10 September 2012, at 3:03 p.m.
                    • Hand recording while on the clock
                      Bob Koca -- Monday, 10 September 2012, at 4:26 p.m.
                      • Hand recording while on the clock
                        Tom Keith -- Monday, 10 September 2012, at 6:07 p.m.
                      • Hand recording while on the clock
                        Henrik Bukkjaer -- Monday, 10 September 2012, at 8:58 p.m.
              • Hand recording while on the clock
                Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 12 September 2012, at 12:36 a.m.
                • Hand recording while on the clock
                  Jason Lee -- Wednesday, 12 September 2012, at 1:27 a.m.
                  • Hand recording while on the clock
                    Casper van der Tak -- Wednesday, 12 September 2012, at 5:51 a.m.
                    • Hand recording while on the clock
                      storm -- Wednesday, 12 September 2012, at 9:24 p.m.
                  • Hand recording while on the clock
                    Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 12 September 2012, at 5:38 p.m.
                • Hand recording while on the clock
                  Michael Nielsen -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 1:11 p.m.
                  • Hand recording while on the clock
                    Henrik Bukkjaer -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 4:20 p.m.
        • Hand recording while on the clock
          Bob Koca -- Friday, 7 September 2012, at 3:21 p.m.
    • Playing without a clock
      Bill Riles -- Thursday, 6 September 2012, at 10:52 p.m.