
Name: | Ed Collins |
Registered: | 2002-06-10 |
Lastconnect: | 2021-01-15 13:46 |
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Info: | Hex, Twixt, Quoridor, Y, Havannah, Amazons, Othello, Pente, DVONN, Connect Four, etc., are just a few of the many abstract strategy games I’ve enjoyed playing over the past several years. I own almost 150 commercial board games and most all of them are two-player abstract. Although not considered abstract strategy games (because of the luck factor) backgammon and Scrabble are two other perennial favorites of mine. I’ve competed in more than 70 over-the-board chess tournaments. My current USCF rating is 1786, down from a high of 1930. I’m a former administrator on both FICS and USChessLive. Note: I don’t enjoy playing turn-based chess online, since the temptation is often just too great for your opponent to use software to help him. Many years ago, just for the heck of it, I put together a website devoted to the board game Stratego. (I’m not even a big Stratego fan!) Without realizing it, I created a monster! For years and years my Stratego site was recognized as the #1 Stratego site on the Internet! Alas, Hasbro asked me to remove some of the links I was linking to and I didn’t want to. If I couldn’t link to who I wanted to , I didn’t want to maintain the site at all. So I took the entire site down. I’ve resided in Michigan, Nevada, and Arizona. I currently live in sunny, Southern California. Visit my website at www.edcollins.com. When I attained a rating of 2407, that set a record as the highest rating ever achieved at Golem’s Word Game. However, I correctly predicted FatPhil would eventually break that record. He sees further ahead than I do. With a rating of 1853, I’m currently the 4th highest ranked USA player on this site, at Four In A Row! (For awhile I was 3rd in the USA.) With a rating of 1739, I’ve dropped to the 6th highest ranked USA player at Amazons. And with a Havannah rating of 1900, I became the first player in any country to achieve that rating. Whoo hoo! However, that figure soon came back down, as it should have. I’m not really that good. (For a long while I was still the #1 ranked player in the United States, but after taking a break for a long time, and losing a bunch of points because I timed out, my rating has dropped considerably. As I type this, I’m currently the second highest rated human, in the USA, at Havannah.) For awhile I was the top rated player in my country at Golem’s Word Game, Havannah, AND WYPS! Here’s my Little Golem Resume: (1) Player ID #1316. I first signed up in April of 2002, forgot that I did so, and then signed up again two months later, in June. (I asked Richard to delete the first account. I should have asked him to delete the second account. If so, my member ID number would be even smaller!) (2) I suggested a rule change which improved the scoring of Golem’s Word Game. (The suggestion was implemented.) (3) I rewrote and I’m currently maintaining the sites (now unofficial) FAQ. (4) I initiated the first every turn-based Acrophobia Game, right here on Little Golem! (5) I helped suggest changing Four-In-A-Row on the 6x7 board, as it was initially offered here, to the current 8x8 size board. (6x7 has been solved – it’s a win for the first player.) (6) I currently hold the record for the longest word ever found in Golem’s Word Game (14 tiles, set in 2004). (7) I was the first player to recommend Havannah. (I recommended it on November 20, 2003.) (8) I’m the author of Havannah Helper, a utility to help you analyze Havannah games. (9) I suggested an improvement to the graphic for the Amazons board. (10) I suggested a way to improve the way the last move is displayed on the WYPS board. (The suggestion was implemented.) |
Membership: | Not a member |
Number of moves: | 38316 |
Game | Rating | Games | Championship level | Infinite order | Won/Lost/Drawn/InP rogress | Tournaments |
Go |
14.9k
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4 games | - | - | +1-3=0~0 | 1 tournaments |
Chess |
1465
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12 games | - | - | +4-7=1~0 | 3 tournaments |
WYPS |
1500
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75 games | - | - | +54-21=0~0 | 5 tournaments |
OSKI |
1713
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32 games | - | - | +28-4=0~0 | 3 tournaments |
Twixt PP |
1579
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281 games | - | - | +160-121=0~0 | 70 tournaments |
Hex |
1558
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259 games | - | 72. | +149-110=0~0 | 62 tournaments |
Reversi |
1512
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19 games | - | - | +9-10=0~0 | 6 tournaments |
DVONN |
1413
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18 games | - | - | +4-14=0~0 | 4 tournaments |
Amazons |
1745
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201 games | - | - | +118-83=0~0 | 42 tournaments |
Golem Word Game |
2353
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364 games | - | - | +318-46=0~0 | 89 tournaments |
Four in a row |
1818
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174 games | - | - | +121-52=1~0 | 44 tournaments |
Gomoku |
1500
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13 games | - | - | +4-9=0~0 | 3 tournaments |
Connect6 |
1468
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83 games | - | - | +40-43=0~0 | 18 tournaments |
StreetSoccer |
1514
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13 games | - | - | +9-4=0~0 | 2 tournaments |
Breakthrough |
1491
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7 games | - | - | +5-2=0~0 | 1 tournaments |
Lines of Action |
1500
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3 games | - | - | +2-1=0~0 | 0 tournaments |
Havannah |
1802
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678 games | 2. | 22. | +485-193=0~0 | 188 tournaments |
Catchup |
1516
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45 games | - | 83. | +26-19=0~0 | 17 tournaments |