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Daniel Rocks · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:22 pm Post subject: BCF Grades

Hi,

How do you convert elo to BCF and vice versa?

Daniel

Alex Ian · Rook Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 51 Location: EK

If I remember correctly, you take your Scottish rating, takeaway 600 and then divide it by 8 to get BCF. If you have a BCF, multiply it by 8 and then add 600 to get back to Scottish. I know Im not a grader but I knew the answer so... Very Happy

Alan Tate · King Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 377 Location: Edinburgh

BCF grades are pathetic, why do they not just use the CS system, or something similar. I'd rather have no grade than a BCF grade, they're just so weedy.

Daniel Rocks · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:00 pm Post subject:

I agree, they also make you look terrible Sad

Clement Sreeves · Bishop Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 38

Why be different from everybody else? No other country that i know of doesnt use some sort of ELO

sigrun · King Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 307 Location: Europa

English grades have been here forever, at least longer than when Mr. Elo invented his & we must uphold tradition!
I hear this argument (for upholding tradition) when I argue that horse owners ought to look after the muck themselves & not leave it around on beaches or when some1 tells me that we've always had wars & therefore we must continue to spend large amounts of money on war efforts. Crying or Very sad

Daniel Rocks · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject:

That's because you only know about 3 different countries that exist(Goldaxe) Laughing

Joke hehe

Yes, the BCF system is stupid!!!

sigrun · King Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 307 Location: Europa