cool wrote:JG I dont know who told you this but it wasnt obviously the man himself! I dont think he would mind me setting the record straight with his reply to my genuine enquiry to elaborate.
'Jonathan Mestel an International Master and lecturer at Imperial University invented the 'rollover' device'.
Hi - that seems to be a bizarre mixture of fact and fiction.
I have nothing to do with the "rollover device" as stated. If I understand
it correctly, it is a somewhat dishonest device, and the contributor ought
not to make such offensive allegations without checking his/her facts.
Best wishes,
Jonathan Mestel
WARNING TO ALL: don't make unverified or incorrect statements on here, else Cool will speak to the people concerned and call you on them!
Seriously, Cool, this is a bit annoying of you, no? JG's a pretty reliable poster on here and I'm sure this is a good faith error on his part. It's like the time you 'phoned that pub in Mill Hill to verify a (completely true) statement I'd made about Mr Brewis' 'Big Match World Cup' winnings.
Matt Vinyl wrote:Wow, I thought it was all in jest?
Well, JG's post, at least?!
On re-reading it, I wondered that too, although took it at face value at the time. Would JG have mentioned an actual chess-playing don if he had meant it all in jest? And coincidentally, Mr Mestel is mentioned on a website run by Mr Plaskett (see above) about ... coincidences. Spooky, etc.
Heh. I read it in true 'JG-frame', as had just finished reading another of his epic tales on another subject. I guess we can but wait for the man to comment himself?
It sounds a bit like the 'doom switches' that the Poker sites apparently have in place...
"And do you ever contradict yourself, Minister?" "Well, yes and no..."
is this the same bearded boffin mestel geezer who was once rumoured to have lost a full contact bridge tournie on purpose shortly after nipping into a backstreet cambridge licensed betting orifice?
Ok, ok, hold your horses. I did not intend to cause offence. I will have to get in touch with an old friend, who may have told me something in good faith that was not entirely true. My post was not meant to be fiction, even if it turns out it was!
Bear with me. I can't just ring him up and then go straight in with "You know that Jonathon Mestel?" I'll have to bide my time.
I'll get to the bottom of this.....just you wait.....
'WARNING TO ALL: don't make unverified or incorrect statements on here, else Cool will speak to the people concerned and call you on them!'
come on come on,I was genuinely interested in the said device and contacted Johnathon Mestel about other things although that e-mail was all that came back.I didnt doubt JG'S contribution.I certainly did doubt the Brewis incident because what sort of muppet would play a machine for hour after hour to build their credits up to and above £500 and then have the gall to claim when the machine didnt pay out.
And anyway if somebody (including me) makes a statement whats wrong with inviting the person concerning it to make a comment on it.The fact that it backfired is a shame.
Fortunately for everybody concerned the comment was made about Johnathon Mestel and not the shy retiring Jim Plaskett .
"That does vaguely ring a bell. It was a long time ago though. I can't remember if he said he'd invented it or whether he was simply saying that's how fruit machines work. Given it's very much your area of expertise I would imagine you would remember what I'd said better than me though."
Well that's that I suppose, nothing more to say.
Apart from, Jonathon Mestel, chess grandmaster and lecturer at Imperial College, London, invented the highly dishonest Rollover device used in one armed bandits and £70 Paragons (whatever they are) and that is a FACT!
