Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:02:52 04/27/00
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On April 27, 2000 at 04:52:24, Ed Schröder wrote: >On April 27, 2000 at 04:18:17, Peter McKenzie wrote: > >>On April 27, 2000 at 03:57:00, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: >> >>>On April 27, 2000 at 02:24:25, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>> >>>>On April 25, 2000 at 16:05:30, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: >>>> >>>>>On April 22, 2000 at 03:31:54, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On April 21, 2000 at 05:25:40, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On April 21, 2000 at 05:24:13, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On April 21, 2000 at 01:53:37, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>On April 20, 2000 at 11:30:44, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>On April 20, 2000 at 11:24:07, Ernst A. Heinz wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Hi Stefan, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>Will you compete with DT anyway? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Probably not -- we have not yet found time to tune "DarkThought" >>>>>>>>>>>for the x86 platform and I strongly doubt that we can come up >>>>>>>>>>>with a competitive PC version until August. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Cheers, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>=Ernst= >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>That's bad news. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Stefan >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>I won't be there either. It is expensive to travel to Europe every year. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>bruce >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Are you kidding? >>>>>>>>London is a nice play to go! >>>>>>>>Stefan >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Of course it is a nice PLACE to go :-) >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Stefan >>>>>> >>>>>>I am not going this year. My most significant regret is not getting to visit >>>>>>with people, including you. >>>>>> >>>>>>But I'm tired of travelling huge distances and getting no travel support. The >>>>>>ICCA seems to have little interest in promoting computer chess outside of >>>>>>Europe, and I'm tired of being the only American competitor who attends each >>>>>>event in person. >>>>>> >>>>>>bruce >>>>> >>>>>Is the no travel support issue already clear? >>>>> >>>>>Stefan >>>> >>>>I'm sorry, I don't understand your question. >>>> >>>>bruce >>> >>>Did you already ask for travel support for this event? >>>I am afraid you won't get any, but there might be a chance. >>> >>>Stefan >> >>Hi guys! >>A few weeks ago I emailed David Levy with a bunch of questions. I asked him if >>there would be any travel support and he said no. Apparently the entry form is >>due out in early May so we should have the full details then. >> >>I also asked about the rule requiring the program's author to be present and was >>told that this rule will be strictly enforced this time. All in all I'm not >>optimistic that I'll have a program competing, but you never know... >> >>cheers, >>Peter > >What a pity. That means Rebel and Tiger can't compete. What is wrong with >a representative? > >Ed The intent of the rule is good. But the result is bad because of the situation. It would be nice to have all programmers present. No doubt. But it is not just a bad idea, it is a _stupid_ idea when every year this is held in Europe, and people outside of europe are expected to either pay their own way, or else not attend. The latter is the result. And the tournament will mean a lot less as a result. ACM events ran for 25 years without this rule. If _all_ the events are going to be held in Europe, someone ought to think long and strong about just how poor this rule is. I (and others) could get operators, probably. I can't take off a week plus during classes, although I could probably make part of the event if it didn't cost so much. As it is, I won't make it at all. And that suggests that the policy is flawed.
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