Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 00:11:06 04/28/00
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On April 27, 2000 at 18:36:02, Robert Hyatt wrote: >I don't think it is a big problem. We had lots of cases where program authors >couldn't attend for the entire tournament. But they could (and did) show up for >some of the games, usually the last few rounds. But even if they don't, enough >authors showed up to make it worthwhile. > >Now they get no authors _and_ no programs from a fairly large sect of computer >chess programmers.. > >The question is, is the event supposed to find the best program??? Or is it >supposed to find the best program with an author that can afford to attend? I >claim this second question is uninteresting to the extreme. If the goal is to find the best program, just do a series of a bunch of long matches, or a zillion round tournament, or whatever, and simply don't have a 7-round Swiss at all. If the goal is to find the best program with high confidence, a 7-round Swiss is moronic. If people don't show up in person, people won't show up in person, and it will be pointless to show up in person. The point of these is to show up in person, so people should show up in person. If people think that my program is the most interesting thing about my participation in these tournaments, I'm a little offended. Ferret is more than a disk with "Ferret" written on it. It is a shame that you haven't been able to be at any of them. You haven't been there to see the problems caused when someone sends in a disk. bruce
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