Author: Albert Silver
Date: 01:21:08 10/31/97
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On October 30, 1997 at 19:22:49, Christophe Jolly wrote:
>There is one main reason for the guarding of the Palais de la Bourse,
>potential bomb attacks, which were reality last year in Paris.
>Another reason might be that the tournament hall is a luxury room with a
>precious floor..
>I don't enjoy these facts.
>
>Too many people is not an ideal case for a tournament. I have
>experienced such a tournament in France (Open d'Aubervilliers) as
>operator of my program.
>I can say that after 50 questions like "are you playing or is it the
>machine which play?" you are tired.
>
>I hope that a perfect organization of such an event will occur in the
>future.
>
>Christophe Jolly
You know, I have to admit I find your response somewhat dismaying
because
it shows a lack of understanding of what everyone is complaining. True,
in this response you do apologize, a definite improvement over your
previous "poor baby" reply. The problem is perhaps your vision of how
the
event should be organized. The problem isn't that the Paris Bourse needs
to be protected from bomb attacks; the problem is in organizing such an
event there in the first place.
Regarding the number of people in the tournament, I think that perhaps
you should have seen how the Dutch organize AEGON. As for Aubervilliers,
I
know exactly what it is like as I have not only played there as a
player,
but have been an operator there once: Several years ago, I was the
operator of the then experimental Mach 68040, a funny looking machine in
a transparent box with two large and very loud fans. Yes, there are a
lot of
questions. Yes, it's tiresome, but then again the purpose is to divulge
and
inform.
You know, you have to stop trying to defend this indefensible position
because it shows that you don't seem to recognize the problem, and
rather
don't understand what people are complaining about. I still can't
believe
you actually tried to justify the use of pieces of paper. What's next?
Bird calls? Smoke signals?
Albert Silver
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