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Subject: Re: How about a computer tournament on ICC ?

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 18:45:02 11/13/99

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On November 13, 1999 at 14:56:29, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>Go back to the WMCCC events in the 80's.  Almost without fail, the winner one
>year would not play the next.  Everyone complained.  But they also followed
>right along whenever _they_ won.  :)
>
>The WCCC's are different...  Micros never won those until 1992 when no 'big
>iron' played.  But when a program did well at an annual event, you could almost
>count on it not entering the following year, to keep the P/R going from the
>'win'...

Yes, but this no longer seems to be the case, and those who did it seem to be
retired from these events, for the most part, so let's not tag everyone with it.

bruce




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