Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:53:54 11/14/99
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On November 14, 1999 at 23:07:11, David Blackman wrote: >On November 14, 1999 at 22:16:37, Robert Hyatt wrote: > > >>I'm not hyper about 'flexibility'. However, Amir is a good case in point >>here, as I think he said GMT +2, while I am at GMT-6, and you must be GMT-8. >> >>I'd love to play chess... but if I get paired against Junior, and have to play >>at (say) 4am my time, I'm not going to play. It has to be "fun". And getting >>up in time for a 4am game is not fun. I did this when we won the 1986 WCCC, due >>to the morning round times there coinciding to roughly 3am starts here in Bham >>where I operated CB... that was _miserable_. >> >>Playing on the net has to take this into consideration. IE maybe the last 2-3 >>rounds have a specified start time, but the first N rounds are more flexible... >> > >Various Australian programs are at GMT+11 during the southern summer. Not sure >if anyone is quite that keen, or strong enough to be competitive. Maybe >TD-Chess. > >And LambChop is GMT+12 or maybe GMT+13. It is very competitive. I wonder if >Peter wants to play? > >If this becomes a truly world-wide event, a few people will have some late >nights, early mornings, etc. Right.. the thing I don't want to see happen is that a large number of programs from one geographic area end up dictating the game times. Just like the ECCA WMCCC/WCCC events of the past 10 years... IE if Peter wants to enter from NZ, in whatever timezone he is in, does _he_ get to play at nothing but really bad times, because he is the _only_ person in that time zone? We want to _encourage_ diversity and significant numbers of participation, not discourage it. I have great flexibility in when I play. But I also have significant constraints. I can trivially leave crafty online to play, because the interface works and doesn't 'misbehave'... but if I have to be there and 'attentive' while it is playing, then constraints become important... Your last sentence "a few people..." is important. It can't be just the ones in odd locations that have to play at odd times. Otherwise we lose those right off the bat...
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