Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:20:01 02/07/00
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On February 07, 2000 at 20:02:57, Dann Corbit wrote: >On February 07, 2000 at 19:46:21, Robert Hyatt wrote: >[snip] >>I personally think every three months is too quick. This totally kills two >>consecutive weekends. that leaves 10 for normal family stuff. I would rather >>give up 2 every 6 months myself, for that reason... >> >>plus every 6 months makes it a bit more significant for everyone... > >What if (though, for instance, supposing...) we had an automatic tournament >manager. It had the programs connect to it, and then sent out all the Winboard >commands automatically. As long as the program does not crash, no human >intervention is needed. Then we could have games like this running around the >clock. That would be interesting, but not as interesting as having everyone 'pseudo-present'. IE remember the various discussions? Comments? etc. That would go away. It would be a way to accurately do what the SSDF has been doing for years, albeit with a larger group of programs, a larger variety of hardware, and more games. But it isn't quite the same thing as a 'tournament' although it wouldn't be bad.
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