Author: Chris Whittington
Date: 10:12:37 10/18/97
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On October 18, 1997 at 12:55:57, Mike Byrne wrote: > > >> >>Not suggesting a PC event at all. SOS has always run on Sun. DarkThought >>was born on Alpha. Let them bring their native machines with no penalty >>(I would even consider supporting them to make the competition fair). >>You make some case that Alpha is your natural environment. Fine. Bruce >>has a much weaker argument. Guys who bring Pentium 120 to Pentium 90 >>events have no case at all and the ICCA should blast them, or at least >>make them pay something so that Hiarcs may also have a chance to compete >>once in a while. >> >>Amir >> >> > >when is the whining going to stop..... it seems that's it ok for >commecial programs to obtain hard to get configerations No this isn't ok. And nobody is trying to say its ok for one and not ok for the other. > ....then some >fulltime hobbyists make the same effort to *max* out their program ..and >it's nothing but whining....if somebody wants to sponsor a level playing >field..great ..let's do it Yeah, lets. Anybody offering .... Or we could try an ICC based tournament. Proposal: Weekend (Sat and Sunday) of 6/7th December. Plus following weekend 13/14th Start at GMT 17.00. That'll allow USA players to come in at 11.00 Games at roughly one minute per move. Must use P5, P6 or K6 - whatever MHz can be got, or limit at 233 (?) 3 rounds per day, swiss system. 12 rounds in total Programmers have first option on entry of their program, otherwise anyone can volunteer as an operator. Chris Whittington > ....but let's cut out the whining...please ...
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