Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:01:07 10/28/97
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On October 28, 1997 at 02:04:59, Dan Thies wrote: > >On October 27, 1997 at 21:37:33, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>Below is the crosstable for the tournament's first three rounds. One >>note. The tournament director (for reasons unknown) used accelerated >>pairings in round 1 and round 2. The top 16 programs were paired >>together for the first two rounds, then everyone was lumped together. > >Any idea how the "top 16" were chosen? Processor clock speed? >Reputation? Past performance of previous versions? Most expensive >prototype generally available experimental alpha? > >I'd say the accelerated pairings might have been an equalizer of sorts. >DarkThought, for instance, got to meet some tough opposition early on. >I just hope we still get Diep vs. Crafty at some point. ;-) > >Dan not a clue on my end. at past WCCC events I've seen the TD ask each participant for a "seeding order list" and then simply tallying. On others I've been on a committee of 2-3 people that did the seeding. Etc. It generally factors in past performance and current hardware plus current "rumors" about who has done what. :)
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