Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 18:43:03 07/26/00
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On July 26, 2000 at 17:51:33, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On July 26, 2000 at 16:58:37, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>On July 26, 2000 at 14:10:23, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On July 26, 2000 at 11:53:51, ujecrh wrote: >>> >>>>On July 26, 2000 at 09:16:44, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>>On July 26, 2000 at 02:44:35, pavel wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>oh baby I love your way.......... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Probably not. ICCA has a rule that says the primary author must attend. I >>>>>can't during the middle of classes, and even without classes going on, it is >>>>>an expensive trip. Since it is never held in the USA, it is simply too >>>>>expensive to try to make each and every one of them. >>>> >>>>Rules are meant to be changed when they are bad (or maybe that is a good reason >>>>that I miss). Is it not possible to ask ICCA about that ? What about allowing >>>>the author of a program to nominate one person to act on his behalf ? >>>> >>>>Ujecrh >>> >>> >>>I asked last year and they said "no". But then they let a couple of commercial >>>programs in without the author being present. They said that this year they >>>were going to enforce the author must attend rule more carefully... >> >>I believe (by head) that at least 50% of the team should be present. So >>hire someone for 2-3 weeks for the Crafty team living close to London. >>Never seen such a bad rule. >> >>I just heard from David that August 7 will be the final date for the >>decission to play on an uniform platform or not. David has not much >>hope. Meaning to say it is most likely everybody has to drag and spend >>some money again. >> >>Ed >> > >That is what I did with Jason, in effect, although I didn't "hire him". He >certainly contributed a lot to the project, did the NT port of everything on >the multitasking stuff, wrote other code snippets, etc... > >However, they have been sticking with "author must come" although it seems to >have been relaxed after I was told "no" last year... > > > > >> >> >>>otherwise I'd be happy to find an operator and let him go... probably could >>>find someone that lives in London in fact... Funny, the web page says that if the deveolper isn't present then the entry fee is just doubled, nothing about not being allowed to play. Jason
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