Author: James T. Walker
Date: 06:20:46 08/23/00
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On August 23, 2000 at 02:25:13, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On August 23, 2000 at 00:32:54, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On August 22, 2000 at 23:46:53, Pete R. wrote: >> >>>I dunno, we're in the year 2000 and people have to fly to a meeting hall in a >>>foreign country to have computers play chess against each other. Something >>>wrong with that picture, hmmmm what could it be? Wait I think I'm getting >>>something...I'm here and you're in Alabama, yet we're communicating without >>>having to buy plane tickets...I'm sure I'll hit on it soon, it's right at the >>>tip of my brain...I'll go play somebody from another country on ICC for a while >>>and maybe it will come to me. And I wonder why it's so hard to get game info >>>from the actual event site? I think those two things might be related somehow. >> >> >>Hello Pete, >>Well you almost said what was on your mind. I agree that in this day and age a >>computer chess tournament should be easy to run over the internet. There is no >>need to travel around the world to compete. The "Organizers" of this tournament >>seem to be out to lunch. Maybe they think nobody is interested? >>Jim > >It is nice to meet people in person. If you haven't gone to one of these, and >you have a program, I recommend that you go. You'll meet some interesting >people, and learn a lot. > >If things are done over the internet, there is less communication and less >common experience. > >I'm happy to go, I just don't want it always to be me who pays for the 11-hour >plane trip. > >bruce Well it turns out to be an expensive little social gathering for most people no matter where it's held. The participation of the programs is more important to me of course but I'm just a "fan". Jim
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