Author: Uri Blass
Date: 01:33:53 08/26/00
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On August 26, 2000 at 04:07:27, Christophe Theron wrote: >On August 26, 2000 at 02:07:46, Peter Skinner wrote: > >>>I will not be able to devote time to help you, but I would like to see you >>>organizing the event in Canada as you told us earlier, and I confirm I would >>>come to this event in person, on my own expenses if needed. >>> >>>I hope you can find a sponsor for this and I believe that with a better Internet >>>coverage the sponsor would not regret spending his money in the event. >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >>Well thanks for your support. This is what I propose: >> >>1. Tournament will not be of the uni-platform system. It has been proven in the >>past, that the biggest hardware doesn't always win, and thus is really a non- >>substantial factor. Thus I do believe that it will not be used, and that is >>great as some programs, such as JPConnors doesn't run on a single cpu ??? > > > >Organizing a uniform platform event has indeed proven to be almost impossible. I >would personally prefer to enter such an event, but most programmers are >apparently afraid to play with equal weapons. Some are hiding behind their >alledged superior architecture (but almost nobody can afford it so it's really >of little interest), some others know they have more money and are counting on >this to get an advantage... I think that it is better to decide that everybody has the right to use the hardware of other players except the opponent. The only problem with this idea is that it will be impossible to do all the games of the same round in the same hour but I think that using this idea can do the tournament more fair. Uri
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