Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 10:54:03 08/26/00
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On August 26, 2000 at 07:41:10, Steve Lim wrote: > Hi all. > > First off, congrats to Stefan for winning the WMCCC 2000! > > ICC was due to have its 2nd CCT in late July following a 6 month (bi-annual) >schedule. However, it was brought to my attention that since the WMCCC was in >august, September might make more sense. (programmers wouldn't want to expose >their tournament books etc). > > Well, September is just around the corner. I'd like to take a general survey >as to the type and dates of CCT #2. > Hi Steve, Here are my thoughts: 45 10 sounds pretty good to me, though a shorter increment (5 seconds) might be a good idea to keep the duration of each round more predictable. With large increments, one long endgame can make a round last forever. I personally don't mind if the event lasts two weekends like last time, but I worry that some people find that inconvenient. Should we try to finish in one long weekend? A good topic for discussion. The idea of playing each opponent 2 times is interesting, but I'm not sure it's feasible unless we adopt the two-weekend format. Last time we squeezed 8 rounds of 60 10 into two weekends. At 45 10, we could probably play 10 rounds. Personally, I would rather face 10 different opponents than 5, but it's a good topic for discussion. (Remember that there were 22 participants last time, and I think we'd get at least that many again.) Finally, the date: I don't care when we play, as long as enough advance notice is given. I think one month is the absolute minimum for this, and 6-8 weeks is probably better. You need time to announce and promote the event, and the programmers need time to arrange their schedules and tweak their code. :) --Peter
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