Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:12:19 04/17/01
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On April 17, 2001 at 13:54:59, Chessfun wrote: >On April 17, 2001 at 13:40:44, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On April 17, 2001 at 10:25:33, Mogens Larsen wrote: >> >>>On April 17, 2001 at 09:57:40, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>Supposed _I_ set up a tournament to choose the program to play? And then >>>>suppose _I_ said "if you want in, send me $50,000 to enter your program."?? >>>> >>>>Would you enter even if you _knew_ Rebel xx was the best in the world? And >>>>risk that kind of money to get in knowing that one game can be lost due to a >>>>bad book line or bug? >>>> >>>>Charging an entry fee is a bit of a joke, IMHO. >>>> >>>>It means the deeper your pockets, the better your chances... >>> >>>Well, at least there's a refund for those that don't make it :-). >>> >>>Seriously, can anyone blaim SMK for not handing over $5000 and Shredder to a >>>third party for this socalled qualifier? I think not. >>> >>>Mogens. >> >> >>Let's try a different approach. Let _me_ handle the qualification tournament. >>Here are my rules: > >Making posts as above "is a bit of a joke, IMHO" since you clearly hadn't >even bothered reading the current rules well enough to know the $5,000.00 >was refunded to losing programs. What makes you conclude that? I can read perfectly well. But I would not send $5,000.00 in no matter what, because I try to spend my money more wisely than that. > >>Any publicly released chess program can enter. Including patches. So Rebel >>could enter 2 programs since Ed has (I think) released the original rebel plus >>a patch this year. I get to enter all 19 released versions of Crafty. If those >>are the only two entries, care to bet who is going to win? Statistically one >>of my 19 versions will win even if all are worse than either of Ed's two >>versions. >> >>This is what has happened if you include Deep Shredder, Deep Fritz, and Deep >>Junior. A trivia question: Which chess distributor has the best chance of >>winning that event? :) >> >>It is called "stacking the deck in your favor." > >Hogwash. Tell that to Amir Ban. In your case above tell me that Amir >wouldn't want to win as much as Stefan and that his odds of doing so >are greater due to your "stacking the deck in your favor." theory. No. But the "distributor" certainly has a big interest in having one of "Its" engines as the competitor. So it is not "hogwash" at all. It is plain marketing, front-to-back... > >>It is also ridiculous, too. > >As was what I read. > >Sarah. Then read what I write rather than what you want to think I write. It isn't so ridiculous then...
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