Author: Johan Hutting
Date: 13:46:57 05/30/01
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On May 30, 2001 at 16:38:22, Adam Oellermann wrote: >Hi there, > >>At the end of CCT3 I thought I saw ICC make a very generous offer of free >>computer accounts for authors, without having to have a paid human account. Was >>I dreaming and if not as anyone taken up their offer? > >Having been greatly inspired by CCT3, and with my chess engine (Blikskottel) >getting to the point where it sort of plays chess, and having heard the same >offer, I decided to try it out. I applied as per the procedures etc, and got a >message back from the Computers people at ICC saying "sorry you don't have a >paid account" :( An Admin by the name of Folgers mentioned it, so I messaged him for the instructions and details. However, I haven't received any response yet. > >I also applied for a computer account at FICS about 2 weeks ago, and haven't had >any response yet. This is greatly frustrating, I had the same thing, until I poked some of the FICS admins about it. Just give them a friendly reminder that you would like the account. >as I am really keen on getting >some tests in. And my wife is upset enough at the time I spend on this hobby >*without* me suggesting spending $$$ on subscriptions ;) > >Anybody given thought to a dedicated "style 12"-compatible server for hosting >tournaments like CCT? Suggestions were made to keep such tournaments on FICS (not that it matters on which ICS' those tournaments are kept, as long as anyone can participate), however I'm unaware of someone willing to play TD for them.
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