Author: Frank Phillips
Date: 13:49:14 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" :( > >I also applied for a computer account at FICS about 2 weeks ago, and haven't had >any response yet. This is greatly frustrating, 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? > >Cheers >Adam Adam On Fics, if you have a human account check it has not been turned into a computer account (eg acountNamd(C) ), which is what happened with mine. Frank
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