Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 20:06:04 11/16/01
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On November 16, 2001 at 18:27:28, Bruce Moreland wrote: bruce, the announcement was that 2002 maastricht is a WCC. Not a wmcc. or did i misread? >On November 16, 2001 at 16:47:51, Thorsten Czub wrote: > >>> Many of the rules we use today >>>have been in place for more than two decades and although some of them are >>>still applicable we feel the need to re-examine every rule. This task has >>>been prompted to some extent by the fact that almost every ICCA tournament >>>is preceded by a debate over one or more of the rules. >> >>the problem is not some old fashioned rule, but the people behind the rules. >> >>the debates happen because the people behind the rules, behind the events, >>cause the debates. >> >>they do what they want, far from any rule. and they change the rules as they >>want. >> >>the target is to misuse icca events for their own purpose. > >We're going to have a discussion about time controls, number of rounds, clock >adjustment, who can operate, what a microcomputer is, and so on. > >I have been to most of these events, and I'm just as able as you to figure out >that weird things happen at the events. > >I think that you might also agree that a discussion amongst likely participants, >people who have all been there and all seen what happens at the events, is >likely to do a lot of good. > >This is an attempt to formalize some stuff, and regardless of what else goes on, >that can't be bad. > >bruce
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