Author: Don Dailey
Date: 11:51:52 06/06/98
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On June 06, 1998 at 14:08:50, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >On June 06, 1998 at 13:36:54, Thorsten Czub wrote: > >>On June 06, 1998 at 09:53:38, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >>>Question for programmers: what do you value more, to be the official >>>world champion for a year, or to be on top of the SSDF list also for a >>>year? If you had to pick between one or the other? >> >>You cannot replace this EVENT without giving an alternative. >>An icca championship is a meeting for people, to see friends, to join >>friendship, to compete as humans against other humans, in preparation. >>Like sport. You cannot compare this to the ssdf-effort. >>This is no EVENT. I would not like to see the ICCA championships >>declined, and not replaced with another tournament. >>Aegon is over. So this IS a tournament and a competition we miss yet. > >I don't want to replace anything. I am only curious to know what would >programmers prefer for their own personal satisfaction, if being for one >year the world champions in ICCA or for a year on top of the SSDF list. >I am no programmer, but I think I would prefer the latter. > > >>>Enrique Being a tennis fan too, I know many players prefer winning a Wimbledon, French or other major to being number one. Only the players who have not yet been at number one gain special satisfaction from it, but then they seek the titles. I would currently prefer to be World champion. I currently believe however that the title does not carry any significant prestige but I think it would help computer chess if it did. - Don
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