Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 15:11:01 07/16/02
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On July 16, 2002 at 17:01:16, Kevin Strickland wrote: >Hello all again, > >This is what I am proposing and looking for feedback on: > >There will be a series of 4 qualification tournaments via ICC. Programs that >enter _must_ be operated by the author or someone involved it the project. > >The top 3 entries from each tournament will be invited to attend the WCCC in >North America. A few thoughts about this: 1) If you make this an open tournament, and you get the kind of response you want to get, you've basically just said "commercials only", almost, since there are a lot of commercials and they are strong. Almost all of the commercials are European. So you've just created a tournament in North America, from which North American amateurs would be squeezed out. This will not have what I would consider to be the primary effect of having a tournament in North America -- this will not encourage North American programmers to develop their programs and compete. So you need to have way way more than 12 entrants. 2) With this in mind, having multiple qualification tournaments doesn't make a lot of sense. What you really really want to do is invite everyone. I'd hope that you'd have room for everyone, but if you don't, you should invite as many as you can. More is better. Weaker programs are not a problem. Weaker program plus interesting event equals motivated programmer equals stronger program. EVERYONE should be there, as long as your program can castle and handle the en-passant rule, no problem, in my opinion. 3) It is alright to be angry at the ICCA for not having a tournament in North America in recorded memory, but your event will likely fail if it is going to be held almost exactly the same time as the ICCA event. I can't afford the time and money to go to more than one. Probably a lot of people are in the same situation, so you have to take into account their schedule. 4) Details such as time controls and opening book rules should be hashed out by the participants. If the organizer is spending a lot of time on this, that's bad. You should be spending time getting a big venue, sponsors, places for people to stay, and beer in the tournament hall. 5) There is no need for a prize fund. If you have excess cash, subsidize the beer. 6) "World Champion" is not a necessary title here. There is less obvious animosity toward the Europeans if you call this a North American Open Championship, which is what it is. If the Europeans want to call their event the World Championship, there is some history backing that up, and it doesn't matter anyway. Don't piss them off too much and it's possible that more good can come of this. bruce >Once a program wins a specific tournament it can not enter the ones after it. > >Time controls for the ICC events will be 120 mins with a 10 second increment. > >I have removed the book rule as there are so many people who use books by one >book author, so trying to restrict it would be insane to do. > >The WCCC would be held in Edmonton, August 1 - 4 2003. All other conditions in >the previous post about the event will stand as is with the following >inclusions: > >1. There will be a prize fund. Amount has yet to be determined. >2. There will be media coverage. >3. Games will be relayed live via the internet. Quite possibly on ICC. >4. As the tournament will be played on the August long weekend here, >participants are invited to attend a CFL football game on the Saturday night. >Tickets of course will be supplied. > >Does this seem more reasonable, and possible? > >Kevin.
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