Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 02:39:09 07/18/02
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On July 16, 2002 at 19:05:35, José Carlos wrote: >On July 16, 2002 at 18:56:20, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On July 16, 2002 at 18:44:08, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>On July 16, 2002 at 18:35:44, Kevin Strickland wrote: >>>>On July 16, 2002 at 18:33:25, Dann Corbit wrote: >>>>>>Another reason not to have big prize funds: >>>>>It would encourage cheating. There are enough problems with claims of cheating >>>>>already. >>>>> >>>>>On the other hand, I think that sponsors could be very useful if they could fly >>>>>people to the event who could not normally afford it. >>>>> >>>>>Imagine if chess engines from Uruguay and Africa could be present. Wouldn't it >>>>>be nice if New Zealand and Australia and Viet Nam could be represented? >>>>> >>>>>I pretty much guarantee that you will get as many participants as free trips >>>>>that you can arrange. So if you can cough up 100 plane fares, you will have 100 >>>>>entrants for sure. >>>> >>>>I am absolutely sure I can arrange a _few_ plane tickets. But 100 seems like an >>>>aweful lot of begging. >>> >>>Don't try to spent money which isn't there yet. If you manage to organize >>>a big event, sure the europeans will come. I will at least. >>> >>>Here is the problem: i won't come if nothing is at stake. I don't mean >>>a few beers then or a prize. I don't come for a price. But an ACM >>>title. If i play there i expect to see Bob in person for example, >>>and Bruce, i don't travel over the ocean to face a few operators or >>>remote playing programs. In fact i've never seen Bob in living person! >>> >>>Whatever you say, the european programs right now dominate the world champs. >>> >>>This world champs number 1 to 5 were european. 3 of them even actually >>>living within 200KM from maastricht (quest, diep, shredder from >>>which shredder is living closest to maastricht). Junior >>>team travelled all from Israel and is doing that each year. Chance for >>>a world champ tournament in israel is real small, though i would go there. >>> >>>2003 is graz, perhaps you can organize 2004 a world champs in USA? >>> >>>All you need is a sponsor and a location to keep it. The ICGA will take >>>care of the rest (including robbing the local bank). >>> >>>then all europeans for sure will go to USA. No need for plane tickets. >>>I happily pay for one to play in USA. >>> >>>i bet Peter McKenzie will be real happy if a tournament gets held in USA >>>too, Instead of 24 hours he only needs to travel like 9 hours by plane >>>then ;) >> >>I think probably a lot of the programmers just could not afford it (especially >>the kids -- some are only 17 years old or so). >> >>It would be nice to subsidize those that need it. Even better if everyone could >>get free transportation. Probably the professionals don't need free >>transportation, because they will earn money with the exposure. If it took off >>with a hundred entrants (all of which they would mow through with ease anyway >>making them look even better) the stir would really be big, I think. > > I'd probably go if, as Vincent said, the programmers were for sure to be >there. If I had to choose between that and a free ticket, I'd choose meeting the >programmers. But I'm not sure I'll be able to pay a plain ticket to the USA in >the next few years because, ahem... I could possibly get married soon :( > > José C. Better invest that money into your marriage, because the daydream from Peter Skinner won't happen soon :)
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