Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:58:32 10/28/02
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On October 28, 2002 at 11:45:38, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On October 28, 2002 at 11:41:04, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>I think Uri meant the classic automatic tournament Ken Thompson and I tried to >>get the ICCA to use for many years. Programmers are present, but the games are >>automatic once they are started. IE you can watch, but you can't touch a key >on the keyboard. > >Ok, I see the point. > >My first thought is: many things that can go wrong setting up/with >the autoplayers. > >-- >GCP That is why I have suggested to the ICCA that they simply install FICS on a linux box, bring it to the tournament hall and connect every machine to that via a local switch. ICC is known to work just fine, with the only issue being what time control to use. But that is a minor issue and it certainly supports sudden-death to limit round durations, and it is certainly solid in terms of not having problems with timing, losing moves and so forth. And with a centralized clock (on the server) there is no need for _any_ operator input once the game starts, which is a great advantage IMHO...
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