Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:38:15 10/29/02
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On October 28, 2002 at 13:04:34, Bob Durrett wrote: >On October 28, 2002 at 12:58:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>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... > >If you do that, the FICS server may go down right in the middle of your >match/tournament. > >Maybe better would be to get a dedicated "FICS-like" server. > >Bob D. I believe that is _exactly_ what I said. "Install the FICS server code on a local machine..."
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