Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:17:58 11/17/02
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On November 17, 2002 at 02:51:48, Will Singleton wrote: >On November 17, 2002 at 01:37:41, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On November 16, 2002 at 19:55:25, Will Singleton wrote: >> >>>Oh, well, gosh, amateurs only. Sheesh. Since when did you rise to the top of >>>the world? I must have missed it when you started selling Sjeng. >> >>I don't mean to say I'm so much better than everyone else. I mean >>that I find it a lot of fun and great satistfaction to be able to >>beat a top professional, which isn't the case when the opposition >>is amateurs only. >> >>-- >>GCP > >What a load of horsepoop. What a complete load. I seems to recall that you got >into a little match recently with Hyatt. I guess you were interested enough to >do that, hmm? Why not now? I think it's pretty clear. > >Anyone who wants to enter this tournament is welcome. Anyone, with a tiny bit >of effort, can enter the tournament. If people choose not to enter, you have to >ask yourself why. > >Will A few comments: (1) I don't think anyone _has_ to participate. IE there are lots of reasons why someone might not be able (or want) to participate. Schedule conflicts, work conflicts, other plans, family, etc. (2) If anyone doesn't want to participate, they should be able to make that decision and simply not participate. (3) the "amateurs only" comment is a bit arrogant. IE I don't think I can easily win an "amateurs-only" event. I can't think of a single program that _could_ win such an event easily. I don't think a commercial program can win this "easily". We have had commercial programs in each of the CCT events. They didn't win them all... I guess the bottom line is that if someone is (a) not interested in competing; (b) afraid to lose; (c) unable to compete for whatever reason; that is their right... I'll try to do these whenever I can. I hope others do as well... The ones that skip it will be the real "losers" as the event is fun, the discussions are interesting, etc...
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