Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:19:47 12/02/02
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On December 02, 2002 at 14:14:49, David Rasmussen wrote: >This is mainly for Bob Hyatt: > >How do you get GM's to play your engine at ICC, preferably at standard time >control? Doesn't most of them want money for this? Is it just because you know >them personally, or would I ever be able to get such a favor from a GM? > >/David 1. I am polite to them. 2. I can chat with them without insulting them. 3. I offer to do whatever they want, such as have a specific opening book for a particular player so he can only play against 1. d4 openings if that is what he wants. 4. I am polite to them and don't bug them about "play my program" or "wanna get butchered by crafty" or whatever. 5. I ask for comments, but relatively infrequently to not bother them. 6. Did I forget to mention that I am polite to them and show them respect when talking to them? :) Most computer operators (non authors) on ICC turn into jerks and get obnoxious. Not all but most. If a GM senses that someone has a great deal of respect for them, they will play games. If they get to dictate the opening, the time control, when the program should resign, etc, then they will play. I give them crafty's "password" (zippypassword2 for those that know what that is) so that the GM can control _everything_ about Crafty that he wants, even up to giving himself more time although that is not very common. But I tell them "feel free if you get a phone call while playing..." Again, courtesy is _the_ word...
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