Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 13:08:38 12/31/02
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On December 31, 2002 at 15:41:17, Andrew Williams wrote: >But this was always true. And Tiger and Shredder and Junior and others have >participated in the past. And they didn't have to be automated, and there weren't other rules like kibitzing. It's not that those rules are so hard to follow. It's just the extra annoyance of having to deal with them. It was probably a fun thing to participate in in past years, but now we are starting to pile on the rules, and now what used to be fun has become work, an obligation, a hassle. >I'm not sure what else you could. If it's not in the rules, why would anyone >bother? That is the correct method (putting it in the rules), but this is not the right event. The problem is not that the amateur engines of the world don't support winboard. The problem is that the commercial engines don't support it (if this is not the case, there is no problem, and this rule is meaningless). It will take some major event (probably WCCC or WMCCC) to require such a rule, and then it will become a standard thing at other events. Requiring it in an event as weak as this one isn't going to accomplish forward progress. So far, it's been nothing but backwards. Either it should be fun or it should be serious. If it's fun, drop the serious rules. If it's serious, do something to bring the serious competitors ($$$). Fun + serious rules + no prize fund = failure. If the rules stay the same next time around (if there is a next time), participation will continue to dwindle, and eventually no one will want to run the event.
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