Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 02:26:37 01/01/03
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On December 31, 2002 at 16:08:38, Russell Reagan wrote: >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. > CORRECTION: I said that Tiger has participated in the past, but I was wrong. Junior and Shredder definitely have participated. Sorry. >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. > I don't understand what you mean by "weak". There are already more competitors registered than took part in WCCC. >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. A quick glance at the Winboard Forum suggests that there are many hundreds of Winboard programs. I would suggest that most programs participating in Leo Dijksman's excellent tournament could easily compete. Regards Andrew
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