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Subject: Re: Glory & Riches OR a Barrel with straps (Humans vs. Computer matches)

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 18:54:41 01/30/03

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On January 30, 2003 at 21:36:05, Sally Weltrop wrote:

>I think that if they said no one gets an appearance fee. You get so much for a
>win -- $100,000, a loss $15,000 and a draw $50,000 you would see a lot more
>passion and tension in the match.

Wrong. There would be no match, unfortunately. No one would play under those
conditions (at least, no one worth watching). It would certainly make things
more interesting, but I don't think anyone would agree to it. From the GM's
point of view, he thinks he is already taking a risk to play the beast that is
the computer.



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