Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 04:19:32 06/22/03
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On June 22, 2003 at 05:57:27, Richard Pijl wrote: >On June 22, 2003 at 04:26:22, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>I imagine it would sprout some added interest for FRC if an official world >>campionship was held. > >Perhaps the organizers in Mainz can be persuaded to include a computer >championship as well, possibly concluding with a demonstration match between the >computer champion and the human champion? >Probably too late for this edition, but might be a good idea for next year. Pardon my ignorance, but I'm not quite aware what tournament in Mainz you are refering to? >>I know some of the servers support it, so there's our battle ground. > >I'd prefer a world championship to be face-to-face, but any tournament form will >do to increase the number of FRC engines. A server tournament may be even a >better way of accomplishing that goal as it makes it available to everyone all >over the world. That's what I thought, it doesn't seem like a real world champ when everybody isn't given a realistic chance to participate. Probably it is too much to demand the americans fly to Europe or vice versa. The internet is neutral ground plus we don't have to haul our rigs cross continents :) >>We need a date, not too soon though as interested programmers should have a >>chance to implement it. I propose in 6-8 weeks, in the late summer. > >A month should be more than sufficient. Implementing FRC takes only a few days >when you know what to change. >An overlap with the tournament in Mainz should be avoided. No objection from me, but I figured mid juli might conflict with the holidays. >>How people choose to support it is up to them, they can change their GUIs to >>send FENs rather than make the change in their engine, if that is what they >>prefer. >> >>What do you think? > >Great idea! >Richard. Aahhh, let the fight begin! :) -S.
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