Author: enrico carrisco
Date: 03:20:08 09/22/03
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On September 22, 2003 at 04:22:56, Andrew Williams wrote: >On September 21, 2003 at 18:47:40, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On September 21, 2003 at 17:05:40, Andrew Williams wrote: >> >>>On September 21, 2003 at 16:51:19, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >>> >>>>On September 21, 2003 at 16:46:27, Edward Seid wrote: >>>> >>>>>I just wondered if there was a specific situation that occurred that caused >this rule to be implemented. Like who was involved and what happened. >>>> >>>>There were several accusations in the past tournament about >>>>people overruling moves from their engines. At least one of the >>>>people involved later admitted he manually interfered with the >>>>time usage of the engine. >>>> >>>>PS. I don't think the current rules actually prevent this >>>>either, which is why I'm not so hot about online tournaments. >>>> >>> >>>Hi GCP, >>> >>>I agree that it's still possible to interfere, but it just makes it more >>>difficult, which is the point, IMHO. Perhaps as a professional it's not >>>"watertight" enough, but for the amateurs I think it is sufficient. >>> >>>Andrew >> >>The main problem was the fear that non programmers will participate. >>This was the reason for the duty to kibitz. >> >>The fear that programmers will change the time management or the move of the >>program is not the big problem because I think that in a lot of cases it is not >>going to be productive. >> >>Personally I prefer to have a tournament when the programmers have the right to >>change the move or the time management of the program but in case that they do >>it the program needs to kibitz information about it. >> >>I think that it is going to be more interesting. >> > >I really don't agree with this. I'm sure there is room for such a tournament, >but CCT was originally designed as an online tournament for chess programs. Not >for chess program + programmer intervention. That's a different sort of >tournament. > >Andrew CCT is far from what is was originally designed for at this point (IMHO.) It was originally a friendly tournament where programmers can meet one another and converse while their programs perform. Now it is full of paranoia and 22.5 rules of engagement -- some acting like it is Paderborn or WCCC. What happened to just having a good time without all of the stress, conviction and stuffy guidelines? Save that crap for the official tournaments. I'm just wating for the CCT entry fee next... -elc.
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