Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 15:36:29 11/18/03
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On November 18, 2003 at 17:06:40, Russell Reagan wrote: Right Russell, spot on! I think it would be in everyones interest if the WCCC was held on the internet. *) No travel expences - no hassle *) Everybody can enter, no excuses, a real World tournament. *) We *all* - spectators and participants - get to follow the games *live*. *) Internet offers maximum exposure to the commercially oriented parties. Downside: you don't get to meet the colleages in person. The downside doesn't seem to outweigh the upsides, besides one can always do in-person tournaments (Paderborn, Dutch Open etc..), it just shouldn't be called the WCCC, IMO. -S. >On November 18, 2003 at 15:57:32, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>let's ask Omid or Amir whether a tournament in Europe is >>significantly more convenient than one in the US for them. > >Regarding the convenience of the WCCC for myself, and probably a lot of people >around the world, the event might as well be on the moon. I bet most people >can't afford to travel halfway around the world, hauling computer hardware >along. Just because you and other commercial authors can afford to travel >anywhere doesn't mean that most people can. > >An online event would be much more convenient for everyone. If you want to meet >with people, then organize a meeting place in Europe, and all Europeans meet >there, and all play online from there. That would solve the problems of everyone >realistically being able to play, and if you had several "hubs" around the world >to cut down on traveling costs, you could also ensure the same level of cheating >prevention as you would with everyone in one meeting place by having local >tournament directors at each location around the world.
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