Author: David H. McClain
Date: 06:53:23 11/30/03
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On November 30, 2003 at 08:49:35, Daniel Clausen wrote: > >If the allowance to throw the game were against the rules of the tournament, >show me the rule. If it was not, every participant who signed up to this >tournament silently agreed to the rules. (same argumentation as with List) > >I guess the rule in this case is simply not clear. The tournament attendants >could have asked for clarification in such a case before they signed up though. >They probably didn't. > >I'm not saying the decision was lucky. The whole situation was unlucky. (again, >as with List) But bashing ICGA/Levy/Jaap for everything they do is a bit lame >too IMHO. (although it seems popular these days :) > >Sargon Daniel, The ICGA has been operating enough tournaments for a long enough time with enough bright people at the helm to have a set of rules to abide by. If they want credibility then they should act like they deserve it. I am not aware the WCCC is a place to test beta software. You play what you bring, if it doesn't work as expected then you suffer the programming consequences including the results the program played. I have personally witnessed an exact instance such as what Shredder played in an overwhelingly won position so this "bug" is not anything new. No one gave me a "time out" to reconsider the outcome or intent. It was a draw. DHM
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