Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 09:23:48 12/03/03
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On December 02, 2003 at 20:29:50, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On December 02, 2003 at 11:20:08, Omid David Tabibi wrote: > >>On December 01, 2003 at 11:24:20, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On December 01, 2003 at 10:14:20, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >>> >>>>http://www.icga.org/News/events/wccc2004/BarIlan.pdf >>>> >>>>12th World Computer Chess Championship >>>>Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel >>>>July 4th-12th 2004 >>> >>>July 4. >>> >>>What a bunch of morons. >>> >>>:) >>> >>>No doubt the 2005 event will be on December 25. >>> >> >> >>>Is the ICCA going to supply flak jackets or do participants have to bring >>>their own? >> >>I assume that the participants of any event conducted in a New York skyscraper >>get a parachute and anti-aircraft Stinger, don't they? > >If we were to hold an event in North Birmingham, I would suggest flak >jackets. They average a murder (drive-by drug-related shooting) every >day there... > > >> >>If you don't want to participate in any event outside Alabama, that's fine, just >>say it. > >Please read what I write. I have stated _many_ times that the reasons I >don't attend WCCC/WMCCC events are, in order of precedence: > >1. The events are _way_ too long. By the time you factor in travel half- >way around the world, it turns into 1.5 weeks. 1.5 weeks at a university >is two weeks worth of classes, basically. > >2. The cost. For events that long, figure at least $2,000.00 US and >that is _very_ iffy. Air fare would be maybe $1,500 round trip. Rooms >are probably $100 per night. Add $30 per day for food and you are up to >almost $3,000. > >3. The timing. In the middle of a school term, it is a no go because of >(1). If it were shorter, and held (say) sat/sun/mon/tue, with the early >rounds (does a WCCC _really_ need more than 8 rounds? Hardly) maybe played >over the internet so when we arrive we are 3-4 rounds into the event to keep >away time to a managable amount. > >The time is tough for me. The cost is non-trivial. And it is really >not worth the expense/trouble. You forgot to mention the fact that you're getting older. : ) Bob D. > >Those are the reasons I haven't attended anything since the last ACM event. >And yes, I have been _way_ outside "Alabama" regardless of what you think. >From London to Canada to everywhere in the US, all chess-related. But the >events are too long, period. > > > > > >> But don't give stupid excuses, especially that you know very well that >>New York has been the primary victim of global terrorism, and that visiting >>Tel-Aviv is not any more dangerous than visiting New York. > > >Wrong answer. How many times has NY been attacked? Once? How many >busses have you had explode over there? dozens? Hundreds? There is >a big difference in frequency, thank you very much. I attended an ACM >event in Washington DC. Not a favorite place of mine. A competitor was >robbed at gunpoint in the area right out side the tournament hall. Danger >exists everywhere. But it is more pronounced in Israel at the moment, than >most anywhere else in the world. > >Note that is _not_ a put-down or anything else, just a statement of fact. > >There are dangerous places everywhere. But logic says Israel is not the >place to visit while the Middle-East is boiling over...
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