Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:32:36 12/10/03
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On December 10, 2003 at 04:23:43, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On December 09, 2003 at 14:38:01, Matthew Hull wrote: > >>The real point (which has been made numerous times already, and unaswered by >>proponents of the status-quo) is that there is absolutely no need for a 1.5 >week event. Two or three rounds per day is perfectly workable, especially with >>auto-play. So many more people would then be able to participate (and >>spectators could view ALL MATCHES LIVE via ICC/FICS/etc.) >> >>But who cares anyway. The obsolete, clunky, imcompetence-infested ICGA events >>will continue to shrink into irrelevance while CCT-type events will continue to >>grow. Out with the old, in with the new. > >3 rounds per day -> 15 hours > >I don't think that's workable. > >And I'm certainly not interested in an authors-not-present event. I can >run those matches at home. > >-- >GCP Depends on the time control. 40/60min has been used at WMCCC events in the past. 3-4 hours per game max. I have played single games in ACM events that started at 7pm and ended after 5am the next morning...
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