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Subject: Re: What changes to the WCCC would make it better?

Author: Steffen Jakob

Date: 02:38:58 12/15/03

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On December 15, 2003 at 05:13:31, Uri Blass wrote:

>>I'm not interested in playing with or against someone who doesn't know a thing
>>about the program.
>
>This is exactly what happened in the last WCCC when programmers played against
>list.

At least List´s book author was operating.

>If this is your opinion then why did programmers agree to play against List
>instead of deciding before the tournament that nobody play against list because
>the author is not present.
>
>All programmers could say in the beginning of the tournament that they do not
>play against list because the author is not present and prevent list's
>participation.
>
>I do not know if there was a similiar problem with other programs.

Yes, the author of Chinito only operated his program for few rounds. The guys
which operated in the remaining rounds sometimes had to struggle with the arena
interface which they were not familar with.

Greetings,
Steffen.



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