Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 07:13:25 05/19/04
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On May 19, 2004 at 09:33:22, Amir Ban wrote: >On May 19, 2004 at 02:02:37, Gerd Isenberg wrote: > >>On May 18, 2004 at 20:04:28, Sune Fischer wrote: >> >>>On May 18, 2004 at 15:14:13, Gerd Isenberg wrote: >>> >>>>Cheers, >>>>Gerd >>> >>>Okay, I see you are hooked :) >>> >>>I guess in a way it is better for 10 people to have a really great time, than >>>for 100 people to have a moderately good time. >> >>95-97 there were more than 30 paticipants iirc. >> >>> >>>I just wonder if these 10 people couldn't get together for some other tournament >>>some other day, and then let the 100 people play at the world championship. >>> >>>A world championship seems a bit "wasted" on so few people, it really ought to >>>be a major event, something that was widely recognized with a solid support in >>>community, something everyone looked forward too and not just a handful of the >>>same usual suspects. >>> >> >>yes, that was the common spirit until 97. For some reason, the number of >>participants decreased from year to year. I guess ICGA's policy has something to >>do with that, swapping between America and Europe, ICGA's focus on other >>computer games and so on. >> > >Paris 1997 had 34 participants, but there was a selection process. Another 10-20 >programs were refused. > >Hong Kong 1995 had 24, and there was a selection process, in which many were >refused. At that time, IIRC, it was suggested that a WCCC should have no more >than 24. > >What happened between then and now is a great decline in sponsorship and the >readiness of authors to play. > >In Maastricht and Graz several strong programs right next door didn't bother to >show up. > >The professionals Hiarcs, The King, Rebel and Tiger stopped participating. > >Sponsorship all over the world declined. In North America sponsors completely >disappeared. There were strong US professionals in 1995. Now there are none. > >And now we get this attitude of "you want me to play WCCC, you have to bring it >to my living room". This would be ridiculous in the mid-90's. You don't want to >come ? 10 others will take your place. It's entropy, like Bob suggested. The point of least resistence is where the competition is heading. The Internet World Computer Chess Championship is now the venue of choice for this reason. Gone is the elitism, the financial and political barriers to participation, the catering to commercial interests. It was only a matter of time before the antiquated, hide-bound bureaucracy was underminded by a free, inclusive and open process where the participants have a say and are not obliged to make large financial sacrifices in a medium whose hallmark is one of increasing cost-effectiveness. Long live the IWCCC. > >Amir
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