Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:38:34 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. > >Amir I understand the thought. But fast-forward to 2003. 16 participants. fast-forward to 2004. 10 participants so far. The slope of that is negative. Simple math says that in 3 more years the title will be awarded to the only entrant if _something_ isn't done. Yet CCT is thriving with 54 participants 2 months ago. There is a lesson to be learned here, if the ICCA is willing to learn. Unfortunately it looks like "learn or die" are the two choices... Remember that I come from the days when we always had 20+ entrants and we did a _real_ selection process to pick the best out of all that applied. It has dwindled to the point that anyone applying gets in, even with horrible bugs.
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