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Subject: Re: Live computer chess tournament at UAB? Bob?

Author: Peter Berger

Date: 16:46:08 07/17/04

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On July 17, 2004 at 19:37:07, Matthew Hull wrote:

>On July 17, 2004 at 19:17:52, Andrew Williams wrote:
>
>>On July 17, 2004 at 16:57:00, Matthew Hull wrote:
>>
>>>On July 17, 2004 at 16:55:23, Peter Berger wrote:
>>>
>>>>On July 17, 2004 at 16:53:10, Matthew Hull wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On July 17, 2004 at 16:48:05, Peter Berger wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On July 17, 2004 at 16:10:29, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On July 17, 2004 at 11:38:32, Andrew Wagner wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Bob, do you think UAB would be interested/willing to host such an event? Say,
>>>>>>>>sometime next summer?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>It is certainly probable...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Probable? Or possible?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Don't forget there is also WCCC 2005 scheduled for next summer. On the other
>>>>>>hand, as it is not yet decided where it will take place, maybe you want to
>>>>>>organize it?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>One would think the ICGA would "organize" the event.  What do the ICGA officers
>>>>>actually do?  They must get paid for something.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>More unqualified anti-ICGA rambling - really: what's *your* problem with ICGA,
>>>>Matthew? Is it just for fun?
>>>
>>>Just wondering what they do.  I could see that Omid worked his hinder parts off
>>>mightily, a virtual one-man band.  It looked like they made him do all the work.
>>>
>>>It's an honest question.
>>
>>It's an odd thing about WCCCs that the organizers run around *constantly*, and
>>are working the whole time you see them. But outside of the event hall one gets
>>*zero* impression of this. I've been to WCCCs at London and at Maastricht and
>>both times, Jaap van den Herik and Jos Uiterwijk were working extremely hard for
>>the entire time I was present (I competed at Maastricht so I was present for the
>>whole tournament). Incidentally at Maastricht one should certainly add Joke
>>Hellemons to the list of extremely hard-working ICGA staff - I don't remember
>>seeing her in London, though she could have been there. Meanwhile, despite the
>>huge amount of effort being put in, people at CCC accuse the organizers of not
>>doing anything! Take my word for it, the organizers do a *huge* amount to make
>>the event run...
>
>
>That is interesting to know.  Thanks for clarifying.
>
>If one is considering joining, then one likes to know a little bit about how
>that in which they are investing is run.  Where I work, one likes to know
>whether or not people are working smarter rather than just harder.
>
>:)

Where I work, one usually comments on things that concern him/her. For example
one would only consider to join in case one had written a gaming program in the
first place, whether it is the result of smart or hard work, or both.



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