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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