Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 23:55:32 09/07/04
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On September 08, 2004 at 02:11:29, Jonas Bylund wrote:
>On September 08, 2004 at 01:52:31, Lin Harper wrote:
>
>> The two groups exist in parallel, and have done for some years now. When it
>>came to light that we should all help pick up the tab for the maintaining of the
>>server, a certain amount of ill will set in, at least for a few people.
>> A couple of guys on CCC inferred that to make a donation would be to show
>>support for CTF, a forum they don't like because of the perceived mood and lack
>>of manners of a lot of CTF posters.
>> CTF members generally have at least a passing interest in computer chess too.
>>Most of them have several chess playing programs. It's a safe bet they read CCC,
>>even if they rarely post. And being established as friends on CTF, they fire
>>broadsides at each other in the knowledge that there is generally no lasting ill
>>will. If you would care to start dropping into CTF regularly and joining in a
>>bit, you may even start enjoying the good natured atmosphere.
>> We are really just parts 'a' and 'b' of the same group. If either group were
>>to disappear, the administrative cost would be virtually unchanged, so it's not
>>a matter of one group subsidising the other.
>> best regards
>> Lin Harper
>
>During this debate i have frequently read the CTF forum to be sure if it was as
>bad as i remembered it and i found it to be even worse... I see no friendly
>atmosphere other than a couple of nice guys from the CCC forum once in a while
>joking with eachother, but besides from that it is a horrible place IMO.
>
>I don't see how them having a passing interest in computer chess have anything
>to with CTF as computer chess is virtually never discussed there and having a
>chessprogram does not qualify in my book as being on topic :)
>
>"A couple of guys on CCC inferred that to make a donation would be to show
>support for CTF" i wouldn't say it was "a couple of guys" i got the impression
>that a lot of guys from the CCC forum felt that way.
>
>To me it is not a question of saving money to drop CTF, it is a question of
>princibles, i find that place to be bad and i don't want to donate to a forum
>that is associated with it.
Hi Jonas
I fully agree with you. I am wondering why some people
regularly try to play down CTF to a normal forum.
Kurt
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