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Subject: Re: CCT7 - A call for operators!! Need 6 total (so far)

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 07:42:03 12/31/04

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On December 31, 2004 at 00:19:48, Peter Skinner wrote:

>On December 30, 2004 at 22:54:04, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>
>>On December 30, 2004 at 20:23:57, Peter Skinner wrote:
>>
>>>Hello everyone,
>>>
>>>There have been many authors emailing me asking if I know of some individuals
>>>that  would like to operate their program at CCT7.
>>>
>>>I had a group of 5 people, but thanks to a crash and weird deletion of my
>>>address book and such in Thunderbird, I no longer have them.
>>>
>>>So I am inquiring if there would be 5 or 6 people that would like to operate a
>>>program during the tournament. I know it is alot to ask, as it does take two
>>>days of your time, but most people would be attending as a spectator anyways.
>>>
>>>So why not put that computer to good use!!!
>>>
>>>Please email me at cct7@crafty-chess.com if you are interesting.
>>>
>>>Peter
>>>CCT7 TD
>>>cct7@crafty-chess.com
>>>http://cct7.crafty-chess.com
>>
>>Personally I have no real desire to play against a bunch of operators.  Half >the fun of CCT is chatting with the authors.  An operator here and there is OK, >but I don't want to see 1/4 out of all entries being operated by random >computer chess fans.
>>
>>anthony
>
>Well some of the reasons authors are requiring an operator is simply hardware.
>
>One author emailed me for help becase the fastest machine he can get his hands
>on will be a PIII 667 with 256mb ram. You and I both no that will simply get
>crushed on hardware alone.
>
>As it is right now there are only 3 operators of those entered. And currently
>there are 25 participating.
>
>Peter

If someone wants to run on a faster machine I understand completely, as long as
they are "present" themselves :)

I don't mind a few operators, but on the whole I just enjoy chatting with the
authors a lot more.

anthony



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