Author: Ulrich Tuerke
Date: 03:09:27 08/24/05
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On August 22, 2005 at 22:14:03, Dann Corbit wrote: >On August 22, 2005 at 10:03:08, Ulrich Tuerke wrote: > >>On August 21, 2005 at 11:11:40, Thomas Logan wrote: >> >>>On August 21, 2005 at 10:34:00, Sandro Necchi wrote: >>> >>>>On August 21, 2005 at 10:30:39, Sandro Necchi wrote: >>>> >>>>>On August 21, 2005 at 10:12:45, Norm Pollock wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Let the speculation begin! >>>>> >>>>>I do not think so...Zappa is too strong for Hydra... >>>> >>>>I like to put some gasoline on the fire... >>> >>>Here is a little more >>> >>>Hydra's team is afraid to risk playing an amateur >> >>Then why are they playing amateurs all the time in the ipcc tourneys in >>Paderborn ? > >I think that the real problem is the curse of good marketing + high dollar >sponsors. > >Now that they have achieved the original target goal, losses against what is >perceived to be lesser foes will spoil the dollars spent. > >I guess that the programmers and engineers would play anything that moves, given >the opportunity. But those who threw buckets and buckets of cash at it might >not be so keen for that sort of thing. > >But wild speculation on my part, of course. BTW, Chrilly and his team has once again already registered for the ipcc tourney in Paderborn in a few months. They are there any year. I just think, it's a myth that they don't like to play amateurs.
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