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Subject: Re: CCT8 - Why togaII 1.1 is not in ?

Author: Thomas Mayer

Date: 15:07:32 02/23/06

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Hi Vincent,

On February 23, 2006 at 18:00:24, Vincent Lejeune wrote:

>On February 23, 2006 at 17:48:14, Thomas Mayer wrote:
>
>>Hi Vincent,
>>
>>On February 23, 2006 at 17:38:11, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>>
>>>On February 23, 2006 at 17:33:53, Tord Romstad wrote:
>>>
>>>>On February 23, 2006 at 17:28:49, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>As it's an open project, do the author have to take part to make TogaII 1.1 play
>>>>>?
>>>>>I suppose there are more than 1 here who can operate it ...
>>>>
>>>>Tournament rule number 3:
>>>>
>>>>     3. Each participant (engine) must an original work. No entry
>>>>     can contain code from another program, or be a "clone" of
>>>>     another program. This includes any "personality" settings
>>>>     of an originating program.
>>>>
>>>>Tord
>>>
>>>Ok :-(
>>>
>>> There should be a rule to make an exception for the strongest freeware
>>> engine in the world !
>>
>>like Charles already pointed out: nobody should be treated different just
>>because he is stronger or weaker. This would look medieval. Like Louis XIV -
>>l'état c'est moi.
>>
>>Also it's no longer true. The initial beta of Rybka can be downloaded at
>>WBEC-Ridderkerk. So this version is now definitely the strongest freeware.
>>
>>Greets, Thomas
>
> I should state the "best open source engine", the idea is to promote open
> source because it help other authors to build stronger engines too !

still: rules are rules, every serious tournament has a rule like rule #3 in CCT.

Anyway it looks like we get an incredible strong tournament here: Zappa, Rybka,
Fruit, Hiarcs, Junior, Thinker, Glaurung, Diep, Spike, Crafty to name some of
the big guys in no particular order. Will be a big party... :)

Greets, Thomas



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