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

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 15:18:06 02/23/06

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On February 23, 2006 at 18:07:32, Thomas Mayer wrote:

>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


Sure ! it's very great ! I hope there will not much interresting matches
saterday because I will not on the internet before sunday ;-(



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