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Subject: Re: CCT8 rules question

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 01:57:04 02/24/06

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On February 23, 2006 at 22:05:49, Peter Skinner wrote:

>On February 23, 2006 at 20:24:13, Tord Romstad wrote:
>
>>I have been studying the CCT rules, but cannot find the
>>answer to the following question:  Is it allowed to change
>>operators and hardware during the tournament?
>>
>>I won't be able to be there all the time, but I will almost
>>certainly be watching during the first three or four rounds
>>of Saturday.  Because my Intel Core Duo 2 GHz is apparently
>>slightly faster than Ryan's Athlon X2 3800+, I would prefer to
>>operate myself when I can.  Do the rules allow this?
>>
>>Tord
>
>Well last year there was a situation where one person's internet had died, and
>his brother took over on another machine. No one seemed to mind.
>
>I don't have a problem with this as even in the WCCC if someone's remote
>hardware failed, then they continued on whatever local hardware they could.

Hi Peter,

Thanks for your reply.  Meanwhile, Ryan has managed to overclock his
Athlon X2 to become faster than my Core Duo, so I guess we will be
using his machine anyway.  It is nice that I can use my machine as a
backup solution, though.  :-)

Tord



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