Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:02:40 11/13/99
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On November 13, 1999 at 11:11:56, blass uri wrote: >On November 13, 1999 at 09:34:01, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On November 13, 1999 at 04:02:07, Alexander Kure wrote: >> >>>On November 12, 1999 at 22:04:00, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On November 12, 1999 at 21:01:53, Peter Kappler wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>This idea came out of a discussion from a different thread, but I thought I'd >>>>>start fresh: >>>>> >>>>>Here's a question for all the programmers: How many of you would play in an >>>>>online tourney at ICC, and what factors would influence your decision? >>>>> >>>>>For me it would be: >>>>> >>>>>number (and quality) of the participants >>>>>time control >>>>>number of rounds >>>>> >>>>>My personal preference would be to play at G/90, and to limit the number of >>>>>rounds so the event could be completed in a weekend. >>>>> >>>>>I suspect that many of the programs from Will's "Green List" would show up, but >>>>>I wonder if Crafty, Ferret, Diep, or any of the commercial programs would play? >>>>>Nothing to gain, perhaps? Maybe the ICC would sweeten the pot with a small >>>>>prize fund? Perhaps if ICC promoted the event, the publicity would make it more >>>>>interesting for the commercial programs. >>>> >>>> >>>>'crafty' would certainly play.. Can't speak for the others.. >>>> >>>>But I suspect that commercial programs would avoid such an event, because >>>>of little to gain and everything to lose... IE it is a rare WMCCC event that >>>>gets most commercial programs to come. >>>> >>> >>> >>>Come on Bob! Don't be preoccupied! As far as Nimzo is concerned it will play and >>>I think many of the other commercial programms would also like to participate. >>> >> >> >>I'm not 'preoccupied'. I was simply pointing out that getting all the >>commercial programs into a tournament hasn't happened in a long time, to the >>best of my knowledge. There was a long-standing tradition that the 'last >>winner' didn't play in the next tournament, for example. > >I do not know about this tradition > >Junior won WMCCC and it did not stop to play in tournaments. >Fritz won WCCC and it did not stop to play in tournaments. > >Both programs played in the last wccc. > >You are right that part of the commercial did not play in tournaments but they >had to pay more money to play relative to the amatures. >playing in an online tourney at ICC is more easy(you do not have to travel and >you do not have to pay a lot of money) so I expect more commercial to play. > >Uri Check past ACM/WCCC events. There was _no_ entry fee for those events, so that wasn't an issue. It was more about 'marketing' than anything else. Yes there are/were exceptions. There were also plenty of non-exceptions.
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