Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 23:04:15 11/13/99
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On November 14, 1999 at 01:24:08, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On November 13, 1999 at 23:49:11, James Swafford wrote: > >>3. who is the td? do we take nominations and vote, or >> do you want to appoint someone? >> Since you got this started, I don't have a problem with >> the latter. > >If this was Peter Kappler's idea, he gets my vote for benevolent dictator, so he >can figure it all out, and if we don't like it we can scream and he can listen >if he chooses. > >bruce I can't take full credit for this idea. There was a similar discussion several months ago, only the plan was to run some small, informal tournaments on ICC. We were talking about faster time controls, I think - something like G/15. The people involved included myself, Dann Corbit, James Swafford, and a couple of other guys I can't remember. The idea was that a small round-robin tournament could be finished in a night. I still like that idea, but apparently there wasn't much interest. There's already so much comp vs. comp blitz on ICC that it probably didn't seem like much of a change. But G/60 or G/90 is significantly different, and the presence of programs like Ferret, Crafty, Rebel, Nimzo, Zarkov is sure to spark greater interest. When I posted the idea yesterday, I really didn't expect much reponse. I figured a few of the amateur programmers would be interested, and I had my fingers crossed that you and Bob might play. Frankly, I'd be happier if somebody else organized this event. I've never attended a computer tournament, and so I'm not qualified to be the "benevolent dictator". :-) At a minimum, I will keep working to gather input and try to define a reasonable structure for the event. --Peter
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