Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 02:38:22 11/14/99
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On November 14, 1999 at 02:04:15, Peter Kappler wrote: >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 I think the ICCA would be qualified to setup an ongoing competition on ICC. I would certainly join. Ed
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