Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:02:00 11/14/99
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On November 14, 1999 at 05:26:32, Amir Ban wrote: >On November 13, 1999 at 21:30:23, Peter McKenzie wrote: > >>Hi Amir, would you be interested in having Junior take part in an ICC Computer >>Championship? >> >>cheers, >>Peter > >I'd like to play, sure. > >I won't be able to commit till I see the schedule, though. I'm at GMT+2, and the >hours I'm generally free for such things are GMT 2000 to GMT 0100. Other hours >may not work out. > >Playing from home is nice, but it's harder to dedicate your time than if you >actually say goodbye to your family and go for a week to play a tournament. For >example, if a child wakes up at night, I can't say: Pretend I'm not here. I'd >like to see some flexibility. > >Amir I would hope that we all realize that picking a _specific_ start time is simply not reasonable, when the 'net' is being used. In my case, I teach classes, take time to eat with my family, etc. Times that are good for me would not be good for someone even 2 time zones away, such as in California, USA. There _will_ be some problems. IE if you pair two programs where they are on exact opposite sides of the world, then you have a problem, as there is no time that is real good for both to get together. I hope we could do this on the basis of one round per day, as a worst-case, so that two opponents can get together to schedule the game. It would be nice to "try" to play at about the same time as everyone else, but we have to realize that 'world-time' doesn't work for that every time... This is 'new territory' and needs some thought to make it work...
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