Author: Pete Galati
Date: 14:49:23 11/14/99
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On November 14, 1999 at 17:02:00, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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... I'd suggest that such a tournament be held over a long time span with a rather flexble scedule, in other words a several day time span to get in a game, if Crafty and Junior are sceduled to play against each other in the next round, then it would be up to you 2 programers to work out a time that's good for you two. And it probably sounds unfriendly of me to say it, but if posible this should be a time that allows you to operate your program away from your family so that it is done without distractions. (Pete ducks) Pete
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