Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:16:37 11/14/99
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On November 14, 1999 at 18:54:19, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On November 14, 1999 at 17:02:00, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>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. > >This is one reason to do this on weekends. And it's not going to be convenient >for everyone, but it's a lot more convenient than flying half way around the >world. > >I'm in favor of specific start times on weekends. Perhaps whoever organizes >this can suggest several start times for each round, people can complain, and if >we are lucky enough to receive no complaints about a particular start time, we >are in business. > >I don't like totally flexible start times because I don't want to play one round >per week. > >bruce I'm not hyper about 'flexibility'. However, Amir is a good case in point here, as I think he said GMT +2, while I am at GMT-6, and you must be GMT-8. I'd love to play chess... but if I get paired against Junior, and have to play at (say) 4am my time, I'm not going to play. It has to be "fun". And getting up in time for a 4am game is not fun. I did this when we won the 1986 WCCC, due to the morning round times there coinciding to roughly 3am starts here in Bham where I operated CB... that was _miserable_. Playing on the net has to take this into consideration. IE maybe the last 2-3 rounds have a specified start time, but the first N rounds are more flexible... > >>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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