Author: Will Singleton
Date: 15:51:38 11/15/99
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On November 15, 1999 at 15:16:22, Peter Kappler wrote: > >>This is what I think also. We also need to figure out more exact what time will >>be best. I is probably impossible to make it 'great time' for everybody but as >>long as the goal is to make it 'good/ok' for as many as possible Im sure we will >>pull of a great tournament! >> >>/McRiley > >Hi Steve, > >It's great to have ICC's support. > >The timing of the rounds is tricky because we have participants from so many >time zones. Almost all of the particpants are between GMT-8 and GMT+2. (The >exception being Peter McKenzie in New Zealand, and possibly one other person in >Australia). > >Based on this, I'd suggest the following start times (ICC time, GMT-5) > >If we play 60 10, early round starts at noon, late round at 3pm >If we play 90 10, early round starts at 11am, late round at 3pm > >Obviously, this isn't perfect for everybody, but I think it's as close as we'll >get. > >I asked for feedback on the time controls, and it seemed that most people didn't >have a strong preference. John Stanbeck preferred 60 10, while James Swafford, >Vincent Diepeveen, and myself prefer 90 10. > I think you left out a few folks on the 60 10 side. :) Singleton, Moreland, McKenzie, and perhaps some others I can't recall. :)) Will
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