Author: James Robertson
Date: 16:57:21 11/15/99
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On November 15, 1999 at 18:51:38, Will Singleton wrote: > >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 I would rather play 90 10, so count me in on that camp. James
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