Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:30:31 11/16/99
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On November 16, 1999 at 21:19:54, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >On November 16, 1999 at 12:56:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On November 16, 1999 at 11:17:43, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >> >>>On November 15, 1999 at 16:41:06, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>> >>>>On November 15, 1999 at 15:16:22, Peter Kappler wrote: >>>> >>>>>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 >>>> >>>>60 10 please or it will start too early and/or run too late. It's a matter of 6 >>>>hours of chess as opposed to 8 hours of chess, I would much prefer 6. >>>> >>>>Assuing 60 10, here is how this would work: >>>> >>>>PST: Start at 9 a.m., end at perhaps 3 p.m. >>>>Bob: Start at 11 p.m., end at perhaps 5 p.m. >>>>EST: Start at 12 p.m., end at perhaps 6 p.m. >>>>GMT: Start at 5 p.m., end at perhaps 11 p.m. >>>> >>>>That sounds reasonable, but I think it can move an hour either way without >>>>killing anyone. >>>> >>>>bruce >>> >>>This idea of flexible playing times will kill spectator interest. This is a bad >>>idea. Besides, when computer events go on in europe, americans pay the price or >>>don't play. Now it should the americans turn to play at a convenient time. All >>>the games going on at the same time maximizes spectator interest. >> >> >>There is _nothing_ 'flexible' in the above times. 9am PST == 11AM CST = 12PM >>EST = 5pm GMT. > >I should have read more carefully. "Bob" time?? Most know that I am on "Central Standard Time (US)". Bruce was using a metaphor. :)
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