Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 13:26:31 12/19/99
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On December 18, 1999 at 06:39:47, Steve McRiley wrote: >Q: Do I need to be a member? >A: Yes. Many author already has accounts for their programs. if you > don't have one and wish to join this tournament send me an email > and I will help you set one up. Perhaps since there will be hundreds of people watching you could give deep discounts on membership or short-term free accounts. >Q: Who can play and what are the rules for entering/playing? >A: It is be open to all known programs, amateur as well as commercial. Good. >More information: > >* Incase there is a tie for first place a playoff round will be > held saturday 12 of February and start at noon server time. Rules for determining ties should be stated in advance, since you might get three with the same score. >* If a program disconnects he is giving reasonable time to connect > again (a couple of minutes). If he fails to do this the game will > be forfeited for the disconnected program. If a program disconnects > more that two times during one game he will be forfeited. It might happen that someone disconnects more than twice in a three hour period. If someone is having persistent connection problems, perhaps they could be given some leeway. It's hard to do this if there is a strict rule. >* It is unfortunately impossible to guarantee that every program will > get exactly four white and four black games. Therefor, no protests > about one program getting more black than white games will be > taken into consideration. How about doing seven rounds? Three whites and five blacks would be a severe bummer. You could also do the playoff the same day as the tournament ends in this case. This looks good, and thanks for doing it. bruce
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