Author: Steve McRiley
Date: 02:35:24 12/20/99
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On December 19, 1999 at 16:26:31, Bruce Moreland wrote: >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. This is currently beeing discussed. I will get back with more information as I get it. If you dont have an account, I will set one up for you to use from now til the end of the tourney. >>* 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. True, I will post more detaild information about this. >>* 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. I think this sounds like a good idea. Lets see what people feel about this. >This looks good, and thanks for doing it. > >bruce anytime... /McRiley
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