Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 14:58:02 02/05/00
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I read a pile of posts in this quickly-sprouting thread, and I don't remember where the one was that I wanted to reply to, so I'll just reply up top here. The tournament is supposed to be fun, right? I think that if I showed up to operate my computer program for a fun tournament to find my opponent censoring me, I'd feel rather insulted. Leaving is not necessarily an over-reaction. Being censored is a serious thing. During the 1999 WCCC some admin censored me. Apparently they thought they were justified in doing so, but I thought it was complete bullshit. I talked with another admin, who managed to get the first one to calm down. Apparently he was stressed out, whatever. I did watch the remainder of the WCCC, but I never again felt comfortable as a user on ICC. Even though I had paid the student rate, and could have faxed in a copy of my student ID to get the remaining seven months, I chose to let my membership expire. I didn't want anything further to do with ICC. I think a lot of you are hacking on Amir unjustly. Apparently it was the TD's (IMO incorrect) decision to re-pair the round that caused a big delay. They should have continued with the round, and the TD could worry about what to do with Crafty-Junior after contacting the authors (forfeit, late start with reduced time controls, whatever). Fact is, the pairings were known a week in advance, and Bob had plenty of time to uncensor Amir. But uncensoring really should have been done last weekend, by the time that the first round of the tournament started. Bob says he forgot about the censoring: fine, we all forget things sometimes. But to you, the reader, please don't forget that this is not a simple "Amir bad!" situation. Dave
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