Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 16:46:21 02/07/00
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On February 07, 2000 at 15:52:15, Vincent Lejeune wrote: >On February 06, 2000 at 21:54:24, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 06, 2000 at 20:08:58, Bradley Woodward wrote: >> >>>Well done on winning the first of what I hope will be a regular event. Crafty >>>kicks serious butt - end of story. Unfortunatly I couldn't watch any of the >>>games. They started around 1am for me and finished just as I was getting up for >>>work. >>> >>>And a thanks to those commercial programs that entered. They didn't have a lot >>>to win except bragging rights, but them being here I felt added a lot. So big >>>kudos to Junior, Nimzo and Shredder. It was good to see Ferret back too. We >>>all miss ya, Bruce! >>> >>>Big pat on the back and huge thanks to ICC. Your efforts are much appreciated. >>> >>>Personally, I'd like to see this happen mabye twice a year, hopefully scheduled >>>so I can watch. :) >> >> >>Thanks... I enjoyed it myself although things were a bit 'close' at the end. >>I think things went reasonably well, although we had a few pairing glitches >>caused by things like programs playing the _wrong_ colors, and then complaining >>when they got too many blacks or whatever. Those kinds of glitches can be >>watched next time to make sure every game is right, after it gets started. >> >>The rest of the details were very good... >> >>I'd like to see it run every 6 months myself. It is marvelously affordable >>compared to the ECCA's yearly event.. :) > >Why not every 3 months ? This was the draft version but this was already very >exciting ;) I personally think every three months is too quick. This totally kills two consecutive weekends. that leaves 10 for normal family stuff. I would rather give up 2 every 6 months myself, for that reason... plus every 6 months makes it a bit more significant for everyone...
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