Preliminary list of participants for ICT 7

[Stan Arts]

We want to have both: a strong tournament, which is fun for the programmers.

Good to hear you include the second point.

Fortunately the top programmers, when they cannot make it to the tournament hall, are usually represented by someone with real involvement (book, beta-testing, etc.).

I bet.

Mutual? As an ex-computer-chess programmer I cannot imagine a lack of interest in my own program's game.

You contradict yourself as you are an ex-computerchess programmer.

That someone loses interest in a very one-sided game has little to do with the question if an operator or a programmer is there.

Oh, perhaps that is why you are an ex-computerchess programmer. Anyway, I have some nice draws and such there come out of those very one-sided games. besides that I like to discuss a game and possible ideas a program has for future play/plan/moves, etc. If an operator doesn't have a clue about the program he is operating I'm not that interested being there myself as I can have my program play more interesting games against more interesting opponents at home.

The editor actively contacts and interviews programmers. We could have a some more technical stories, agreed, but this depends first and foremost on the programmers themselves.

Most won't feel too welcome.

Of course, what you write is not true. We encourage everybody to sign up and try to get to the start as strong as possible. We would probably accept a 1200 Elo program from a newcomer. We would ask a programmer of an 600-800 Elo program, if he's absolutely sure he wants to play a tournament at that time already.

You would "probably" accept a 1200 Elo newcomer. Such a newcomer must feel so lucky.

The "proposal" you mention was only a remark in a brainstorm session. I was happy this idea was abandoned very quickly.

Good to hear.

And all of this, because someone misspelled your name?

"All this"? All what? In reply to H.G.'s post I gave an indication to how effort is divided. I'm surprised you even took the effort to read my post. I feel lucky.

If you have such a negative attitude

Ah you have a hard time with my name, but now you think you know something about me.

then maybe you had better stay at home.

Yes, you won't see me back there.

Stan

[chessfurby]

Hello

At least Sjeng will be operated by the author and someone very close and another very close person.

So ... Stan ... if you wanna get even closer than that ... uuuuhm ... you can't get closer than that without violating the privacy sphere
Ok forgive me the joke, but at least for Sjeng it is true that we are all there but i think i understand what you mean.

Cheers
Jens