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Jared McComb wrote on Wed, Sep 24, 2003 03:26 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
It does look as if you may be waiting until 2004 (or at least November
2003) to announce the prizes, Mr. Overby.

Also, when will the 44SC start?  I've been working on my first entry for
about a month now, because I just can't wait for you to announce it.

--Jared

📝Glenn Overby II wrote on Mon, Sep 8, 2003 07:53 PM UTC:
Well, I could wait until 2004, but I probably shouldn't.  :)

We ran one of the largest Scouting events in the United States last
weekend...about 4,400 participants for the 2nd Illini Jamboree at Rantoul,
Illinois.  As an employee of the host council, I've been busy.  My
apologies.

The winners are known...please give me a week or two to sort out the
prizes you'll be able to pick from.

First: Duel Chess
Second: Voidrider Chess
Third: Diminuendo Chess 
Fourth: Opposition Chess
Fifth: Rook Mania

Congratulations to the winners and finalists, and thank you to all the
entrants and voters.

Roberto Lavieri wrote on Mon, Sep 8, 2003 01:08 PM UTC:
'The winners are going to be announced on September 1...'. It is not clear the year, it does not appear to be on 2003...

Jared McComb wrote on Tue, Sep 2, 2003 12:36 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Grrr!  I lost my Internet access yesterday and was in agony about the
results, and I get online today and find that nothing happened!

--Jared

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Fri, Aug 15, 2003 04:34 AM UTC:
I've just cast my votes, and I would like to point out that some last-minute votes may be delayed by the blackout in the northeast U.S. and Canada. I was fortunate that the blackout never reached me, but it did affect other parts of my city.

📝Glenn Overby II wrote on Wed, Jul 9, 2003 12:39 PM UTC:
I apologize for not making the second round vote rules more clear.  There
should have been a third clause: 'Entrants may vote or not vote under the
same rules as all other voters.'

Now I'm glad that I posted the finalists a few days early.  :)

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Wed, Jul 9, 2003 02:29 AM UTC:
I'm not answering your question. I am not running this contest and do not
make the decisions regarding how votes are counted. I am just raising an
issue I would like Glenn to address before I cast any votes in the second
round. I would also like him to answer your questions, because they're
all important questions that any finalist in this contest needs answers
to.

Glenn has written that the second round will be done in the same fashion
as the first with two exceptions. Since neither exception changes the
requirements for entrants, I would presume that finalists are still
required to vote in order to win. But the requirement can no longer be
what is stated for the first round, because it requires entrants to vote
for at least ten games to stay in the contest, and there are only eight
games left. So, if finalists are still required to vote in the second
round, we need to know how many games we're required to vote for.

Jared McComb wrote on Tue, Jul 8, 2003 08:47 PM UTC:
Are you saying you don't know either, or are you trying to answer my question?  I'm confused.

(Incidentally, I'm also wondering what number Chestria placed.)

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Tue, Jul 8, 2003 05:06 PM UTC:
Regarding the Condorcet counting process, there is a potential unfairness if finalists cannot vote for their own games. This process counts how many times each game is favored over one of the other games. It generally makes sense that the games a person does vote for will all count as being favored above the games that same person does not vote for. The potential unfairness would be if I cannot vote for my own game and this causes my votes for other games to all count as votes of preference for these games above my own. If finalists are allowed to vote, this unfairness goes away either by allowing us to vote for our own games or, if we can't vote for our own games, by not counting our votes for other games as preferences for these games above our own.

Jared McComb wrote on Tue, Jul 8, 2003 01:46 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Do entrants have to vote in this round?  Are entrants banned from voting in
this round?  If an entrant may vote, may they vote for themselves?  The
rules do not make this clear.

--Jared

📝Glenn Overby II wrote on Mon, Jul 7, 2003 11:53 PM UTC:
The eight finalists are now posted to the site.  Congratulations to the
survivors, and a big thanks to all who entered and all who voted.

The finals round of voting runs from 15 July through 15 August.

Glenn

Carlos Martín-Fuert wrote on Sun, Jul 6, 2003 02:48 PM UTC:
Could you please name the three entrants whose ballots you have not yet received?

📝Glenn Overby II wrote on Tue, Jul 1, 2003 11:57 AM UTC:
Hi, folks.  Thanks for the good suggestions.  I am over my computer
difficulties, and will be back up to speed very soon.

There are three entrants who have not yet voted.  All voters who mentioned
voting in this thread have their ballots in.

I am allowing until midnight CDT on Sunday, July 6th for those voters, or
any others, to get in their ballots.  Existing ballots may also be changed
up to that time.  I'll count votes on the 7th.

Glenn

Jared McComb wrote on Sun, Jun 29, 2003 05:55 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
I second the motion!

Antoine Fourrière wrote on Sat, Jun 28, 2003 08:54 PM UTC:
I have just cast mine too. Maybe Glenn could write on July 1st to any candidate whose vote is missing, instead of disqualifying him immediately?

Jared McComb wrote on Sat, Jun 28, 2003 02:02 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Can you let me know if you get/don't get mine too?  Thanks.

--Jared

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Fri, Jun 27, 2003 02:45 AM UTC:
Glenn, I just emailed you my votes. Let me know if you don't get them.

Jared McComb wrote on Sat, Jun 14, 2003 01:49 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
I voted for the first round!  Can entrants vote in the second round?

--Jared

Tony Quintanilla wrote on Wed, Jun 4, 2003 12:45 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Excellent set of submissions! Take a look and vote!

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Mon, Jun 2, 2003 01:41 AM UTC:
I would like to request an extention of the deadline for round one. I did not do any evaluating of games this past week, because I was busy preparing for my Summer course, and that course is going to eat up the time I have available in June. I would like to take adequate time to evaluate the games once I have some time to do it, but if the deadline remains what it is, I expect I'll have to offer rankings of the games without taking the time to play them.

📝Glenn Overby II wrote on Sat, May 3, 2003 03:18 AM UTC:
Voting instructions have now been posted above.  Just send an email to the
address listed, listing up to 15 games in order of merit and including
your name.

Entrants MUST vote for at least 10 games, and MUST NOT vote for their own
at this stage.

Glenn

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sat, May 3, 2003 02:02 AM UTC:
I'm hoping to see ZRFs for more of these games. Some of them can't be handled by the PBM, and many have not been implemented for Zillions. Without the ability to play them with or over the computer, I may not have the opportunity to play some of these games. I might then have to rely on evaluating games without playing them. I expect to do most of my evaluation of games during the last week of May, since I will be grading until then, and I will be teaching a summer course during June.

📝Glenn Overby II wrote on Fri, May 2, 2003 11:56 PM UTC:
Actually, there's a great deal going on.  At work.  :)  I expect to post
the voting instructions later this weekend.

Glenn

Jared McComb wrote on Fri, May 2, 2003 01:09 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Umm, it's May 2nd, and nothing is going on.

--Jared

📝Glenn Overby II wrote on Tue, Apr 22, 2003 01:56 AM UTC:
I am working on the page for the last competing entry (Diminuendo) which will make 15. There is also one more set of changes to an existing entry which is on time. All competing entries will be ready for your votes by the announced date of May 1st.

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