Re: Waving Hands, A PBeM Game: Rules and a Tournement

From: sjc@cs.purdue.edu (Steve Chapin)

Date: Sun, 30 May 1993 21:32:22 +0000

}} In article <1993May30.203659.12932@lclark.edu> arkoff@lclark.edu (Gary Arkoff) writes:
}}
}} In article <1ub24o$kbq@zip.eecs.umich.edu> positron@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Jonathan Haas) writes:
}} >I am currently in the process of half-heartedly coding an email Waving
}} >Hands server. If you're interested in this game and would like to see
}} >a server, write me and let me know... otherwise I may just decide 'to hell
}} >with it all' and put it aside.
}} >
}} Kendrick and I were discussing the possibilities for this.  He seems more
}} enthused about it than I am.  For now, it has been working just fine for us
}} to simply exchange and adjudicate our own moves.  I think that a third party
}} (automated or computer) would only slow the game down.  Just my HO.

If I understand the game correctly, the automated adjuticator will be
a must for tournaments, etc.  Between friends, you can trust the other
guy not to look at your move before he responds.  But in a competitive
atmosphere, I despair of all the contestants playing fair without
enforcement.

sjc@cs.purdue.edu                 Steve Chapin                 ...!purdue!sjc
               The effect of his affected accent affected her,
                  and effected a change in her affections.

The worth of an idea is independent of its progenitor.

References

Waving Hands, A PBeM Game: Rules and a Tournement
arkoff@sun.lclark.edu (Gary Arkoff)
Sat, 29 May 1993 06:17:46 +0000
Re: Waving Hands, A PBeM Game: Rules and a Tournement
positron@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Jonathan Haas)
Sun, 30 May 1993 19:32:40 +0000
Re: Waving Hands, A PBeM Game: Rules and a Tournement
arkoff@lclark.edu (Gary Arkoff)
Sun, 30 May 1993 20:36:59 +0000

Referenced By

Waving Hands, A PBeM Game: Rules and a Tournement
arkoff@sun.lclark.edu (Gary Arkoff)
Sat, 29 May 1993 06:17:46 +0000
Re: Waving Hands, A PBeM Game: Rules and a Tournement
positron@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Jonathan Haas)
Sun, 30 May 1993 19:32:40 +0000
Re: Waving Hands, A PBeM Game: Rules and a Tournement
arkoff@lclark.edu (Gary Arkoff)
Sun, 30 May 1993 20:36:59 +0000