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(Message started by: Arimanator on Oct 19^th, 2007, 1:34pm)

Title: I am back.
Post by Arimanator on Oct 19^th, 2007, 1:34pm

Thanks to Omar's generosity, I am back on the saddle (as myself ;)) and ready to compete for the WC, the latter being thanks to Fritzlein's generosity (he knows what I mean). I know that not too many of you are overly scared by that prospect and you're right, just take a look at my P8 rating; I take a real beating there.

I just wanted to let you know officially, wherever I go I don't like to sneak in, sometimes I do, but that doesn't mean I like it.

Cheerio! :)

Title: Re: I am back.
Post by Fritzlein on Oct 19^th, 2007, 2:06pm

Welcome back! I'm glad you have decided to enter the big tournament. My advice is to get in plenty of training games against humans before the World Championship; my results suffered in each of the last two years from not training enough against humans.

I see there are five registrants already; you will be number six. In Omar's words...

on 10/08/07 at 08:40:38, omar wrote:

The registration for the 2008 World Championship is now open.

http://arimaa.com/arimaa/wc/2008/

[...]

Since we do have a few months until the WC begins, people may decide to delay registering until later to avoid sending the registration fee now. However I would rather have players register now and send the fee later then to delay registering. That way we begin to more quickly get an estimate of how many players there will be.

Title: Re: I am back.
Post by IdahoEv on Oct 20^th, 2007, 12:56pm

Welcome back! I still owe you $15 for a bot-bashing win last year; if you want to collect the money please PM me with an email address I can use for paypal.

Title: Re: I am back.
Post by Fritzlein on Oct 20^th, 2007, 1:39pm

Ah, IdahoEv, I thought we had discussed applying the prize to Arimaanator's World Championship entry fee. Just PayPal it to Omar with a note to that effect. That's agreeable to you, right Arimanator?

Title: Re: I am back.
Post by Arimanator on Oct 20^th, 2007, 3:26pm

on 10/20/07 at 13:39:29, Fritzlein wrote:

Ah, IdahoEv, I thought we had discussed applying the prize to Arimaanator's World Championship entry fee. Just PayPal it to Omar with a note to that effect. That's agreeable to you, right Arimanator?

That's exactly what we agreed on Fritz. I thank you both for helping me on that matter. I am still uneasy about using anything but checks for distant payments. IdahoEv, I salute you for your scrupulous honesty and I was meaning to ask you. Does your handle have anything to do with the Duncan Idaho of Dune?

Title: Re: I am back.
Post by IdahoEv on Oct 27^th, 2007, 10:46am

on 10/20/07 at 15:26:43, Arimanator wrote:

IdahoEv, I salute you for your scrupulous honesty and I was meaning to ask you.

Thank you - I do stick to my word, even if I occasionally disappear for a few months at a time. :-)

Quote:

Does your handle have anything to do with the Duncan Idaho of Dune?

No, it's simpler than that. I grew up in Boise, Idaho, USA, and though I live in southern California now, I have a very strong attachment to the beautiful state I grew up in. (Less so to its politics, but that's a different story...)