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(Message started by: omar on Mar 19^th, 2013, 7:10am)

Title: Under 18 Championship
Post by omar on Mar 19^th, 2013, 7:10am

This summer I will try organizing a tournament for under 18 players. I think it will be great if we can attract some young talent through this tournament. Of course verifying age and preventing cheating will be difficult, but over time I think we will learn how to deal with it if it happens.

http://arimaa.com/arimaa/u18/2013/

If we get just a few players I should be able to handle it, but if we get more than about 10, I will definitely need help from the community to monitor the games. Also please pitch in and contribute towards the prize fund if you can.

I don't want this tournament to hamper anyone else's plans to run other events during the same time frame. I really appreciate and highly encourage the other events being run during the summer; thanks Joel and Greg. It's definitely helping to keep the excitement going and providing more opportunity to build event ratings.

Title: Re: Under 18 Championship
Post by supersamu on Mar 19^th, 2013, 7:56am

I think this tournament is a great idea and I would have liked it to happen a year ago when I had the chance to play in it. I have some questions about it:
Is it legal in the USA to charge kids money to play a game online?
What happens if a kid wants to get out of the tournament and wants his money back?
I am not sure about the laws in the USA, but maybe you want to write a disclaimer that the kids need to have the consent of a parent or a legal guardian.

Title: Re: Under 18 Championship
Post by browni3141 on Mar 19^th, 2013, 2:51pm

Seems like a good idea, but do you worry about getting enough people? I only know one active player that is under 18 (I think).
Unfortunately I am 19 :(

Title: Re: Under 18 Championship
Post by thomastanck on Mar 20^th, 2013, 9:01am

03:28:02 browni3141 How old are you thomastanck, if you don't mind my asking?

on 03/19/13 at 14:51:09, browni3141 wrote:

Seems like a good idea, but do you worry about getting enough people? I only know one active player that is under 18 (I think).
Unfortunately I am 19 :(

The brain at work.

Unfortunately I don't have any moneys online, probably won't be playing.

Title: Re: Under 18 Championship
Post by omar on Mar 21^st, 2013, 8:34am

on 03/19/13 at 07:56:31, supersamu wrote:

I was thinking a parent would be involved, but you're right I need to get that in writing.

Title: Re: Under 18 Championship
Post by omar on Mar 21^st, 2013, 8:39am

on 03/19/13 at 14:51:09, browni3141 wrote:

Seems like a good idea, but do you worry about getting enough people? I only know one active player that is under 18 (I think).
Unfortunately I am 19 :(

Yeah, it probably won't be very big, but it's a start. If you know of young talent, this provides a good opportunity for you to introduce them to Arimaa and play games to coach them. Helping others win can be as rewarding as winning yourself :-)