From: Marco Durante NIRS GO JP> Date: 4 dec 1998 Subject: Hajimemashita Hello Shogi fans, as you have already learned from Matthias Mutz, I have been "democratically elected" new coordinator of the e-mail shogi ladder. I hope I will be able to continue the excellent job that Matthias has done, with the help of Pieter Stouten, of course. Just as a reminder, the ladder standing can be found at the URL: http://www.halcyon.com/pub/users/stouten/shogi/shogi-l/ladder_standing.txt Generally, it is updated monthly. The ladder rules are at the URL: http://www.halcyon.com/pub/users/stouten/shogi/shogi-l/ladder_rules.txt As new coordinator, and following Matthias' suggestions, I think it will be necessary to contact many players in the ladder (especially those with question marks) to make sure they are still actively playing. Therefore, I apologize if in the next weeks someone among you will receive e-mails from me. I hope to post on the Internet a new updated shogi ladder before Christmas. I would also like to create a database with all the games played on the ladder. Maybe this can be hosted on the Pieter's Web site. Thus, I would like to ask everybody to e-mail me the game record (in ESN or any other notation) once the game is over. In addition, if you have records of old games played on the ladder, please send me a copy. As Matthias mentioned, I will be moving back to Italy for Christmas, where I can be reached at: durante na infn it Finally, I wish to thank Matthias again for the terrific job he made. Hope you enjoy playing on the ladder, as much as I do. And, I apologize because this message is too long (I swear will be the last!) Sayonara, Marco D. -- //// (O O) *--------oOO----(_)------------------------------------ * Marco Durante * Space & Particle Radiation Group * National Institute of Radiological Sciences * 4-9-1, Anagawa, Inage-ku * Chiba 263-0024 JAPAN * Tel. +81 43 2063236; Fax +81 43 2514531 * mailto:durante nirs go jp * http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8167/marconet.html * ---------------------oOO----------------------------- I__I__I II II ooO Ooo