Pente World Championship
Posted:
Aug 25, 2000, 2:42 AM
I imagine there's been some discussion about this on the message board.
It seems to me that there's two steps to getting a Championship going:
First, a World Pente Organization would need to established to officially sponsor and legitimize it. I know there's a World Pente Association webpage, but it doesn't seem to actually have any info about membership. Perhaps this Yahoo club could be the start of such a group.
The other step, I think, is to pick a larger event to affiliate the tournament with. A couple of such events that come to my mind are the Mind Sports Olympiad and the World Boardgame Championships. For those who don't know about the WBC it takes place in Baltimore (I don't think it changes locations). I think the WBC's name is a bit presumptious because it really is only involves (to date) Avalon Hill games and German boardgames--no traditional boardgames (chess, checkers, go, backgammon, etc.) whatsoever.
What do you guys think? Does this sound reasonable? Where would you like to see a championship take place?
This message was originally posted at Yahoo's pente group.
