So all you can do is get angry?

Control, boys, its all about the control.

Just yesterday i was complaining to someone about how poorly an event was being organised. So she told me that it was organised by students, hence the messiness of the process. Then she proceeded to ask me, if let you guys organise, can you do better? Without thinking, i said "of course".

Now?

I'd reconsider.

My voice was sore today. The cough's getting worse, and the blaring of the musical groups practising didn't help. But my control of the tournament today could be further improved.

Certain points to take note of in the future (if i ever have any more chance to organise another tournament) :

-Setting up of tournament venue even earlier. And ensure sufficient manpower such that even if some of the organisers turn up late, we still have enough ppl left. To save time, we should have planned what to do in each classroom beforehand.

-Get the houses to have 1 overall ic. Really helps in draws and organisation.

-For each section, have the registration forms on different paper so its easier to refer to.

-Disallow on-lookers if classroom's too noisy (done in one cchess tourney i've been to before)

-Adopt a stricter tone overall. Reach the consensus that our tourney room ought to be quiet. Really, once the environment gets rowdy ppl start fooling around playing with clocks and not following simple instructions like pressing the clock with the playing hand.

-No getting angry. i got furious today. Now thats BAD, no matter how i justified it during the competition. cool, calm, boys.

I found it strange today when shawn came in and asked, "why this room(weiqi) so quiet?"

Why shouldn't a room hosting a chess tournament be quiet? Its an intellectual game, and i've always believed that for it to be conducive, all noise should be shut out, as far as possible. Of cuz i can't go and stop other ccas from practising. but surely i can stop the pointless banter going on.

I had in this situation umpteen times: Deep in thought, pondering over a crucial move, calculating, placing the stones on my mental board, before a roar for elsewhere cruelly and needlessly smashes all my precious visualisation to bits and pieces.

Which is one of the reason why, for a period of time last year, i adopted the practise of listening to music during competions. Which is something i've stopped because it wasn't practical for me to do that daily while in china training.

But anyhow, a conducive environment for thinking is very impt to me.

If i ever organise another tournament, it'll be one held under such conditions.