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Broadcast software used in Othello

Posted By: David Rockwell
Date: Tuesday, 1 September 2009, at 9:10 p.m.

In Response To: Another Issue for Tournament Directors (Phil Simborg)

We have software available for Othello that is easy to use and allows the broadcast of any tournament game around the world live. You can see it at:

http://www.liveothello.com/

We did this with a couple of games at my tournament, the National Open, before we lost our internet connection.

The tournament director or other spectator can sit next to the board with a computer (internet access required) and input the moves as the game is played. It even keeps the time on the Chess clock pretty well. Anyone in the world can receive it. There's no cost for anyone. And, it works very well. Comments are also captured and broadcast as you can see if you look at one of the transcripts where comments were made.

Backgammon would be tougher than Othello to develop and use since the dice need to be input rather than just clicking the square of the move. But, I would guess this concept could be applied for Backgammon as well if someone had interest in developing it. Imagine being able to watch the finals of any ABT tournament live.

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