DOUBLE CODE OUT CONTROVERSY CASTS DOUBT ON VIABILITY OF AGGRESSIVE
PROGRAMMING
A controversial double code out in the ninth amidst claims of underhand
deals has cast the ownership of the WPF fingerweight belt into contention.
Legal discussions of the sport's governing body continue today to resolve
the fate of the contest, dubbed the 'Battle of the Belge'. A speedy
resolution has been overshadowed by allegations and counter allegations of
underhand deals. Both fighters have made public assertions that they had
not been paid to throw the match, but suspicion in betting circles
continues, particularly over the case of one Stockwell based punter who may
have deliberately misled officials both as to his real gambling intentions
and possible links to the WPF and the athletes.
Code sports fans had been prepared for a titanic struggle, and in the first
rounds saw a series of twists, with live coded fx units for piggy back
processing, manic perl scripting, interpreted function substitution,
massive bass sounds, self modifying code, SynthDef subversions and
accidental soundfile explosions. But no-one was expecting the fork
bomb/grain choke finale. Possible complicity between the contestents is
supported by documentary robot footage of the two whispering to each other
at the end of the eight round while locked in a 186 bpm dancehall embrace.
Live coding fights are a speciality sport gaining interest on the
underground arts scene. Not without critics, an enraged musician was heard
to declare that the musical level was 'not much above bear baiting'.
Respected MC (Machine Controller) Q-Type was in the audience and has also
asserted a suspicion as to the level of presets used when on the ropes,
though he admitted that the programming in some rounds had been genuinely
on-the-fly.
Received on Mon May 23 2005 - 08:59:30 BST