Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-16 Thread Mark Boon
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:computer-go- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Boon Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:11 AM To: computer-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? As suggested by David Fotland I made a simple

RE: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-15 Thread David Fotland
-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? As suggested by David Fotland I made a simple referee type of setup so that I can have two engines play each other continuously. I got it working with GnuGo but with MoGo I get an Access denied message when I try

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-10 Thread Mark Boon
I see now what people mean with regards to the starting of rounds. Most bots are idle most of the time while a few slow ones slug it out. The way it's currently configured was probably the simplest way to do it and get reasonably uniform results. Otherwise you may end up with fast bots

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-10 Thread Don Dailey
:* Wednesday, January 09, 2008 7:39 AM *To:* computer-go *Subject:* Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? Thanks, David! I think you said that your three versions of Many Faces 12 are about 5 stones apart in strength? I'm guessing this means that version A can give B

RE: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-10 Thread David Fotland
you have time. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:computer-go- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Dailey Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:03 AM To: computer-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? I also put up Odie

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-10 Thread Mark Boon
I came back to my computer to see an error message about a broken pipe. I also see my program lost a game on time to Odie, which is probably caused by this. Is this common? Or does it mean I have a problem on my end? I do have a rather slow internet connection. Mark

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread Jacques Basaldúa
Don Dailey wrote: My suggest to Olivier is to compromise and set time control 20 minutes per side and give 1 second gift. That's good for me. Until now, I have been running tests and gnugo clones just to support the server, but I will start serious work soon. I have some time for computer

RE: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread Edward de Grijs
Just for the record, For 19x19 I like a time setting of 5 to 10 minutes (max) per side. My main two reasons: 1) It takes to long to establish a good rating estimate. 2) For the near future I can only run on a single cpu machine at night. During the day my wife is using this computer, and

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread terry mcintyre
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RE: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread David Fotland
: RE: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? Just for the record, For 19x19 I like a time setting of 5 to 10 minutes (max) per side. My main two reasons: 1) It takes to long to establish a good rating estimate. 2) For the near future I can only run on a single cpu machine

RE: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread David Fotland
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of terry mcintyre Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 7:39 AM To: computer-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? Thanks, David! I think you said that your three versions of Many Faces 12 are about 5

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread compgo123
way. By meaningful, I refer to the human play.? DL -Original Message- From: David Fotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'computer-go' computer-go@computer-go.org Sent: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 2:23 pm Subject: RE: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? I expect the faster time

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread Mark Boon
I have a Java version of the old Goliath 3. I have a GTP bridge also. If it's not a lot of work I'd consider putting it on 19x19 CGOS. How would I go about doing that? (I have a Mac but could possibly arrange a PC.) At the moment the Java translation has an annoying bug that I haven't

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread terry mcintyre
- Original Message What's the point of getting a stable ranking which is more or less meaningless? If someone want to debug or test their programs, they could easily use the publicaly available version of MoGo or GnuGo. The purpose of the 19x19 CGOS is to compare strength

RE: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread David Fotland
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Boon Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 8:52 AM To: computer-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? I have a Java version of the old Goliath 3. I have a GTP bridge also. If it's not a lot of work I'd consider putting it on 19x19 CGOS

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread Don Dailey
Mark Boon wrote: I have a Java version of the old Goliath 3. I have a GTP bridge also. If it's not a lot of work I'd consider putting it on 19x19 CGOS. How would I go about doing that? (I have a Mac but could possibly arrange a PC.) At the moment the Java translation has an annoying bug

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread Don Dailey
The cgos3-darwin.zip client on the web site will attach you to the 9x9 server - unless you actually modify it by unwrapping it, changing it, then wrapping it back up. If you want, I will wrap up a version that will work for 19x19. I really should take some time to make this more

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread David Doshay
I also run from Macs, and have no problem connecting to CGOS. Cheers, David On 9, Jan 2008, at 8:51 AM, Mark Boon wrote: I have a Java version of the old Goliath 3. I have a GTP bridge also. If it's not a lot of work I'd consider putting it on 19x19 CGOS. How would I go about doing that?

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread Mark Boon
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:computer-go- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Boon Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 8:52 AM To: computer-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? I have a Java version of the old Goliath 3. I have

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread Don Dailey
- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Boon Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 8:52 AM To: computer-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? I have a Java version of the old Goliath 3. I have a GTP bridge also. If it's not a lot of work I'd consider putting

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread Mark Boon
On 9-jan-08, at 16:11, Don Dailey wrote: cgos3.tcl is the equivalent of kgsGTP. cgos3.tcl communicates through stdin and stdout.The Java wrapper will not benefit you unless it actually provided GTP to a program that doesn't know gtp. - Don I hope we're having a bit of

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread Don Dailey
Hi Mark, Yes, I misunderstood. You should have little trouble then - cgos3.tcl is the cgos equivalent of kgsGtp. - Don Mark Boon wrote: On 9-jan-08, at 16:11, Don Dailey wrote: cgos3.tcl is the equivalent of kgsGTP. cgos3.tcl communicates through stdin and stdout.The Java

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread Mark Boon
On 9-jan-08, at 15:45, Don Dailey wrote: The cgos3-darwin.zip client on the web site will attach you to the 9x9 server - unless you actually modify it by unwrapping it, changing it, then wrapping it back up. If you want, I will wrap up a version that will work for 19x19. OK, I think

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread Don Dailey
Mark Boon wrote: On 9-jan-08, at 15:45, Don Dailey wrote: The cgos3-darwin.zip client on the web site will attach you to the 9x9 server - unless you actually modify it by unwrapping it, changing it, then wrapping it back up. If you want, I will wrap up a version that will work for

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-09 Thread Mark Boon
OK, got it working. But it didn't remove all the dead stones unfortunately. Is there any way to get the SGF file of the game so I can test why it didn't do that? Or do I need to save it locally? Mark On 9-jan-08, at 19:51, Don Dailey wrote: Mark Boon wrote: On 9-jan-08, at 15:45, Don

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread David Doshay
The only reason that SlugGo is not on 19x19 CGOS is that we are working towards a version that does something different than the version that was running a year ago. When we have the new features running we will begin playing there. It is my opinion that 30 minutes per side is common for

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread Jason House
I haven't been using CGOS at all lately (planned gap in development around the holidays). When I do start up again, it'll probably be on the 9x9 server. I'd do this because of the following reasons: * Games finish faster on the 9x9 server * Current testing/tuning is done on 9x9 (I have a short

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread Don Dailey
I forgot to mention, that I do eventually play to have multi-time control on the servers. One time control will be very slow and the other will be very fast.You would be able to get several games in during the same period of time of 1 long game. For 9x9 it might be something like this:

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread Don Dailey
Hi David, Putting some weaker programs on CGOS is a good idea - I would like to see it seeded with players of many different strengths. Olivier is in charge of cgos 19x19 so whatever time he wants to set is up to him.I would suggest to him to set a 1 second time gift if he chooses to play

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread Alain Baeckeroot
Le mardi 8 janvier 2008, Don Dailey a écrit : ... On 19x19 it might be 30 minutes per side like we have now, with 5 minute games for the fast time control.We would probably have to work it out so that program like gnugo would be able to handle the fast time control at their standard

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread Olivier Teytaud
It is my opinion that 30 minutes per side is common for human tournament games, and thus makes sense for 19x19 CGOS. I think 10 minutes is rather restrictive, so maybe 20 minutes makes sense. I'll change the time settings to what people want (I'll count the choices on the mailing list and move

RE: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread David Fotland
: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? Le mardi 8 janvier 2008, Don Dailey a écrit : ... On 19x19 it might be 30 minutes per side like we have now, with 5 minute games for the fast time control.We would probably have to work it out so that program like gnugo would

RE: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread David Fotland
It was Doug Larson's idea. Something like: Pull a single stone out of Atari once Play in a liberty of the group with fewest liberties that has 5 or fewer liberties Play random I also am thinking about building a really fast and weak playing bot. Something that is similar to the rule based

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread John Fan
to play at the same strength as before. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:computer-go- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alain Baeckeroot Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 12:40 PM To: computer-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread Don Dailey
PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alain Baeckeroot Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 12:40 PM To: computer-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? Le mardi 8 janvier 2008, Don Dailey a écrit: ... On 19x19 it might be 30

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread Don Dailey
David Fotland wrote: It was Doug Larson's idea. Something like: Pull a single stone out of Atari once Play in a liberty of the group with fewest liberties that has 5 or fewer liberties Play random Yes, and we called the player Lardo after Doug Larson - (LA)rson (Do)ug. I can't

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread Don Dailey
want the anchor to play at the same strength as before. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:computer-go- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alain Baeckeroot Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 12:40 PM To: computer-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] How to get more

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread dhillismail
2008 5:26 pm Subject: Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? David Fotland wrote: It was Doug Larson's idea. Something like: Pull a single stone out of Atari once Play in a liberty of the group with fewest liberties that has 5 or fewer liberties Play random Yes

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread dhillismail
: John Fan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: computer-go computer-go@computer-go.org Sent: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 4:38 pm Subject: Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? I do not have a 19x19 bot right now. But I found that fast engines have to wait for slow engines is kind of boring. For example

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread Don Dailey
Of Alain Baeckeroot Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 12:40 PM To: computer-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? Le mardi 8 janvier 2008, Don Dailey a écrit: ... On 19x19

RE: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread David Fotland
To: computer-go@computer-go.org Subject: Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? Down the road, when I'm ready for it, I'd like for there still to be a 19x19 CGOS much like the one now. But, in the mean time, the current 19x19 CGOS is of no use at all in helping me get there. Ten

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread Michael Williams
Yes, Largo. I have a version of this I can put on CGOS (and other's can too so that we can check each other for bugs). I tried using Largo as a component of a playout policy with no success. I will also put a version of MoGo up (the version that was released to the public). David Fotland

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread John Fan
12:40 PM To: computer-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? Le mardi 8 janvier 2008, Don Dailey a écrit: ... On 19x19 it might be 30 minutes per side like we have now

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread Don Dailey
Michael Williams wrote: Yes, Largo. I have a version of this I can put on CGOS (and other's can too so that we can check each other for bugs). I tried using Largo as a component of a playout policy with no success. It was Lardo, not Largo :-) Interesting idea using it as a play-out

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread Don Dailey
. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:computer-go- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Fotland Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 12:24 PM To: 'computer-go' Subject: RE: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? I expect the faster time

Re: [computer-go] How to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS?

2008-01-08 Thread Don Dailey
to get more participation in 19x19 CGOS? Le mardi 8 janvier 2008, Don Dailey a écrit: ... On 19x19 it might be 30 minutes per side like we have now, with 5 minute games for the fast time