> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 10:52:28 +0100> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL
> PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] why no resign from GNU bg?> CC:
> [email protected]> > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Jonathan Kinsey <[EMAIL
> PROTECTED]> wrote:> > It's clearly not a lost game, so I don't see that
> resigning is a good idea.> >> > Another option I have is to display 0.999
> here rather than 1.000 (i.e. get> > the rounding slightly wrong if the equity
> isn't exactly 1).> > Alternatively we could display "won"/"lost" if the
> equity is exactly 1/0?> >> > I much prefer the latter suggestion, but it is
> not really a solution> to Joseph's request. Some people feel very strongly
> about playing the> game to it is theoretically settled (and I guess that I'm
> one of> them), but that doesn't mean we cannot accommodate those feel>
> otherwise. So I find Joseph's suggestion about adding an option and> keeping
> the default behaviour reasonable. We are, however drowning in> options, and
> at some point we need to find a way to organise them> better. One possible
> solution is to have a solution like firefox,> where only 5% of the options
> are directly accessible, while the rest> is hidden away in about:config.
We've got this already really. We could easily add an option that is only
accessible from a command, "set resignequity" or something similar. This just
leads to potential problems though - I can see the email now where someone has
set this (perhaps unknowingly or wrongly) and wants to know why gnubg resigned
when it could still win. And of course as you say the way forward is
removing/simplifying the options available!
Back to the original scenario and a snowie-like "play to end of game" is
preferable to me, i.e. a button you click and the computer just plays both
sides at a quick level. So in this example, you hit the button and get the win
(barring a miraculous set of rolls).
Ultimately I'd rather have a "human like opponent" option, where gnubg makes
mistakes, plays slowly, resigns early/late, is aggressive/passive etc. At
least then when the game is analysed a resignation would be flagged as an error.
Jon
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