On 09/04/09 2:56 PM, "Michael Petch" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don¹t disagree with the concept of consistency. For example it may be
> intuitive for some that the bot always assume the higher die is moved first
> (Assuming using the higher roll is legal of course) This is how I personally
> would expect it to be treated (And that¹s simple personal bias). From my
> viewpoint the hit or no hit is not the intuitive criteria.
> 
> My criteria would also make other situations simple. For example if you drag
> from the 24 to the 13 on  a 6-5 roll and lets say the opponent has a blot on
> the 18 and 19pt which - course should the bot take? If you use a consistent
> method of always using the high roll first then you¹d know ahead of time what
> the bot will do in this case too.


Some may ask why I would prefer the large die be moved first if dragging to
the end position (Assuming the larger die leads to a valid legal play)?
Because it remains consistent with how GnuBG orders the higher die before
the lower die when moving pieces individually.

If we go from what is intuitive to the concept of consistent, then
consistency should be maintained between moving individually (without
dragging) and dragging if at all possible.
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