On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 17:33 -0400, Don Dailey wrote: > A lot of times there will be an odd number of players, in which case a > random slow player will sit out (but would get to play fast games.)
The odd number thing won't help two dual speed bots play each other at fast settings. Of course, neither did my option #2 :) > > - Don > > > Jason House wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 17:05 -0400, Don Dailey wrote: > > > >> Hi Dave, > >> > >> Two servers is easy, but 1 server is better. The plan is that I will > >> combine fast and slow games into one server. When a slow round is > >> complete, there will be a delay while the current fast round is being > >> completed. In this way a program can play both fast and slow games or > >> both, but the slow games will get precedent. The fast games will be > >> played basically to fill the time between long slow rounds and also > >> enable a bot to get both a slow and fast rating. > >> > > > > This sounds like a reasonable compromise. I have only one question: What > > about slow players that want fast games too? I assume most slow players > > will play slow games and therefore use up nearly all of the time > > available. Depending on the pool of slow players, some dual fast+slow > > players may only play slow games. I have two ideas that might help > > solve this if it's an issue: > > 1. Occasionally allow a fast round between slow rounds > > 2. Occasionally have a dual player sit out from a slow round if the > > number of slow games to fast games exceeds some threshold. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > computer-go mailing list > > computer-go@computer-go.org > > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
