I would second the idea of a full double round robin. This makes scheduling much easier. There is no need for fixed round start times. In a swiss tournament you have to wait for everyone to finish, then figure the new pairings. A round robin can get many more rounds in the same time.
David > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:computer-go- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Doshay > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 7:08 PM > To: computer-go > Subject: Re: [computer-go] Tournament at US Go Congress > > With the possible exception of the Mogo team, I think that having to > haul computers is a bigger deal to me than anybody else, and I just > accept it as part of the process right now. > > I think it is the right idea to run it on KGS because it gives > programmers the ability to try everything out in advance, and it also > gives the great wide world the ability to watch. If it was run on KGS > and participants did not have to be there in person, it would be > nearly indistinguishable from a monthly KGS tournament. > > I would like to strongly suggest that enough rounds be run that every > program plays every other program twice, once as B and once as W. > > As set, the schedule does not have breaks for meals, and I think that > for the health and happiness of the programmers, such breaks would be > a good idea. I know that 3 days in a row without a proper dinner break > will be very hard on my stomach. > > Cheers, > David > > > > On 4, Jun 2008, at 4:43 PM, Peter Drake wrote: > > >> > >> Will the games be played on KGS using network connections from the > >> contest site, or will you provide a referee program? If the games > >> are played on KGS, why do people have to drag their computers to > >> Portland? > >> > > > > We will use KGS. There are three reasons for having competitors > > present in person: > > > > 1) As an anti-cheating measure. Since there is money at stake, we > > don't want to make it trivial for a strong human player to > > masquerade as a program. > > > > 2) As a sort of scientific conference, giving Go programmers an > > opportunity to network in a way that is not possible over email. > > > > 3) To create an event on which the media can report. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
