On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 1:58 AM, Robert Jasiek <[email protected]> wrote:

> Don Dailey wrote:
> > this simplification of the rules
>
> Simplification? It does not even simplify strategy.
>

I am asserting that a properly modified bot is going to better at this
variant of the game.   It's way easier to play go like a beginner who is
focused more on not losing points on the board.

If you remember, we started programming MC that way and it was harder to
beat them by high scores but it was easier to beat them.    Then it was
discovered that scoring wins and losses made a huge difference in their
ability to win.    This is pretty much a proof that playing for score is a
significantly DIFFERENT strategy.     It almost certainly has to be a
simpler strategy because it's more like how weaker players play the game.

- Don




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