That sounds reasonable to me. The downside for you Nick is of course that it's possible that there's bugs in the program and that it will just crash. ;) But at least against GnuGo that hasn't happened in a long time.
And I guess once people complain that this setup is unfair towards their programs then it's maybe time for a second division. Urban Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 04.05.2016 um 19:06 schrieb Nick Wedd <[email protected]>: > > Here's a suggestion. I would like to hear what Urban, and others, think > about it. > > I enter GnuGo in these events to keep the numbers even. The operators of > strong bots don't want to waste processor cycles proving that they can beat > GnuGo, but they prefer it to a bye. > > Instead of my using GnuGo to make the numbers even, I could use Urban's > program. The downside for Urban is that he would have to get it connected and > running, with only a 50% chance that it will actually get any games. The > upside for him is that it will sometimes get experience against much stronger > players. I assume that the operators of the strong programs don't care > whether they get to play against GnuGo or Urban's program. > > By the way - I haven't yet received any entries for this Sunday's tournament. > I hope my message reached the list. > > Nick > >> On 4 May 2016 at 10:01, Urban Hafner <[email protected]> wrote: >> I’m considering entering with my bot but it’s rather weak (a lot weaker than >> GnuGo on 19x19) so I don’t know if it makes sense. Unless of course other >> weaker bots were willing to enter as well. If no one is interested in this >> (or if it’s even discouraged by Nick) then I would refrain from entering >> tournaments that I have no chance in beating GnuGo. >> >> Urban >> >>> On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 6:51 PM, Nick Wedd <[email protected]> wrote: >>> The May KGS bot tournament will start on Sunday, May 8th at 16:00 UTC, and >>> finish by 22:00 UTC. It will use 19x19 boards, with time limits of 14 >>> minutes each plus very fast Canadian overtime, and komi of 7.5. See >>> http://www.gokgs.com/tournEntrants.jsp?id=1030 >>> >>> Please register by emailing me, with the words "KGS Tournament >>> Registration" in the email title, at [email protected] . >>> >>> Nick >>> -- >>> Nick Wedd [email protected] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Computer-go mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >> >> >> >> -- >> Blog: http://bettong.net/ >> Twitter: https://twitter.com/ujh >> Homepage: http://www.urbanhafner.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Computer-go mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > > > > -- > Nick Wedd [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
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