Hi!
On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 12:50:21PM -0000, Jacques Basaldúa wrote:
> It think it is fair to give MyGoFriend my 4th place manually as you did,
> because it won against my program and deserves the place even if it lost due
> to protocol issues against PNUgo. Nevertheless, ironing out the protocol
> issues is part of computer go development (I know because I still have a lot
> to work to be satisfied with my own program) and I recommend to clarify in
> what cases will the KGS tournament system be overridden. Other programs have
> had "unfair" (i.e., protocol related) losses in the past, and I think it
> works as a motivation to improve the program. If you asked my opinion, I
> would not override the KGS tournament system at all.
I think it's fair to get a loss if it's you mishandling the protocol,
e.g. implementing genmove-cleanup or the superko rules wrong.
On the other hand, it seems absurd to me to receive losses for
undocumented KGS quirks and downright bugs (forfeiting a game when
you log in as a human, not receiving any genmove commands or only single
side getting a chance to do genmove-cleanup).
--
Petr "Pasky" Baudis
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will
last at least until we've finished building it.
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