Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to Steenvreter!

2009-06-02 Thread Isaac Deutsch
Congrats to stv. > But I would prefer more, and would like to know what I > might do to attract more entrants. > > Nick What about a Rengo tournament? :) I don't know how feasible that would be, but it could be fun to have programs cope with someone else on their team. -- GMX FreeDSL mit DSL

Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to Steenvreter!

2009-06-02 Thread Christian Nentwich
Nick, I am hoping that I can join this at some point, at the lower end of the field to start with :) Is it possible to set a bar at these tournaments? In human McMahon tournaments, that very successfully allows a top tier of competition while guaranteeing at least some fun for everybody else

RE: [computer-go] Congratulations to Steenvreter!

2009-06-01 Thread David Fotland
o > Subject: [computer-go] Congratulations to Steenvreter! > > Congratulations to Steenvreter, winner of yesterday's KGS bot > tournament, with three more wins than its nearest rival! > > The results are now at http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/past/47/index.html > As usual, I look

Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to Steenvreter!

2009-06-01 Thread Nick Wedd
In message <8cbb1200f1dffd9-cbc-...@mblk-m02.sysops.aol.com>, dhillism...@netscape.net writes One factor is that there seems to be a narrow range between too few entrants and too many. For any given contest, the potential pool includes an elite few who have a chance at first place and maybe a cou

Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to Steenvreter!

2009-06-01 Thread Jason House
last breakthrough was a while ago. For many of us in that last group, it would be easy enough to enter, but hard to know if that would help or hinder. - Dave Hillis -Original Message- From: David Doshay To: computer-go Sent: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 5:32 pm Subject: Re: [computer-go] Congratulatio

Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to Steenvreter!

2009-06-01 Thread Jason House
On Jun 1, 2009, at 6:10 PM, Erik van der Werf wrote: I will also welcome opinions and preferences about the format of such events in future. Attendances got low towards the end of last year, so I gave them up for a few months. The last two, in April and May, have each had six players

Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to Steenvreter!

2009-06-01 Thread steve uurtamo
> > - Dave Hillis > > > -Original Message- > From: David Doshay > To: computer-go > Sent: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 5:32 pm > Subject: Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to Steenvreter! > > SlugGo has not been participating because we had made no progress. > I h

Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to Steenvreter!

2009-06-01 Thread dhillismail
] Congratulations to Steenvreter! SlugGo has not been participating because we had made no progress.? I hope to have something by the end of summer.? ? Cheers,? David? ? ? On 1, Jun 2009, at 1:39 PM, Nick Wedd wrote:? ? > would like to know what I might do to attract more entra

Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to Steenvreter!

2009-06-01 Thread Erik van der Werf
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Nick Wedd wrote: > Congratulations to Steenvreter, winner of yesterday's KGS bot tournament, > with three more wins than its nearest rival! > > The results are now at http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/past/47/index.html Thanks! > As usual, I look forward to your repo

Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to Steenvreter!

2009-06-01 Thread David Doshay
SlugGo has not been participating because we had made no progress. I hope to have something by the end of summer. Cheers, David On 1, Jun 2009, at 1:39 PM, Nick Wedd wrote: would like to know what I might do to attract more entrants. ___ computer

[computer-go] Congratulations to Steenvreter!

2009-06-01 Thread Nick Wedd
Congratulations to Steenvreter, winner of yesterday's KGS bot tournament, with three more wins than its nearest rival! The results are now at http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/past/47/index.html As usual, I look forward to your reports of the errors on that page. I will also welcome opinions and pre