Increasing KOMI is much easier than placing stones, right?
Jacques Basaldúa³ñ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >I would like to take part in the 19x19 competition. >I also prefer kyu rating to Elo, but I got the impression that >you were relating kyu rating with handicap games (that is >usually done by human players). > >I think handicap is a bad idea for computers. Handicap >requires human intelligence to understand how the playing >style must be changed. It completely ruins fuseki databases >and may also make josekis that are good under equal play >too slow. Of course, if you pretend to ruin fuseki database >programs, its a good idea. But I think dan/pro level fuseki >is not only legitimate, but probably the best possible fuseki >and it can be played in ultrablitz which preserves computing >time for later moves. The only drawback is 10 Mb of >disk space. Any silly welcome video is heavier than that. > >I suggest, if handicap is implemented, it should be optional. > >Jacques. >_______________________________________________ >computer-go mailing list >computer-go@computer-go.org >http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kato) _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
