Stuart A. Yeates³ñ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >Increasing komi is much easier than placing stores, but a much weaker >representation of how go games are actually played in the real world.
Agree. But we'd better not to be bothered by fixed stones now, I believe. >cheers >stuart > >On 12/15/06, Hideki Kato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 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/ >> >---- inline file >_______________________________________________ >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/
