If your bot has enough points to win under Tromp Taylor scoring, why capture dead stones? Passing is the fastest way to end the game in your favor. That trick should limit your game length to something manageable. I've been thinking that I should add that feature to my bot.
I've also considered the exact opposite strategy... When losing a game, aim to stress the opponent's time management (since it's the highest probability of victory). That would include underhanded tricks like filling my own eyes. I probably won't implement that, but it was an interesting thought. On Jan 1, 2008 11:57 PM, Peter Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I realize there are some legitimate reasons to have your bot play out > the games on cgos until the bitter end. Here I would like to present > one reason why you may want to have your bot resign instead. I live > in the Philippines. My ping from my computers here is usualy about > .3-.4 seconds. I do often put some bots on cgos from here, tend to be > rated around 1600-1700. Because of the long ping & the tromp-taylor > rules, my bots often lose won games on time. Playing from my computer > here, I typically set a buffer around 45 seconds when the bot assumes > the game is a won game & almost immediately plays filler moves. > Nevertheless, with this buffer or even a larger buffer, the bot often > captures massive groups, and at 2 moves per second (all network lag), > the bot can't fill the whole board again & again, and if my bot passes > & yours doesn't, that's also slow to fill the board. The end result > is that in your records, you may be testing your bot's new features > and want to have an accurate elo rating to know whether it is working. > If your bot is playing my bot, and your bot doesn't resign lost > games, you won't have an accurate rating of its new features. Sorry > for the inconvenience. This is happening today quite a lot vs. > challenger. Some other days it's a different bot. Just something to > keep in mind. > Peter > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ >
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