With the possible exception of the Mogo team, I think that having to
haul computers is a bigger deal to me than anybody else, and I just
accept it as part of the process right now.
I think it is the right idea to run it on KGS because it gives
programmers the ability to try everything out in advance, and it also
gives the great wide world the ability to watch. If it was run on KGS
and participants did not have to be there in person, it would be
nearly indistinguishable from a monthly KGS tournament.
I would like to strongly suggest that enough rounds be run that every
program plays every other program twice, once as B and once as W.
As set, the schedule does not have breaks for meals, and I think that
for the health and happiness of the programmers, such breaks would be
a good idea. I know that 3 days in a row without a proper dinner break
will be very hard on my stomach.
Cheers,
David
On 4, Jun 2008, at 4:43 PM, Peter Drake wrote:
Will the games be played on KGS using network connections from the
contest site, or will you provide a referee program? If the games
are played on KGS, why do people have to drag their computers to
Portland?
We will use KGS. There are three reasons for having competitors
present in person:
1) As an anti-cheating measure. Since there is money at stake, we
don't want to make it trivial for a strong human player to
masquerade as a program.
2) As a sort of scientific conference, giving Go programmers an
opportunity to network in a way that is not possible over email.
3) To create an event on which the media can report.
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