We put up a 7x7 site a while back and I thought it would get heavy traffic, but instead almost no interest.
- Don On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 12:39 -0400, Jason House wrote: > On Jul 31, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am working on a plan to possibly be able to run 2 boardsizes on Dave > > Dyers boardspace site. If this plan works out, obviously 9x9 is > > very > > popular and we will keep it. The only questions is what should the > > other board size be. It is starting to appear than 19x19 is the > > second > > most popular for computer go. > > > 7x7 is interesting to me for a few reasons: > • It was "solved" by some dans a while back. This gives a perfect > fuseki database and measurably correct and incorrect evaluations > • 7x7 < 64, so bitboards could be extremely effective. > > > > > > > - Don > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 09:49 -0600, Markus Enzenberger wrote: > >> David Fotland wrote: > >>> I prefer keeping 9x9. We have 9x9 for quick testing of changes > >>> (because the > >>> games are fast), and 19x19 for testing play on a full board. I > >>> don't think > >>> 13x13 adds anything. It's slower, so I would still use 9x9 for > >>> quick tests. > >>> It's not a board size that anyone uses, so I would still use 19x19 > >>> to test > >>> for full boards. > >>> > >> > >> I agree. 9x9 and 19x19 are the most popular board sizes and the only > >> ones used in Computer Go tournaments. > >> > >> I think the participation on the 19x19 CGOS would be higher if it > >> wasn't > >> down so often. Sometimes the server does not work for days, > >> sometimes > >> it is only the result pages on the web, which are not updated. I > >> think > >> it would be very helpful to have an 19x19 server with a higher > >> uptime. > >> Unfortunately I cannot offer to run one myself. > >> > >> - Markus > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> computer-go mailing list > >> computer-go@computer-go.org > >> http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > computer-go mailing list > > computer-go@computer-go.org > > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
