every point having 4 liberties would seem to make the opening much more about influence. my guess is that it's an easier game. (but that's just wild speculation).
s. On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 2:30 PM, David Doshay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First move is easy, but depending upon ratio of diameter to length > of torus, ladders can get complicated. > > Cheers, > David > > > > On 19, Sep 2008, at 10:48 AM, Álvaro Begué wrote: > >> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Would go on a torus be interesting? There are not corners or edges, the >>> sides of the board simply wrap around. >>> >>> - Don >> >> Yes, it's probably similar in spirit to regular go, except everything >> feels like the center of the board. It would also make the first move >> easy. :) >> >> Álvaro. >> >> >>> >>> On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 09:52 -0700, Ross Werner wrote: >>>> >>>> Urban Hafner wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Ah, right. I thought you were talking about implementing this feature >>>>> for your own program. Personally I don't know of any program that >>>>> supports rectangular boards. >>>> >>>> There was a recent thread on GoDiscussions about this topic: >>>> http://www.godiscussions.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6960 >>>> >>>> Not much information there, but maybe enough to be useful. >>>> >>>> ~ Ross >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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/ > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
