On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Kahn Jonas <[email protected]>wrote:
> Is it really necessary? >>> >>> I mean, I understand Folkert's question very minimally, strictly as you >>> state it in that paragraph. >>> More specifically, if the programmer is OK with losing a game (likely by >>> time-out) when he tries an illegal move, and just ensures that the bot >>> is again available for the next round, is that a problem? >>> >> >> CGOS immediately scores the the game as a loss if a program >> attempts to make an illegal move (eg. super-ko). >> > > Thanks for the information. > It does not change the question, though. Is it OK for a programm that > still plays the next round to lose like that, or is it a problem for the > other bots/the server…? Bot's should really try to get the rule correct, but it doesn't prohibit them from playing if they don't. This is one of those case like the bad scoring version of some program (I think it was gnugo) which didn't clean up properly so it was this incredibly strong program that could beat other programs and yet it's rating was suppressed by the meaningless losses against weak programs. It's just bad for the rating pool. Don > > > Jonas > > ______________________________**_________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/computer-go<http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go> >
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