I tend to agree. Nick, in my opinion, unless there are urgent reasons like delaying a fixed schedule, the choice to resign should be made by the program. Any kibitzer concluding that the position is hopeless is free to move on to watch another game, and the program that is certain of its win does not have to keep calculating; it can simply reduce it's load to the bare minimum (thus reducing your feared contribution to global warming). Further, if you go this path, where does it end? Will you stop weak programs from entering?
Maybe it would be more interesting to run a McMahon tournament instead, to avoid such uninteresting games between totally unbalanced opponents? Erik On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 6:06 PM, steve uurtamo <[email protected]> wrote: > the business about ending games in completely hopeless positions -- i'm > not sure that makes the most sense. i realize how aggravating it can be for > observers, especially in such a long game, but i'm not sure that it's the > right decision. > > s. > > > On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Nick Wedd <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Congratulations to Zen19S, winner of the Slow KGS bot tournament which >> ended ten days ago! >> >> My report is at >> http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/**past/S12.2/index.html<http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/past/S12.2/index.html>and >> I look forward, as usual, to receiving your comments and reports of >> errors. I apologise for the long delay in uploading this report. >> >> Nick >> -- >> Nick Wedd >> [email protected] >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Computer-go mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/computer-go<http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >
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