Re: [computer-go] CGOS: Forfeit

2007-02-20 Thread Heikki Levanto
On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 12:21:08PM -0500, Don Dailey wrote: > CGOS uses simple rules, you MUST play out a game to the end, anything > left on the board is considered ALIVE. Fair enough. At least I don't have to worry about annoying other p,layers by doing what already was the easiest thing for m

Re: [computer-go] CGOS: Forfeit

2007-02-20 Thread Don Dailey
On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 14:10 +0100, Heikki Levanto wrote: > P.S. Was there a good description of what a bot should do to finish a > game earlier - my current ones play to the bitter end, with only > 1-point > eyes left. Might as well quit earlier if I can. CGOS uses simple rules, you MUST play ou

Re: [computer-go] CGOS: Forfeit

2007-02-20 Thread Heikki Levanto
On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 03:09:44PM +, alain Baeckeroot wrote: > Le mardi 20 février 2007 13:10, Heikki Levanto a écrit : > > P.S. Was there a good description of what a bot should do to finish a > > game earlier - my current ones play to the bitter end, with only 1-point > > eyes left. Might as

Re: [computer-go] CGOS: Forfeit

2007-02-20 Thread alain Baeckeroot
Le mardi 20 février 2007 13:10, Heikki Levanto a écrit : > P.S. Was there a good description of what a bot should do to finish a > game earlier - my current ones play to the bitter end, with only 1-point > eyes left. Might as well quit earlier if I can. > Don't play moves which would be self-ata

Re: [computer-go] CGOS: Forfeit

2007-02-20 Thread Heikki Levanto
On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 07:55:50AM -0500, Don Dailey wrote: > There is no rule that limits the number of players you can have. Ok, then it must be - as you say - a problem in my end. Heikki's debugging rule #1: It is your own fault! > I suspect there is something wrong in the code, perhaps as a

Re: [computer-go] CGOS: Forfeit

2007-02-20 Thread Don Dailey
On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 10:41 +0100, Heikki Levanto wrote: > Hi, > > I have put up two programs on cgos, and they are doing nice. Now I tried > to put up a third, (Halgo-1.0-500k), and it lost two games on forfeit. > > Have I unknowingly stepped on a rule that says something like only two > program