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Subject: Re: Question for Hyatt about Alpha/Beta

Author: Pat King

Date: 06:04:16 02/06/04

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On February 05, 2004 at 12:49:02, Bob Durrett wrote:

>On February 05, 2004 at 12:38:20, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>
>>I believe the depth I lose is
>>worth Zappa playing a somewhat more natural game, but it is a tradeoff that
>>everyone has to make for themselves, of course.
>>
>>anthony
>
>Your idea of "playing a more natural game" may be a very good thing in the
>context of making engines play very human-like at the amateur level, maybe.
>
>Bob D.

Natural is in the eye of the beholder. My engine, "Zotron", has evolved into a
teaching tool for me. Its eval contains no more than what I conciously consider
at the board, which means it's dirt simple. If your intent is to build a world
beating program, then by all means consider (for example) "advanced mobility
calculations", but if you're building a toy for yourself, KISS and know why your
creation is beating you :)

Pat K.



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