Author: Graham Laight
Date: 07:25:45 01/08/00
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On January 07, 2000 at 23:33:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: >Based on my own experiments, faster hardware is much more significant in >comp vs comp games than it is in comp vs human games. Based on _thousands_ >of games played on the servers. For several months I tried two machines on >the same account, alternating... a P5/133 and a P6/200, which was about 2.5X >faster. The rating did not change up or down nearly as much as the 2.5x >speed-up would suggest (ie nowhere near 100 rating points). In fact, it >wasn't uncommon to see both machines with very similar ratings, when only >playing against humans... > >That is my data... I thought it interesting, not surprising, and only ran the >test for fun. Crafty's rating, when only playing humans, on ICC reached over >3250 and stayed there for a month. Once the computer guys woke up (No idea >what they were doing) and started playing me again, the rating dropped back >to about 3000 where it has stuck. That is Crafty playing 250 points stronger >vs humans than against computers. Real data, over thousands of games... This is good quality information. Thankyou. Having received good information, it seems churlish to complain - but if a game is played via the Internet, how can you be sure of how your opponents are playing? In many cases, you won't be playing a solitary human relying solely on their brain! -g
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