Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 09:12:02 05/19/00
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On May 19, 2000 at 10:27:04, blass uri wrote: >On May 19, 2000 at 09:42:07, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >>On May 19, 2000 at 09:37:19, Chris Carson wrote: >> >>>I am planning to publish an updated list list here with >>>all rated human vs computer results for 40/2 events. >>> >>>Please let me know your thoughts on the following: >>> >>>1. Exclude Performance Rating when 3 or fewer games >>> have been played by a program/hardware. >> >>I don't see why. >> >>>2. Exclude forfiets and protest resignations (Dutch Championship), >>> and games where computers lost due to hardware, IP failures, >>> or operator error. >> >>I would definitely exclude forfeits and IP failures, but not the rest. In my >>opinion, this list is interesting if it reflects the real performance of >>programs in actual games. Hardware failures and operator's errors are part of >>how a program plays. Forfeits and IP failures are not. >> >>Enrique > >Do you really think that losing on time is part of how shredder4 plays? > >I do not agree. >I think that operator's error are not part of how a program plays and it is not >fair to include the game that shredder lost on time in a winning position when >the reason was not a bug in the program. Then add the game Rebel-Shredder, Rebel-Hoffman etc, etc to the exception list. The list will soon become endless. Forfeits and IP failures are exceptions which are okay IMO. Rebel-Hoffman: hardware failure -> counts. Rebel-Shredder: operator troubles -> counts. Shredder lost on time -> counts. Rebel-GM Ralf Akesson lost on time -> counts. Ed >Uri
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