Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 13:14:24 05/29/01
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On May 29, 2001 at 13:45:19, David Rasmussen wrote: >On May 29, 2001 at 12:48:01, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>On May 29, 2001 at 09:08:53, David Rasmussen wrote: >> >>>I don't understand why so many people make such precise conclusions from the >>>result of CCT3. The number of games played was so small that it is not even >>>remotely close to be statistically significant. It's not to belittle the victory >>>of Ferret, as it's not a bad candidate for (one of) the best programs >>>participating. It's just that one can't conclude anything about a program such >>>as shredder, based on such sparse material. And I'm not even going to go into >>>the hardware differences and handicaps, that makes the results even more random. >>> >>>When I look at the final standing of the tournament, I agree with the order of >>>engines in general. That is, Celes and Chezzz _are_ probably weaker than Fritz >>>and Ferret. But I'm also convinced that Shredder, Yace, LambChop and other are >>>generally better than GNUChess (although I've never found GNUChess to be as bad >>>as everyone says). So let's all take CCT3 for what it is: good fun. >> >>Of course. All you can do is give yourself a chance to win. >> > >Yep. I will have to work a little better on _that_ part next time :) >Of course, I didn't expect to win any games as I had done no preparations with >my engine at all. > >>>BTW. I can't wait until it's time for CCT4. Can't we make a monthly 1 day >>>tournament, just for fun? I don't know anything about tournament systems, but >>>there must be some kind of knockout system, where a lot of programs can play a >>>tournament in relatively short time. This should be absolutely informal, and >>>participation should be done by just showing up on the server 30 minutes in >>>advance or so. >> >>Augh, eek. >> >>bruce > >What does that mean? That it is a bad idea? In that case, why? Because some people get booted off by their ISPs every two hours, or three hours on the hour. So if you just stay put and loiter for half an hour on ICC only to show that you are there, consider that a good reason for tongue biting and saying 'ouch, eek' etc. *** Djordje
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