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Subject: Re: Is Rebel9 playing on ICC ?

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 15:20:13 05/13/98

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On May 13, 1998 at 17:57:09, Terry Presgrove wrote:

>Is Rebel9 currently playing on the ICC? If so under what name
>and if not how come Ed? Just curious I recently purchased Rebel
>and was  interested in watching on the ICC.

People have bought copies of Rebel9 and run them manually on ICC.  They
do it the hard way, by sitting there entering moves into Rebel, and
sending Rebel's moves back to ICC.

This is a painful process, and all sorts of bad things can happen.

The program's time control system doesn't get a chance to work, since
it's hard to synchronize time with ICC time.

The operator sometimes makes mistakes, which may not be correctable, if
the opponent doesn't allow a takeback.

The operator wastes a few seconds per move transferring moves back and
forth.

Some of the operators overrule the programs from time to time, which may
help or hurt apparent program strength.

"Lonnie" has run Rebel9, I believe, but he changes programs so much
you'd be hard pressed to know what he's running on any given move of a
game.

bruce




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