Author: Will Singleton
Date: 16:18:59 11/19/01
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On November 19, 2001 at 17:12:23, Scott Gasch wrote: >I also think 45/10 is better... it makes it more likely the next round will >start on time. > >As for disconnections, the only disconnection I am aware of from CCT3 was mine; >I was trying to use xboard to watch other games while monsoon was playing and >got it into some sort of crazy state. I was forced to kill it and reconnect... >which I did immediately. This was during the first round game with LambChop. I >felt really bad about the whole incident and apologized to Pete. But I didn't >feel bad enough about it to resign... > >What rule would you suggest about disconnection. Because of net problems I >don't think that disconnection == forfeit rule is really feasible. I would be >inclined to agree that disconnection with the failure to reconnect within a >reasonable amount of time == forfeit may be ok. > >As far as having to post logfiles, I think its a somewhat silly idea. I mean, a >novice programmer could easily take Crafty and change the logfile format.. then >say it was his engine. This logfile thing will not help us catch anyone using >an engine they did not write. That said, I'm willing to send logfiles if this >idea is agreed upon. > <snip> I think the logfile idea is so that one could analyze a program's output after the game, compare the pv to open source progs, etc. The format isn't as important as the pv. So I would support the logfile requirement (that is, kibitzing the pv and score during the game, as well as producing a complete logfile for each game). Might make for some interesting post-tournament analysis at CCC. Will
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