Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 12:33:03 12/14/01
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On December 14, 2001 at 11:12:06, Slater Wold wrote: >On December 14, 2001 at 00:13:30, Michel Langeveld wrote: > >>On December 13, 2001 at 20:14:31, K. Burcham wrote: >> >>> >>> >>>why are the guys putting this tournament on worried about program operators >>>running in manual? if this is an "open" tournament, it should be anything goes. >>> >>>kburcham >>> >>> >>>GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: >>> >>>- ICC Blitz rating of at least 2200 >>>- Automated program directly interfaced to ICC (no manual operators) >>>- Must accept challenges from other (C)omputers (no “!computer” in formula) >>>- Must disclose hardware specifications including CPU speed and hash table size >> >> >> >>My ICC Rating of Nullmover is currently 1995. I don't see any sense of putting >>an elolimit of 2200. > >I think if you wrote the engine, the rating should be overlooked. Say someone >modifies Crafty, gives it a new name, and it's 1500 on ICC, why would anyone >want to see that in a tournament? I think that's what he was trying to prevent. Comon this is nonsense. He just shouts some to the left and right without doing anything. the whole tournament setup is a joke kind of. >>In CCT3 I have operated SOS manual. SOS is capable of playing auto232 and UCI >>but it's was too difficult for me to get it work quickly. SOS received good >>results and with that rule above SOS would not be there. I don't see no sense in >>claiming a program to be automatically to run on ICC. > >Look at my other post on this thread. > >>About the formula. If people only want to play humans. Well let them do so. > >(C) operators that play anyone and anything don't hold the !computer (C)'s in a >real high regard. They make it more difficult for us to play the good GM's, by >inflating their ratings (compared to others playing all). The only real >exclusion is Scrappy, I believe Bob had a good idea there, even if we all knew >what the result would be. :) > >!computer operators are obviously only interested in playing humans, and I see >no reason to invite them to participate in a computer tournament. > >>There are also program participating in CCT4 which are not on ICC at the moment. >>When they join they will be there for the first time..... So there will be no >>computer vs computer information at all for these. > >This tournament has ICC in the title, it is for those who have ICC accounts. >Not people who just want to be in a tournament.
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