Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:01:59 06/09/98
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On June 09, 1998 at 02:38:56, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>Posted by Christophe Theron on June 09, 1998 at 00:55:16:
>
>>>Say one game takes 60 hours = 2.5 days. 30 games will take 75 days.
>>>Using 2 autoplayer pairs the total NPS tournament would take 30-40
>>>days which looks pretty acceptable to me.
>
>>>Interesting enough?
>
>>>Alternatives?
>
>>>Or better play the normal (10 game) 40/2:00 matches?
>
>>>- Ed -
>
>>Sorry Ed, I think this is a complete waste of time.
>
>>But maybe this has to be done one time, just to verify that we learn
>>nothing from such matches, and then definitely throw away such ideas.
>
>Why do you think the NPS tournament is a waste of time?
>
>My view, in total 30 >>4:30 vs 45:00<< games will be played. Imagine
>the following possible scores:
>
>a) 4:30 vs 45:00 5 - 25 --> Speed is decisive.
>b) 4:30 vs 45:00 10 - 20 --> My expectation.
>c) 4:30 vs 45:00 13 - 17 --> Speed is not decisive.
>- Ed -
I you use the top programs currently competing in CCL, my bet is that
you'll get the 5 - 25 result.
This just will tell us nothing. I suppose you think differently. So can
you please explain what kind of lesson you are expecting from this?
But OK, as I said, this has to be done at least one time.
And BTW I hope to be wrong. I like to be surprised!
Christophe
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