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Subject: Re: ICC authors-only tournament starting soon!! Hurry hurry hurry! (nt)

Author: Peter Fendrich

Date: 14:57:34 05/30/04

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On May 30, 2004 at 14:56:04, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On May 30, 2004 at 12:10:29, Sune Fischer wrote:
>
>>On May 30, 2004 at 10:40:39, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On May 30, 2004 at 03:35:18, Sune Fischer wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 29, 2004 at 21:15:34, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On May 29, 2004 at 19:19:55, Sune Fischer wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On May 29, 2004 at 19:15:16, Andrew Wagner wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On May 29, 2004 at 18:43:14, Sune Fischer wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On May 29, 2004 at 15:43:11, Andrew Wagner wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>nt
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Why isn't Crafty kibitzing?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>-S.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Unfortunately, Bob wasn't around to set it to kibitz. It's not required for
>>>>>>>engines to do so in this tourney, but encouraged. Andrew
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Oh I see.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>But why turn it off in the first place, is there any reason not to kibitz
>>>>>>against computers?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-S.
>>>>>
>>>>>Depends.  Particular when Crafty plays humans, it is not a good idea for lots of
>>>>>reasons...
>>>>
>>>>Sure, but crafty should know when it's a human and when it's a computer :)
>>>>
>>>>-S.
>>>
>>>
>>>Not so easy.  Plenty of computers in human clothes there...
>>
>>But not many humans in computers clothes I imagine :)
>>
>>Default kibitzing against _registered_ _computer_ _accounts_ shouldn't cause any
>>problems I think.
>>
>>-S.
>
>Actually it does hurt.  Many "operators" interfere in games by manually forcing
>moves, forcing the program to take longer, etc.  Seeing the opponent's analysis
>can be used to further refine this "assistance"...

Well, let them do it and make life better for the "onest" ones.
It's just ICC you know!
/Peter



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