Author: José Carlos
Date: 04:03:49 11/02/04
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On November 02, 2004 at 04:54:08, Uri Blass wrote: >I am considering to release a new free version of movei. > >The latest version has a lot of options to change personality and my guess is >that it is possible to get at least 50 elo only by changing evaluation and >search parameters(It is probably possible to get more from movei than from >programs when changing personalities were already tested more heavily like >prodeo). > >The question is if to release new free version and hope that people will give me >a personality that does significantly better or to give the version only to few >beta testers that will need to test different personalities(if there are people >who are interested). > >I am not interested in tournaments that include only one version of movei but >games at different time control with different personalities from blitz to long >time control may be productive for me. > >My question is how many testers are interested in testing different >personalities in one of the following cases: > >1)If I send it only to beta testers. >2)If I release it as a free version. > >please tell me if you are interested to test it in case 1 and in case 2 and I >will decide if to release a free version or only give beta version to people who >ask me based on the replies. > >Uri Averno has personalities option for some years now. So far, nobody has sent me a new personality. AFAIK, no one has even tried changing one parameter. So for last version, I decided to remove most personality options and hardcoded what I considered best. Thus, I suggest you to look for a beta tester. José C.
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