Author: Uri Blass
Date: 13:46:48 09/25/05
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On September 25, 2005 at 16:36:19, Roger D Davis wrote: >On September 25, 2005 at 15:42:24, Christos Gitsis wrote: > >>On September 25, 2005 at 14:13:21, Roger D Davis wrote: >> >>>On September 25, 2005 at 09:54:12, Dr. Wael Deeb wrote: >>> >>>>Hi, >>>>The first results of the personality given by the testers who recieved the >>>>custom settings indicate the it's definetly stronger than the default settings >>>>:-) >>>>The show continues with full strength :-) >>>>Cheers, >>>>Dr.Wael Deeb >>>> >>>>P.S.Maybe I'll consider creating Eccentric II which will be even stronger than >>>>the first one....stay tuned :-) >>> >>>I wonder if Eccentric will be stronger than Shredder 10 default? >>> >>>Roger >> >>I don't think this is possible. >> >>If Eccentric is proved to be very strong, then Stefan Meyer-Kahlen can use it to >>create the default settings for Shredder 10. >> >>Regards, >>Christos. > >Depends on how much Stefan changes under the hood. Could be that the scale for >King Safety in Version 9 doesn't match the scale for Version 10, because the way >of calculating it has changed. A 62 for King Safety in 9 might not be a 62 in >10, but a 56 instead. Small change that could make a big difference. > >Also, assuming Eccentric is stronger than Version 9 default, it means that >Stefan didn't spend time to achieve the strongest settings. No It may mean that finding the strongest setting is a hard question. I do not think that there is a single top program that it is impossible to improve by changing weights and I include all personalities of top programs in this sentence. He found "good >enough" settings that were better than the competition at the time and used >those. In contrast, the good doctor spent eight months developing his settings. > >I also strongly doubt that 9 Eccentric would be as strong as 10 Default, but I >don't think it's impossible. I just think it's an empirical question. > >Roger It is clearly impossible if stefan decides not to release a version that is weaker than 9 Essentric. Uri
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