Author: Anton Worsman
Date: 11:59:22 01/03/06
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On January 03, 2006 at 13:24:46, Tom Likens wrote: >On January 03, 2006 at 07:52:01, Anton Worsman wrote: > >>On January 03, 2006 at 06:42:58, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >> >>>>I have a strange desire to enter my private engine into the cct8, but it is >>>>still very weak, no hash, hardly any knowledge, plays like an idiotic bean >>>>counter, and my computer is long overdue for retirement (900mhz). >>>> >>>>Any advice welcome. >>>> >>>>regards. >>>>aw. >>> >>>Personally i think that the experience by attending, wil potentially give you a >>>lot of info that will make further participations "easier" and you might gather >>>some info that will help improving your engine, through comunications with >>>fellow programmers and preparing for the event. >>> >>>Also you are going to meet some of the best opponents so you have nothing to >>>lose, a draw or a win might be considered a personal victory (i don't know the >>>actual strenghth of your engine), but at any rate even íf you loose all your >>>games i am sure you can look at those games and improve your engine based on on >>>just that and walk away with with more knowledge than if you did not attend. >>> >>>As for the hardware, you might ask if anyone would be willing to operate it on >>>some more up to date hardware? >>> >>>Hope-you-enter-regards >>>Jonas >> >> >>Hi Jonas, >> >>thankyou for your kind words, It would be interesting to take part, for me >>anyway ;-) My engine is a little stronger than a random move generator, I will >>keep an eye on the other entrants to see if I could grab half a point, otherwise >>it could be embarrassing! >> >>as for the hardware, i guess my creation will play just as poorly on the latest >>hardware, only faster. for me the fun would be in taking part, so operating it >>myself is the way to go, any hardware donations would be most welcome though ;-) >> >>regards, >>aw. > >Anton, > >Not to worry I've now entered my program Djinn in the contest, so you should >likely pick up a *full* point!! So don't let that stop you from entering >and having a really good time. > >My only real advice, is the same as others have given--have your ICC interface >code throughly tested before game day. Trust me, you do *NOT* want the fun >of trying to write (and debug) new interface code inbetween rounds. Also keep >the amount of kibitzing your program does to a few lines. Spewing out page >after page of random variations is simply annoying and may likely cause other >programmers to put a contract out on your life (or at least your program!) ;-) > >regards, >--tom Hi Tom, The rules state that 1 months free account on ICC will be available if needed, so i will probably have a few questions regarding kibitzing etc towards the end of this month. in the meantime i have applied for a computer account on fics, this is now in the hands of the "computer committee", I've just downloaded Djinn, and also read some of the technical details, your point is virtually guaranteed, barring powercuts or an asteroid collision! ;-) btw, on your overview page, you are missing a "k" infront of nodes, unless your engine is really as slow as mine :) regards, aw.
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