Author: Tom Likens
Date: 12:16:59 01/03/06
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On January 03, 2006 at 14:59:22, Anton Worsman wrote: >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. Anton, Feel free to ask any questions. If I can't answer it I'm sure someone here can. And thanks for the webpage catch. best, --tom
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