Author: blass uri
Date: 16:43:54 06/21/99
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On June 21, 1999 at 19:09:28, Heiko Mikala wrote: >On June 21, 1999 at 14:38:17, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>In case anyone is wondering, the only changes to Ferret that I made before that >>game were opening book changes designed to maximize winning chances. >> >>I did not change the contempt factor, for two reasons: >> >>1) I have never tested with a contempt factor other than which I normally use. >> >>2) I forgot to do it. >> >>It was absolutely my intent to win that game, and I did nothing before or >>during that game that was in any way an attempt to steer the game to any other >>result. If Stefan's program had cracked, he would have gone home withone >>trophy less, you bet. >> >>Stefan and I are friends, and I'm happy that if someone other than myself had >>to win that title, that it was Stefan, and I congratulate him. However, >>anyone who thinks that I didn't want to win that game, and that I was happy >>with the result of that game, was obviously not present for my reaction >>immediately after the game, has little understanding of me, or is of a >>mentality that I don't understand and don't want to. > >Hi Bruce! > >I was there, I saw your reaction and I made a photo of it: > >http://www.online-club.de/~rp45195/wccc99/b6.jpg > >And I can assure everybody, that you were definitely *not* happy with the >result. More than that, I am absolutely sure, that of all the programmers at >Paderborn you were the one, who took this championship most seriously and who >most definitely wanted to have the title. With Stefan beeing second on this >list, I guess. I do not think that it is possible to say who wanted more to win the title. I am sure that everyone wanted to win and I do not think that a different behavior in the examples that you gave could change the results of the games. If another programmer did not behave in the same way it does not mean that he wanted less to win the title. If someone worked more hours at home in developing the program and did not behabe in the same way then I cannot assume that he wanted less to win.. Uri
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