Author: Todd Freitag
Date: 12:39:06 09/07/99
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On September 05, 1999 at 08:56:26, James T. Walker wrote: >On September 05, 1999 at 08:48:18, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On September 04, 1999 at 23:28:20, James Robertson wrote: >> >>>I am running my program on FICS, hoping to get it to play as many games as >>>possible. Unfortunatey, if I leave my program on overnight, the next morning it >>>has usually played between 5 and 20 games, sometimes more, sometimes less. >>> >>>How many games can amateur accounts at ICC usually get in a period of ~8 hours? >>> >>>James > >Hello James, >One of the problems I see at FICS is that they seem to discourage any more >strong programs. I believe because there are few strong programs playing there, >there are fewer strong players playing there. Anyway there are fewer players >there than ICC even though it is free. I haven't spent a lot of time there but >I have never seen a GM playing there. I have seen only a few 2200 players >there. I must admit though, the ratings there are lower than ICC. The formula >they use is more realistic I think. This may even discourage some people from >playing there since their ego's take a beating. Only my opinion though. >Jim Walker > >(Must have hit the wrong button on the empty post above) Actually it's only strong crafty clones that are discouraged, as almost everyone was running crafty clones not too long ago. There really isn't a need for 50 nearly identical accounts. Nowadays you see more balance (Comet in particular is being run by new computer accounts), but of course crafty is still the most popular engine. Todd Freitag
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