Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:02:15 09/18/99
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On September 18, 1999 at 06:01:13, Ralf Elvsén wrote: >On September 17, 1999 at 22:29:37, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >[snip] >>> >>>If people don't believe in the games, I couldn't care less... >>>I'll just be happy if they don't bore me with their snide remarks... >>> >>>Regards, Ralf >>> >>>PS. I consider myself to be a "Crafty-friend". >>>Thanks for an (in most cases) excellent program :) >> >> >>Hope you didn't think I was responding in an obnoxious way. I am always >>interested in real examples of where something isn't done very well. I >>spend enough time working on this sort of problem that I want to make sure >>it is working as well as I can make it work... > >(Looking up "obnoxious"...) > >No, I didn't think you were obnoxious. In fact you gave a >polite and nice answer, getting right to business: play Crafty >at ICC. > >I was just expecting snide remarks from other people, >but most have been pretty polite :) > >Which contempt value would you recommend against Crafty? >If this is in the crafty.doc, don't bother, I'll look it up. > what I would recommend is to use this: rating 2400 <your-rating-here> that will let crafty set the contempt factor to a value that has been pretty effective on the servers. you can also use the 'drawscore=N' command, but you can go overboard and make it play strangely. >I said I wasn't thrilled by the prospect of playing Crafty/Scrappy, >mainly because of the time it will take, and the smell of >gladiator play, where I am a participant. You didn't mention >the time: What is the longest time control you can play? >As I recall it you have never played standard >40/2 at ICC like I do? Crafty (ICC) or scrappy/crafty (FICS) will play 60 60 without any intervention by me. ICC/FICS doesn't really support 40/2hr time controls, you have to find some sort of approximation like 60 90 or something fairly close. And you are right, the last match "named the patzer challenge" by the person that wanted to do the test, took a long time, as 1/2 games per night were about all he could stand. If you don't feel like doing this, by all means don't worry about it. If you would like to try, I'm willing to set it up... Main thing I need is 'when' so I can be on ICC to set the time control up since it will probably be outside the normal formula... > >I am considering this. I can just as well play >one game, and do it against Crafty. If I lose I lose >and then I can apologize for being disrespectful :) > >Regards Ralf
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