Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 07:43:41 10/20/99
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On October 20, 1999 at 05:19:03, Didzis Cirulis wrote: >On October 20, 1999 at 05:06:16, Didzis Cirulis wrote: > >>On October 20, 1999 at 04:47:59, Martin Grabriel wrote: >> >>>Errr...shouldn't exact copy be excluded? I mean the winner already proved in the >>>game it outplayed the loser in a particular way, so it should not be counted >>>again if the game is repeated? IMHO >> >>That is a good question. I thought about it yesterday, and I decided to put this >>result into the match table, but mark it with *. >> >>Any SSDF member could tell me what do SSDF do with exact game copies... Do those >>games count for rating or not? >> >>Didzis > >Well.... I found this on SSDF FAQ page: > >***** >Q: When it happens that two computers repeat a game they have played before, are >both games included in the results in that case? > >A: Yes, a game is allowed to continue even if the tester can see that it is >going to be a duplicate. Any program that's stupid enough to lose the same game >several times has but itself to blame. Furthermore, from a statistical point of >view this behaviour is not very important, since the program is just as likely >to repeat a win as a loss. >***** > >Didzis Cirulis Howdy Please leave game 8 in ! I agree perfectly with the above statement ! If a program is willing to play and loose a game the seconds time with the same opening that is a important feature (lack of in this case) of the program and the programmar ! Wayne
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