Author: Will Singleton
Date: 09:47:44 01/18/00
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On January 18, 2000 at 09:27:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 17, 2000 at 13:34:10, Will Singleton wrote: > >> >>I was thinking about the initial seeding for the ICC tourney (starting Jan 29, >>ICC, don't miss it), and it seems to me that the hardware should be taken into >>account. For example, some folks will be running multiple cpus, at least one >>will be on a 1ghz machine, and some will be as slow as 300mhz. :) >> >>So, I'd like to see a list of the hardware for this tourney. And, for those who >>are familiar with such things, what is the relative importance of the initial >>seeding in a tourney such as this? >> >>+------------------------------------------------+ >>|Program Main Author ICC Handle | >>+--------------+------------------+--------------+ >>|Amateur Will Singleton Amateur | >>| | >>|Averno Jos? C M Gal?n | >>| | >>|Bringer Gerrit Reubold Bringer | >>| | >>|Crafty Robert Hyatt Crafty | >>| | >>|Diep Vincent Diepeveen DiepX | >>| | >>|EXchess Dan Homan EXchess | >>| | >>|Ferret Bruce Moreland Ferret | >>| | >>|Galahad James Swafford GalahadX | >>| | >>|GnuChess Stuart Cracraft GnuChess | >>| | >>|Grok Peter Kappler | >>| | >>|Hossa Steffen A. Jakob Hossa | >>| | >>|Insomniac James Robertson | >>| | >>|LambChop Peter McKenzie LambChop | >>| | >>|Little Goliath Michael Borgstaedt | >>| | >>|Nimzo Chrilly Donninger Varguz | >>| | >>|PostModernist Andrew Williams PostModernist | >>| | >>|Shredder Stefan Meyer-Kahlen | >>| | >>|Tinker Brian Richardson Tinker | >>| | >>|UruChess Nicol?s Carrasco UruChess | >>| | >>|ZarkovX John Stanback ZarkovX | >>+------------------------------------------------+ > > >Seeding doesn't matter if the number of rounds is >= log2(number of players). >In big events, this isn't possible, so you end up with a log-jam at the top, >with a bunch of 5 point finishers. Seeding ensures that the highest rated >player generally has the highest tie-break (sum of opponent's scores or >whatever is used). When number of rounds is >= log2(players) the probability of >this happening goes down. In our case, 8 rounds is way larger. It won't matter >at all... > >It would be fun to let everyone seed the thing just before it starts, just to >see who comes closest, at least in the top half.. Yes, perhaps we can get someone to put up a prize for the closest guess. Glad to hear the seeding is unimportant in this case. I assume you mean that, while it remains important to try to order the programs, the *exact* order is not critical. Or would a random seed be equivalent? Will
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