Re: [Bug-gnubg] autoplay suggestion

[Joern Thyssen]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 05:45:27PM +0100, W.Stroop wrote
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joern Thyssen" 
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 5:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] autoplay suggestion
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:25:57AM -0500, Gary Wong wrote
> > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 01:42:18PM +0000, Joern Thyssen wrote:
> >
> > I think the only feature missing from the current code to be able to
> > implement this suggestion is to customise the "initial" position, i.e.
> > when "set auto game" is on, gnubg should return to some specified
> > position when resetting the board (as if repeatedly playing a "prop").
> 
> Yes, but this is the same as recording a rollout.
> 
> What was suggested was to play a, say, 7 point match with *each* game
> starting with the same non-standard position. This doesn't make sense to
> me :-)
> 
> For example to generate to following attached gamefile.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Heled"
> Subject: [Bug-gnubg] Re: Battle of the Bots
> 
> Attached are 48 games played with gnu ply2. Please comment on the
> mistakes which make it win 10% less games than SN 4. There must be
> several here ...

Yes,  but this is money game, not match play.

As I wrote earlier: recording the *same* game being played is equivalent
to recording a rollout (which is being discussed in another thread)!

Jørn