[computer-go] Should 9x9 komi be 8.0 ?

[Christoph Birk]

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Don Dailey wrote:
> The funny thing about MC scoring is that if white DOES win,  then it
> doesn't matter what black plays, everything loses!
> That would mean that in a scalability study,   where colors are
> alternated,  really strong versions of Mogo would score poorly against
> the weaker programs.
> In a serious competition you would want to throttle down the playing
> strength (when playing black) so that it could win more and not just
> quit (resign) out of frustration!

Maybe that means that once the (9x9) programs get really strong
they should play with the "proper" komi (probably 7) that allows
for a jigo.
This would ecourage proper play because there's more than win or lose.

Christoph