[computer-go] Please have your bot resign, for your own good

[Don Dailey]

One of my bots will pass if the opponent passes first - if it's a win.  
Even if the opponent has dead stones still on the board.    But of
course it won't pass if the Tromp Taylor score is not enough for the win.

- Don


Jason House wrote:
>  If your bot has enough points to win under Tromp Taylor scoring, why
> capture dead stones?  Passing is the fastest way to end the game in
> your favor.  That trick should limit your game length to something
> manageable.  I've been thinking that I should add that feature to my bot.
>
> I've also considered the exact opposite strategy...  When losing a
> game, aim to stress the opponent's time management (since it's the
> highest probability of victory).  That would include underhanded
> tricks like filling my own eyes.  I probably won't implement that, but
> it was an interesting thought.
>
> On Jan 1, 2008 11:57 PM, Peter Christopher <peterchristopher at yahoo.com
> <mailto:peterchristopher at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>     I realize there are some legitimate reasons to have your bot play out
>     the games on cgos until the bitter end.  Here I would like to present
>     one reason why you may want to have your bot resign instead.  I live
>     in the Philippines.  My ping from my computers here is usualy about
>     .3-.4 seconds.  I do often put some bots on cgos from here, tend to be
>     rated around 1600-1700.  Because of the long ping & the tromp-taylor
>     rules, my bots often lose won games on time.  Playing from my
>     computer
>     here, I typically set a buffer around 45 seconds when the bot assumes
>     the game is a won game & almost immediately plays filler moves.
>     Nevertheless, with this buffer or even a larger buffer, the bot often
>     captures massive groups, and at 2 moves per second (all network lag),
>     the bot can't fill the whole board again & again, and if my bot passes
>     & yours doesn't, that's also slow to fill the board.  The end result
>     is that in your records, you may be testing your bot's new features
>     and want to have an accurate elo rating to know whether it is working.
>      If your bot is playing my bot, and your bot doesn't resign lost
>     games, you won't have an accurate rating of its new features.  Sorry
>     for the inconvenience.  This is happening today quite a lot vs.
>     challenger.  Some other days it's a different bot.  Just something to
>     keep in mind.
>     Peter
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