Re:Re: [computer-go] GTP and Tourney in SmartGo 1.4

["Chris Fant" <fantius@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can't you just start a KGS server (or IGS or whatever), on a LAN and have
all the clients connect to it and start a game with their assigned
opponent?  You then have accountability for anyone who screwed up the
protocol (assuming it wasn't the server)and the added bonus of all games
being recorded in a central place.  

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Original Message
From: "Marco Scheurer"<marco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [computer-go] GTP and Tourney in SmartGo 1.4
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 17:39:42 +0100

>
>On Mar 15, 2004, at 5:18 PM, David Fotland wrote:
>
>> At 01:36 AM 3/15/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>> Why one  machine?  I can  connect via STDIN  and STDOUT to  2 programs
>>> running  on  different  machines.   The  controller runs  on  the  3rd
>>> machine.   All using pipes.   (This can be easily done with twogtp.pl)
>>
>> During a tournament you want to give each program the full resources 
>> of the machine,
>> in case one wants to think on the opponent's time.  Also, if you 
>> require the programs
>> to run on the same machine, what if they require different operating
>> systems (like Windows and Linux).  What if someone wants to bring a 
>> faster
>> machine to the tournament?
>>
>> I think a tournament should not restrict the computer or OS of the 
>> participants.  This
>> means one computer per program, and connection by TCP/IP or serial 
>> port.  Many
>> tournament organizers have talked about a new protocol, and some kind 
>> of
>> controller, but no one has done it yet.
>
>I think that nobody suggested that both programs should run on one 
>machine, or that one OS or another should be mandatory. On the 
>contrary, since the beginning of this thread I said that 3 machines 
>would be used: a referee and the two contestants.
>
>Hopefully, only one machine can be used to referee multiple games. 
>Otherwise, the overhead of adding one machine to every pair would be 
>too high.
>
>If we go ahead with our tournament and the GTP requirement, it would be 
>over TCP/IP, with all participants hooked to a server. We would also 
>only insist on these requirements if sufficient resources (specs, 
>example code, referee program, test suites,...) are available in time, 
>let's say 2 months in advance.
>
>It would also not be our intention to provide or require specific 
>hardware. If a team has the equivalent of Hitech for Go, it would be 
>welcome.
>
>marco
>
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