Re: [computer-go] blitz computer go (Re: Computer Go tournament atEGF)

[Don Dailey <drd@xxxxxxx>]

>   I think its a great idea.  I would participate in an internet
>   superblitz for sure (given enough warning to implement the chosen
>   protocol).  In order to not allow cheating by no-client-response
>   followed by "I lost my connection for a little while", you would just
>   have to have no exceptions to the 1-second rule (or whatever) and make
>   up for lost connections by playing multiple games, as you suggest.

I like this too but it seems almost unworkable since most internet
connections, even good ones, have some intermittent lags.  I don't
think the multiple game idea works, you could arrange to "lose your
connection" when your program finds itself in a lost game!

Even computers with sophisticated operating systems can "go south" for
a brief period of time doing disk access/bookeeping, running brief
system daemons, etc.

This should be tried and experimented with just to see what kind of
problems are common and gain some experience with it.

- Don

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