RE: [computer-go] re: Computer Go tournament thoughts

[steve uurtamo <apoxonpoo@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Lets separate the issues of running formal
> tournaments from 
> having a convenient place to play practice games
> as part of 
> the develepment process.

well said.

i'm happy to write some code.  my thinking is
that this isn't a big project, except:

a) it's not useful unless people will use it.
b) there are a few technical points that i'm
   curious about, mostly with respect to a)

  i) will most people's* code "pass"?  this is related
     to my earlier question about finishing games.
     if not, i'm open to suggestions about how to end
     games.

 ii) can most people* write/are most people willing
     to write simple client socket code and/or link
     against client socket libraries that i have no
     interest in supporting beyond whatever OS they're
     written for?  if not, something already written
     will have to get used. (even if it's Expect).

iii) can people* live with one ruleset, one timeset,
     playing whomever happens to be in the queue next
     as opposed to setting up a tournament-style
     challenge/response system, playing fair, being
     nice and generally not requiring 10 miles of
     code to try to guarantee that they're not
     cheating in some way?  (not that there's any
     way to know, of course).

my predilection would be to implement this
minimally with hard-coded options on the server
side and modify it later only if there were major
problems with using it.  getting something up
and running that people could connect to sounds
more useful in the short term than debating (too
much) the merits of features that don't yet exist.

s.

* people =_def people who are interested in
  connecting to this server with code that they
  maintain

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