Re: [computer-go] future KGS Computer Go Tournaments - two sections?

["Vlad Dumitrescu" <vlad_dumitrescu@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I hope I may throw in my 2 cents on the issue. Probably nothing new, but
hopefully in a different light.

I think that there is one question one would like to answer before diving
deeper: what is the purpose of computer-game tournaments?

If the answer is "to crown the best playing program", my feeling is that any
program should be allowed to enter, in any amount. I assume an
"all-play-all" tournament, so that no competitor is pushed down in a lesser
league just because there are many entrants.

If the answer is "to crown the programmer/team that produced the best
playing program", then it is of course unfair to allow a lucky newbie to
stumble onto a combination of tuning parameters and get credited without any
nights lost and sweat and tears.

It is in the latter case that we have the main grey zone and the most
difficult choices. And in my opinion, the two leagues proposed by Nick are
nicely reflecting these two ways to look at things. Maybe the "best program"
league entrants could run anonymously, only TD and respective authors
knowing who is behind a handle?

best regards,
Vlad

p.s. There is a grey zone in the former case too: what if a rich person buys
a supercomputer and runs GnuGo out of the box on it? Maybe right now the
programs aren't very scalable, but in the near future they might. Then
hardware might matter more than algorithms... But I feel this one is much
less of a problem.
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