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

["Vlad Dumitrescu" <vlad_dumitrescu@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Don Dailey" <drd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suppose one of the primary contributors to the GNU Go project decides
> that he wants to split away and build his own Go program?
>
> If he were allowed both entrants and GNU Go wins the tournament,
> people will be congratulating him on his victory and he will get the
> satisfaction that comes from his hard work on GNU Go and it's victory,
> HIS VICTORY.  If his "other" entry wins, he will get the satisfaction
> that comes from seeing his name in lights for this win.  Simply put,
> he gets 2 chances to win, everyone else gets 1 chance to win.

Ah, so you mean computer go tournaments aren't about programs winning, but
authors winning?

And also that any genius that can handle developing several different
programs at once, even if he proves thay are completely different where it
matters, won't be allowed to enter more than one of these programs in a
single tournament?

I can understand such a point of view, but I am sorry that I can't agree
with it.

Now, the practical tournament at hand is Nick's, but I felt it was here a
quest for a general and principial way to handle these issues. Probably
there isn't one, so it's up to each tournament organizer.

I feel I learned a lot from these discussions, about other points of view
than my own. Thanks everyone who contributed! (well, it might not be over
yet, so thanks in advance for to all who will keep contributing :-)

best regards,
Vlad


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