I'm not physically attending the EGC. In order to participate, I needed to provide a windows executable and have someone operate the bot on my behalf. I probably should have taken advantage of the offer to use a Linux box, but I figured I'd make it easier on the organizers :)
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 08:30 -0400, Jason House wrote: > > I have to withdraw from this tournament. I don't have a windows > > computer, and getting access to one with the ability to install tools > > has been tougher than anticipated. > > Why do you need a windows computer? It's my understanding that they > already supply windows Vista computers for you. And can't you bring > the software tools you need to install with you on a pen drive or on > cdrom? > > - Don > > > > > > > On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 14:53 +0100, Nick Wedd wrote: > > > The European Go Congress (see http://egc2008.eu/en/congress/index.php) > > > will be held in Leksand, Sweden from July 26th to August 9th. On > > > Wednesday August 6th it will include a Computer Go event (see > > > http://www.computer-go.info/egc2008/). > > > > > > Entry to this is free. If you would like to enter but cannot be there > > > yourself, it should be possible for you to send in your program, and I > > > will try to find an operator for it. > > > > > > According to my records, entries so far are: > > > > > > 19x19 9x9 > > > CrazyStone possible possible > > > FirstGo yes yes > > > GNU Go probable probable > > > HouseBot no yes > > > Leela probable yes > > > Mango possible possible > > > Many Faces of Go yes no > > > Steenvreter no yes > > > Toaster no possible > > > TSGo probable no > > > Tuuppari yes yes > > > valkyria possible possible > > > Wei2Go probable no > > > > > > I expect this table needs correcting and bringing up to date. > > > Corrections and updates may be posted to this list or sent to me > > > privately, as you prefer. Late entries are also welcome. > > > > > > The programs will be run on Windows Vista PCs in Leksand, connected to > > > KGS, where the games will be played. > > > > > > Of the programs listed above, TSGo (by Ivo Tonkes) and Tuuppari (by a > > > team of Finnish programmers) have never, so far as I know, competed in > a > > > KGS tournament. I would like both those programs to play in a trial > > > tournament on KGS, to ensure that they are correctly configured for > > > tournament play, rather than finding out that they aren't on the day of > > > the event. I am willing to set up such a trial tournament whenever > > > requested - it will use very short time limits, and no-one will care > who > > > wins, the purpose will be to test their handling of the tournament > > > settings. However I suspect that neither of these programs yet has its > > > Windows version in a presentable state. I hope to hear soon from Ivo > > > Tonkes and Mika Urtela about this - if I don't, I shall assume that > they > > > aren't reading this list, and email them privately. > > > > > > I owe two pints of beer to "the GNU Go team". I expect to deliver > these > > > to Gunnar, if he is there to operate GNU Go. Gunnar will also be > > > speaking on computer Go, after the tournament. > > > > > > Nick > > > > _______________________________________________ > > computer-go mailing list > > computer-go@computer-go.org > > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > >
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