Since bots can play on KGS to get a rating comparable to an AGA rating, there is no longer any need to guess at a rating. This was more of an issue 15 years or 20 years ago.
The other reason to keep bots out is because some people travel to a tournament and dont want to waste a round playing a bot. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:computer-go- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of David Doshay > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 7:02 AM > To: computer-go Go > Subject: [Computer-go] Fwd: Fwd: Bots in real-world tournaments > > > From: David Doshay <[email protected]> > > Date: 4, March 2010 6:47:11 AM PST > > Subject: Re: [Computer-go] Fwd: Bots in real-world tournaments > > > > I agree that this is a "Catch 22," but it was one of the arguments for > > keeping bots out of tournaments ... that the developer just guesses a > > rating. > > > > Other arguments were things like: versions change, hardware > > may be different, etc. > > > > I play differently on different days to a far greater degree than any > > bot. > > > > Cheers, > > David > > > > > > > > On 4, Mar 2010, at 3:13 AM, steve uurtamo wrote: > > > >>>> Computers are not normally entered in AGA tournaments because they > >>>> do not have AGA ratings. > >> > >> This seems a bit circular. > >> > >> I don´t have an AGA rating -- how could I get one without attending a > >> tournament? > >> > >> s. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
