On Friday 30 September 2005 11:48, Arend Bayer wrote: AB> AB> On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, Robert Cohen wrote: AB> AB> > Bit of a nit picky question. AB> > AB> > Is Gnu Go really getting weaker and weaker. AB> > Ive noticed that over time its rating according to the KGS rating graphs has AB> > been going steadily down. The graph is here AB> > http://kgs.kiseido.com/en_US/graphPage.jsp?user=TheGNUGo AB> > AB> > Since last Oct its rank has decreased from 9kyu to 12kyu. AB> > AB> > I like to think that with all the work people have been doing patching it, AB> > it should be getting better. AB> AB> These are all fluctuations of the KGS rating system. There AB> was a big change in the rating system that is responsible for the drop AB> in Dec 2004. The drop in Aug 2005 happened in a period where TheGNUGo AB> didn't even play a single game.
Why does not NGCBot have the same drop in August 2005? AB> AB> As a comparison look at AB> http://kgs.kiseido.com/en_US/graphPage.jsp?user=NGCBot AB> which has been running 3.6 since it was released IIRC. AB> AB> > So is just coming up against better players. AB> > Or was the rank inflated to start with and its just been getting more AB> > accurate. AB> AB> KGS ranks will never be accurate I am afraid. AB> AB> Arend -- With best regards, Dmitri Koulikov mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ gnugo-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnugo-devel
