Re: [Computer-go] CrazyStone in the 5-dan footsteps of Zen

2012-01-11 Thread Yamato
(2012/01/11 5:19), Jean-loup Gailly wrote: > I know the Zen author occasionally logs in as the bot and censors people who abuse the bot. I do this too for pachi2. But it's a real pain to maintain the censor list. My list currently has 147 accounts (probably representing much fewer distinct per

Re: [Computer-go] CrazyStone in the 5-dan footsteps of Zen

2012-01-11 Thread Rémi Coulom
Thanks Jouni for buying Crazy Stone. And yes, Don, there is an Android version. All the many versions of Crazy Stone are listed on its web page: http://remi.coulom.free.fr/CrazyStone/ Chinese versions coming soon. Rémi On 10 janv. 2012, at 23:48, Don Dailey wrote: > Is there an Android version

Re: [Computer-go] CrazyStone in the 5-dan footsteps of Zen

2012-01-11 Thread Nick Wedd
Dear Yamato, On 11/01/2012 07:28, Yamato wrote: (2012/01/11 5:19), Jean-loup Gailly wrote: > I know the Zen author occasionally logs in as the bot and censors people who abuse the bot. I do this too for pachi2. But it's a real pain to maintain the censor list. My list currently has 147 account

Re: [Computer-go] Announce: GoBet II

2012-01-11 Thread Don Dailey
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Jouni Valkonen wrote: > Wow, this is great. I believe it is the greatest gobot challenge game > since gobots learned to beat pros at 9×9 board. Does we have Tromp's blitz > games against CS and ZenD for a reference? > > I think that the most interesting thing will

Re: [Computer-go] CrazyStone in the 5-dan footsteps of Zen

2012-01-11 Thread Don Dailey
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 4:39 AM, Rémi Coulom wrote: > Thanks Jouni for buying Crazy Stone. And yes, Don, there is an Android > version. > Thanks, I found it on the Android Market and purchased my copy. Someone complained that it does not play as well on the Android as it does on a 24 core com

Re: [Computer-go] CrazyStone in the 5-dan footsteps of Zen

2012-01-11 Thread Vlad Dumitrescu
Hi, On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 15:07, Don Dailey wrote: > Thanks,   I found it on the Android Market and purchased my copy. I just did that too (especially since it's on sale at only €2,99), and one thing that I'm not happy about is that when a game is finished, there is no way to contest the scori

Re: [Computer-go] CrazyStone in the 5-dan footsteps of Zen

2012-01-11 Thread Rémi Coulom
Hi Vlad, Sorry for your medal. I don't do the UI stuff, but I'll forward your remark to Unbalance. Or if you can send the position with the wrong scoring to me, I'll try to make CS score it correctly. Rémi On 11 janv. 2012, at 15:24, Vlad Dumitrescu wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 1

Re: [Computer-go] Announce: GoBet II

2012-01-11 Thread Stefan Kaitschick
do you know what hardware Zen will be using? I would give Zen19 an 80% chance and Zen19D a 95% chance of winning. Unless you get saved by a rare bug, to beat Zen you need to outplay Zen in the fuseki. But for that it usually takes at least 4d strength. some tips for the underdog: contest zen for

Re: [Computer-go] CrazyStone in the 5-dan footsteps of Zen

2012-01-11 Thread Vlad Dumitrescu
Hi Rémi, On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 16:28, Rémi Coulom wrote: > Sorry for your medal. I don't do the UI stuff, but I'll forward your remark > to Unbalance. Or if you can send the position with the wrong scoring to me, > I'll try to make CS score it correctly. It's not a problem for me, but though

Re: [Computer-go] CrazyStone in the 5-dan footsteps of Zen

2012-01-11 Thread Aja Huang
Hi Vlad, Do you mean the case in the attached example "semeai_scoring.sgf"? In a seki of a dead group with a square of four, the other side must have a big eye as well. The bottom-right corner is such an example, where it's all White's territory. In the bottom-left corner. It can't be a seki.

Re: [Computer-go] Announce: GoBet II

2012-01-11 Thread Darren Cook
The details on the GoBet II match have now been finalized. It will start this Friday evening (in U.S.; Saturday morning in Japan). > When: During January 2012 (exactly when will be announced soon) New York time (for John): Fri, Jan 13, 8pm Sat, Jan 14, 8pm Sun, Jan 15, 8pm Mon, Jan 16, 8