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Re: tic-tac-toe - Clearing the board
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Fri, 4 Nov 2005 18:41:53 GMT
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On Fri, November 4, 2005 11:23 am, John Brost wrote:
> I'm really on the fence. I just think it may limit either the number of
> entrants, or the number of competitive entrants. On competition day I'd like to
> see many (a dozen?) competitive robots, not 3 or 4 that are head and shoulders
> above the rest because they can clear the board and get the bonus.
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> I may build something to clear the board either way, because I need to learn
> about making RCXs communicate with each other anyway and this seems like as good
> of a time as any.
This is kind of tough. My initial thought was to "tip the scale" towards a robot
that can not only play, but also clear the board.
However, I doubt anyone will be able to build a robot, then go back and add-on the
"Clear-the-board" feature. It will have to be designed in from the start. And, I
doubt a single robot that can both play and clear the board can play as fast as a
play-only robot.
So, in order for a board-clearing robot to win, the bonus must be large.
hmm.
Steve
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| For now, I think I'm falling onto the side of "no bonus". Mostly, I want this to be a tic-tac-toe challenge. I'm assuming that if we get a dozen entries for example, then there will be a broad enough range of skill levels that the bonus won't really (...) (19 years ago, 4-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| (...) I'm really on the fence. I just think it may limit either the number of entrants, or the number of competitive entrants. On competition day I'd like to see many (a dozen?) competitive robots, not 3 or 4 that are head and shoulders above the (...) (19 years ago, 4-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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