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Bot Comparison redux. Rollateers needed.

Posted By: Phil Simborg
Date: Sunday, 14 August 2011, at 10:22 a.m.

In Response To: Bot Comparison redux. Rollateers needed. (Michael Depreli)

While I found these comparisons of bots very interesting, informative, and important in the past, is there any doubt of what the outcome is likely to be now? If we truly are comparing XG to Snowie and GNU, isn't is just a question of "how much faster and better XG is than the others?"

For us "ordinary bears" we already have enough confidence in XG to serve our purposes in finding the right plays and cube decisions. The things I am most curious about are:

1. xgr+ vs. xgr++ accuracy

2. xgr++ vs. a stat sig rollout accuracy

3. Do we still have any areas where a Giant might be smarter than the bot?

4. Is the luck factor truly calculating luck properly and giving enough weight to the one joker on the last roll of the match?

5. Just how accurate are the take points and POG based on the R-K tables?

6. Why do the race formulas seem to be wrong so much of the time, and how can we know which formula to use when?

7. How can we squeeze more information out of the numbers to give us more insights into "why" something is right instead of just "what" is right?

Again, my intention is not to undermine or denigrate these efforts, but rather to encourage tackling questions that might be more useful than simply knowing which bot is best, which I think we already know pretty decisively.

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