When the Yale Statlab reopens on Monday, the bots, *sniff*, have to go away -- at least until we find a dedicated platform for them somewhere. So enjoy the...
Hi Andy, AFAIK, we haven't discussed yet writing a report on this year's tournament, although it's something that we should do. I wrote a report on last...
Andy's message reminded me of the horribly out-of-date list I have of extant Octi programs. If you have an Octi program (or description thereof) available...
... work? ... The computer programs I'm aware of all basically work like chess programs do. An overview of how chess programs work is given by tony Marsland...
Let me throw this question out to the group: What are "typical" strategies for Octi games? For example, this might be a prototypical three-square game: 1....
... This is a neat question, and I've had fun mulling it over. Another motif in Octi (3-base) is to offer a sacrifice that has the dual purpose of drawing an...
I miss those bots at Octi on-line...*sniff* I am just waiting on a network card for a computer that will reside at the Yale Statlab. Once it's up, it will run...
Hi. I don't like to post non-Octi related stuff at the group site, but I thought you might like to see my latest game, which will be shown at the NY Toy Fair...
Steve at the Statlab is finding that the AI programs we were using before are crashing on the new dedicated machine (which is a bit older and slower that the...
I go off to NY tomorrow to meet Shay Buchinsky, inventor of the chess AI called Junior, and to see Junior play Kasparov at the NY Athletic Club (an odd venue...
I attended the FIDE chess match between Deep Junior and Garry Kasparov on Sunday night, dining with the Deep Junior programming team after the game. I have...
I just attended game five of the Kasparov vs. Deep Junior match, this time watching from the so-called VIP room. The game was quite striking because the...
I'll visit Toy Fair on Tuesday. Unfortunately, GATCO will not have a booth this year, due to health problems among the owners. That's not great news for...
Charles, thanks for a great synopsis of the games. It's really a nice archive. Perhaps others may want to add their play-by-play commentary about particular...
After several weeks of going cold turkey, we finally got an AI bot back up at Octi on-line. Thanks to Jeff and Steve for their help. We're currently running...
Hi All, I'm currently planning an Octi Tournament March 22-23. March 22 will see all rounds except the championship. March 23 will be the championship. All...
Since the proposed tourney fell during spring break, we'll reschedule. We're still workout out the dates... MSO Cambridge will host some sort of Octi event...
Hi. I've had a lot of fun over the past months playing Octi on Richard's pbem server. If your so inclined, sign up at gamerz.net and challenge me (my id is...
According to the rules of OCTI, a player has complete control over whether or not to capture a jumped piece, and that choice to capture is made on the level of...
The Fourth Annual Octi Robot Tournament is just around the corner...well, not really. It's way off, somewhere around the time that the semester ends at Yale...
The Fourth Annual Octi Robot Tournament is just around the corner...well, not really. It's way off, somewhere around the time that the semester ends at Yale...
Kids from Israel will be playing on line at 6:00 AM EST on Monday. Stop by if you're around. If you have a 6x7 bot, please fire it up, so that these...
I am coordinating with Dan to meet the children who won the Mind Game Olympics, which included Octi as one of its four events. It looks as though the meeting...
Hi, I moderate the Pente2 group at Yahoo, and we have been experiencing problems with spam also. The best way to deal with it seems to make the club...
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