I glanced back at puzzle 24 and am wondering about 46+f. The back prong allows 46 to shadow 55's moves and block 64. Blue can add forward and back prongs to...
Hi, Dean. I'm glad you made me think about this one some more. (I'm also glad to catch a typo in the way I was listing my moves -- sorry about that.) I revised...
Looking at the highscore table for the robot, it seems as though the robot does better when moving first. The win-loss contrast is most apparent at 8 ply; ...
I don't quite understand what Yahoo! has in mind when it changes our club format. I'd prefer not to transform this low-impact forum into a spam session, with ...
I heard today that the new boxes, boards, and plastic pieces are on their way, for inspection. They'll probably need all sorts of adjustments, but we're...
The latest puzzle (#4)is designed to extend the search horizon beyond just a few ply.<br><br>I'd be curious to know if the robot AI's out there can solve...
Puzzle 4 took the computer a few minutes to find the answer at 11 ply (I'm pleased to report that my solution was right). I'm less sure (but still *pretty* ...
www.octi.net is changing with the release of the new editions of Octi. For a peek at the new look and feel, see<br><br><a href=http://www.dev-jg.com/octi...
One free game will be shipped out to each person who sets the high scores on...<br><br>1. level 8 or<br>2. level 9 or<br>3. level 10<br><br>against Aaron's ...
Octi on-line has been sick all week. Hopefully, it will be back in action soon.<br><br>Just posted a new Octi6x7 puzzle. Like puzzle #5, this one tries to ...
My apologies for the delay (I have neither remote nor physical access currently, and had to have the isp reboot the machine for me). Anyhow its up now. Go...
Puzzle #7 is pretty open ended, but at least I'm pretty sure that Red can defend from its current position. <br><br>www.octi.net/puzzles.html<br><br>I'll ...
www.octi.net has changed its look. <br><br>When I get back from the Toy Fair, I'll update the links so that there the new naming conventions are used. By then,...
Here's a quick report on what I'm up to here in NYC. First off, attendance at this year's fair is down 20%, perhaps reflecting the weak economy or concerns ...
That's amazing, Chuck. Way to go!<br><br>I'd love to have a game, when there's a free moment. (Don't you hate it when games get crowded out of a busy ...
I've been playing a lot of Octi, as you can imagine, and came up with a couple new puzzles, based on some cute moves I've seen. I posted them on the puzzles ...
I'm slogging through the various links, changing the naming conventions and updating the Octi-X rules to eliminate the repositioning rule. Hopefully, I haven't...
Aaron's new high score table is up and running. The old initials have been wiped, so feel free to put yours on! Now, the policy is only one high score per ...
Thanks to Aaron's bot, the solution to puzzle 8 has been revised. Sure, Blue has a great move, but Red has an even better reply!<br><br>Cheers,<br>Don...
I'm thinking of having the robot tournament sometime in October. Is that okay?<br><br>As is our custom, we'll have an Octi6x7 and an Octi9x9 tourney, with the...
Here's the first cut at an Octi flash tutorial. Please give us comments and corrections!<br><br><a href=http://www.octi.net/flashtutorial/octiflash.htm...
Two good places to get the word out would be :<br><br>comp.ai.games news group<br><br>and Steven Woodcock's game AI page:<br><br>www.gameai.com<br><br>-jason...
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