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BBH & I were debating of how we should score these games. And here's what we came up as a motion.
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You start at ONE credit(and 100 seconds), at the easiest level.(level E, 800 rating).

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If you win, you may feed another credit in and proceed at the harder level. If you lose, your game is over regardless of time left.

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The score would equal the opponents rating * your score.

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So if you play against the next-to-hardest opponent(2000 rating), and you scored 25 points. You would score 50,000 points for that game. Add the points up that way.

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What do you think? GB9

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goldengameboy@yahoo.com

This game may end up being a problem on MARP. It is a game I've taken
much interest in. A simplified version was put into the PC game 'The
7th Guest' which got a lot of discussion at the time. I don't know if
an ultimate strategy is yet known but several people have had a crack
at writing software solutions/computer algorithms to solve this
puzzle - I know I have. Some use brute force that 'look n moves
ahead' where n is as large as memory/stack will endure while others
use cunning variants based on reasonable heuristics. I anticipate
that some people may have access to these programs and may begin
running the solve program and feeding it the ataxx moves and
basically facing off the AI's against each other. With todays cpu's,
Ataxx's AI probably doesn't have a chance. A pity because Ataxx is an
awesome game. I expect that fair play will prevail on a reputable
site like MARP but we need to be aware of the possibilities. Over the
next few weeks I'll be testing my AI program out on Ataxx, I'll let
you know how I fair and how easy it is to 'face off' Ataxx against a
computer AI.

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tjmorrow@bigpond.com

I'm a bit confused as to your scoring scheme. Just to clarify, do you
propose that we have to play all opponents from easiest to hardest?
i.e. Colony (E) rated 800, then Droolman (D) rated 1200, then Mush
Man (C) rated 1700, then Gorgon (B) rated 2000, then Cephalo Man (A)
rated 2200.

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By score do you mean the number of blobs you have converted. Is your
score summed over each of the 5 matches? i.e.

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Score = sum over all matches i of score_match_i * Oppononent_Rating_i

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If so then I don't mind. If on the other hand you want to score based
only on the highest rated player played then I don't like the
proposal as it stands. You might play well through 4 of the opponents
and then get wiped on Cephalo Man with a score of 0*2200 = 0.

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I would also like to see the remaining time be considered for points
as well although I don't know how much weight should be given.

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One anomaly that the above doesn't address is the early win. You
might wipe the enemy by converting all his blobs before the board is
half filled and not get much of a score. Extra credit should be
awarded for being able to do this I think as it is particularly
difficult to do. I think the score difference between you and the
opponent is a better measure of performance.

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tjmorrow@bigpond.com

yeah i like the number of blobs you have times the opponents rating,
i think time should only be added into the score when we make the
game an all tg recordings game (so we can make sure no one uses
pauses.) plus in ataxxj there is no timer that tallys the whole
game, only one for a single move.

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churritz@cts.com

Wait a minute...
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Here is what I want to know...

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Why in the heck are we discussing an alternative scoring system, when
the game itself has it's own scoring system. Just becuase someone
doesn't like it can allow us to go ahead and replace it with whatever
we like, if you beat a harder opponent, it rewards your points, if
you lose, you go down, depending on how you faired. If you fair well
against a tough opponent, then you can stay even or even higher.

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cparsley1@hotmail.com

The answer Chris is that we're avoiding a massive tie that we'd get
with one credit. Even multiple credits can force a massive tie with
this difficulty.

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goldengameboy@yahoo.com

gb, that wouldn't happen.
You are allowed to choose against any of the 5 competitors, and the
only way to effect a tie score would be to score the same EXACT
number of pieces on the opponent...
The game takes into effect the rank of the opponent you play, and how
big (or little) you win (lose) against that player. I'll break down
the formula the game uses later. Also it helps players who think
quickly, because you can get two matches in under the 100 count on 1
credit. (Although we might want to think of switching this game to
TGMAME only as soon as it's feasible.)

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cparsley1@hotmail.com

This is untrue, i just played Droolman winning with 31 and losing to
mushman with 11 reds, and got 1241. then i won with droolman with 33
and lost to mushman 21 reds and got 1241. I should have ranked a lot
more losing with many more reds in my second game but still got the
same score. the ataxx ranking sytem does NOT take into account the
pieces you win or lose by. which is why we need to add this to our
scoring system to eliminate ties.

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the ataxxj also does a similar thing but gives a higher score for
winning droolman. 1700.

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churritz@cts.com