[Edit to erase a stupid rant]
I like the variety of bots, and that they can be many different things.
Still not sure about them changing human ratings. Of course a bot rated 1500 could very well be an extra person in the world, who's rated 1500. But thousands of bots that are much stronger than the human average could certainly affect the rating distribution.
I like the variety of bots, and that they can be many different things.
Still not sure about them changing human ratings. Of course a bot rated 1500 could very well be an extra person in the world, who's rated 1500. But thousands of bots that are much stronger than the human average could certainly affect the rating distribution.
Seems like a great improvement. HOWEVER, the choice of allowing BOTs to change human ratings is a mistake that will disrupt our rating distribution charts producing huge and unfortunate shifts, just like happens in ICC (chessclub.com). I just took snapshots of it so that everyone can see the distortion beginning in a few months from now. imgur.com/a/Os2mbga
Bots probalby wont change anything... but hell yeah let's get soe gear for my onboard cpu and make some bots from south america suffer... Simple whuaaa
Can we create a bot account and then play with manual computer assistance?
Yes, we can... MUHAHAHA
@finlip yes. It is up to you to select how your bot will get the moves.
Lichess developers: thank you for this change. Great addition to lichess. If it is possible it would be nice to have some leaderboard for bots and ability to search for bot games. Now we have 'human opponent', 'computer opponent'. It would be nice to add 'bot opponent'.
Lichess developers: thank you for this change. Great addition to lichess. If it is possible it would be nice to have some leaderboard for bots and ability to search for bot games. Now we have 'human opponent', 'computer opponent'. It would be nice to add 'bot opponent'.
@nikolajtesla just some shots into the dark .... computer oppunents are NEVER bots
@finlip You are talking about Cyborg account. That's not the same as a BOT, thus not allowed. Yet, I do encourage Lichess to support Cyborg accounts too in future. And I don't think Cyborg accounts would disrupt our rating distribution in the way BOT accounts will.
+1 to #3.
Bots shouldn't be able to change human ratings.
Bots while potentially very strong are also potentially very predictable. A human could easily exploit this to play the same winning line against a bot over and over. A bot could be programmed to automatically resign after an exact series of moves that would never be played by accident, allowing potentially difficult to detect rating manipulation. And it's difficult to decide who to blame, the bot programmer, or those who take advantage of it.
Bots shouldn't be able to change human ratings.
Bots while potentially very strong are also potentially very predictable. A human could easily exploit this to play the same winning line against a bot over and over. A bot could be programmed to automatically resign after an exact series of moves that would never be played by accident, allowing potentially difficult to detect rating manipulation. And it's difficult to decide who to blame, the bot programmer, or those who take advantage of it.
This topic has been archived and can no longer be replied to.