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aaaa
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Step distributions
« on: Jul 14th, 2012, 3:16pm » |
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I got a request to show how players distribute their steps among the different piece types. The result is on the wiki.
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Fritzlein
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Re: Step distributions
« Reply #1 on: Jul 17th, 2012, 5:35pm » |
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Interesting; thanks for posting this. I wonder whether my proportions have changed over the years as my playing style has changed.
Two quickies that I notice: (1) Naveed moves the enemy camel more than any other experienced played. This jibes perfectly with my observation of his playing style as being totally focused on taking a camel hostage. (2) Hanzack and chessandgo move their dogs rather more than average. This makes me suspect I am too focused on EMHH and need to see the piece relationships further down the board.
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Re: Step distributions
« Reply #2 on: Jul 18th, 2012, 10:20am » |
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You are a wise man Fritz.
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Re: Step distributions
« Reply #3 on: Aug 6th, 2012, 8:27am » |
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nice, thanks aaaa
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Re: Step distributions
« Reply #4 on: Aug 8th, 2012, 8:45am » |
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very interesting... can you make it sortable by WHRH?
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Re: Step distributions
« Reply #5 on: Aug 8th, 2012, 10:18am » |
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So PMertens focuses far more on rabbit-pulling than other top players. I wonder if that's because he played more in the defensive era of Arimaa or because he really enjoys playing with enemy rabbits? I suspect the latter, but it's probably a combination of both.
I'm surprised at how extreme my results are. I'm moving my rabbits too often, my elephant not enough and I really should chase the enemy camel more 
If these stats actually do correlate with playing style then I'm probably most similar to Blue22, Harren and Chegorimaa.
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Re: Step distributions
« Reply #6 on: Aug 8th, 2012, 10:27am » |
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Most players move their elephant most often. I expect this is because they rarely lost it during the game. Similarly owner's rabbits are moved often as they remain the whole game.
I would definitely bet the rabbits are much more active in the endings and most of the games end by a rabbit step.
I expect the statistic has small meaning in the endings and I would be much more interested in its restriction to the opennings.
Here are some filter ideas:
A) First X turns in a game (X about 20?)
B) Turns prior first capture.
C) Turns while each player has each kind of piece
D) Whole game is counted
I suppose results of D) were presented, all remaining cases seemed to me have value.
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Re: Step distributions
« Reply #7 on: Aug 9th, 2012, 12:42pm » |
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The default order of the table is now based on WHR.
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