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(Message started by: tize on Apr 21^st, 2009, 10:19am)

Title: Bait and Tackle
Post by tize on Apr 21^st, 2009, 10:19am

In game 103474 you can see marwin accept the camel as a bait, is that the right thing to do? I mean should you always decline the bait or is a camel compensation enough?

Title: Re: Bait and Tackle
Post by Fritzlein on Apr 21^st, 2009, 10:46am

I'm not the most experienced with bait and tackle, but my gut reaction is that a camel sacrifice for a blockade should accepted in nearly every circumstance. Rather than teaching marwin to try to avoid taking poisoned camels, you should teach it to try to break blockades.

Title: Re: Bait and Tackle
Post by jdb on Apr 21^st, 2009, 6:35pm

For bait and tackle, if they offer a horse take it, if they offer a dog decline.

Once the horse is taken, only advance your pieces to free the elephant, do not advance rabbits.

Title: Re: Bait and Tackle
Post by Arimabuff on Apr 22^nd, 2009, 12:24pm

A blockade is very hard to maintain if the bot fights it with every move. It's almost impossible if you're missing a camel or even a horse.

Be positive... teach your bot to break the blockade...

Title: Re: Bait and Tackle
Post by tize on Apr 25^th, 2009, 12:24am

I wasn't sure about the camel but you guys think that I should let him take the horse as well. I will leave him as he is for now then (taking camels and declining horses) and try to teach him to break a blockade, then maybe allow him to take horses as well.

Thanks for your oppinion!