Re: [Bug-gnubg] why no resign from GNU bg?

[Richard Buckle]

On 4 Nov 2008, at 21:36, Nis Jørgensen wrote:

> Joseph Heled skrev:
> > It shows 1.000 on the panel.
>
> And? As you seem to be aware, this is a rounded value.
>
> > I would like to set a user threshold (which you can arbitrarily  
> > max at
> > 0.0005 or whatever) to decide when it is hopeless.
>
> I am trying to teach beginners NOT to give up in positions like this
> one. I quite strongly oppose including such a feature in gnubg - the
> options are complex enough already.
>
> Nis

Seconded. I too quite strongly oppose this suggestion.

GnuBG should only resign when the position is *provably* hopeless,  
because this is how any rational player with real money at stake  
would behave. Any glimmer of a hope means you play on. Personally I  
would immediately lose all respect for any human opponent who  
resigned prematurely over the table in the way that Joseph advocates,  
however slim the odds.

Also, as Nis said, the options are already complex enough without  
having to include a new one that would, I think, best be labelled in  
the UI as "coward factor".

Just my two pence,
Richard.