Re: [Bug-gnubg] gnubg "personalities"

[Rich Heimlich]

Joseph Heled wrote:
> Personally, I think bot personality is very hard to pull off, and I
> would be very much interested to finally see zbot in action, even
> without any personality.
>   

That's where my post was coming in. For decades now the industry has 
worked to bring personalities to these kinds of games so I find it 
rather impossible to believe that Douglas has traipsed on virgin ground 
here. As far as it being very hard to pull off, it's not trivial but 
it's not impossible.

As it is now, the "bot" plays pretty much the same way every single 
game. Humans don't do that. However, perhaps a pro can fill me in here. 
Is backgammon so limited that world-class players all make the same 
exact plays in the same exact situations? I would have thought not. I've 
never been to a backgammon tournament but I have to believe that some 
opponents are social (chatty, warm) while others would be deadly serious 
and possibly even downright icy or acerbic. Those elements can be 
extended to the computer player in GNUBG.