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I just rented a pair of GIBs to sit as opponents to me and a mentee in the MBC.
Silly me, I told GIB to take as long as permitted to think about its bids and plays (I wanted it to play a sensible game).
Well, it played a sensible game, but it took an absolute AGE thinking about the hands.
That is not a complaint, but it concerns me that GIB appears to take NOTHING LIKE so much time when it is playing in robot tourneys.
A possible explanation might be that the server devotes massively more resources to GIBs that are taking part in tourneys. Please someone tell me that this is the case? I am not sure that I am entirely happy about that, having actually paid for the GIBs that are playing at my table at the MBC, but I can see that the price paid is cheaper so perhaps fair game.
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Thinking time
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Posted 2013-July-06, 09:56
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
s
t
r-m
nd
ing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2013-July-06, 15:56
You only get thinking time parameter on the old downloadable PC client, on which GIB computes on your own machine. This can be quite slow especially if you have an older machine. The tourney GIBs and the one that operate on the web client are running on BBO's server farm. I imagine it's most likely they can't devote as much time as to truly maximize GIB's capabilities, it has to be in line with the amount of revenue they are drawing from the tourneys etc.
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Posted 2013-July-06, 16:57
Except GIB locks up on my playing Solitaire so long that they close the table. As long as it free I don't care about it.
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