User talk:Duncanmeech

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Gomoku program
Hi and welcome.

It seems that you are interested in writing a strong gomoku program; now your application is quite weak. A few comments:
 * 1) Program which thinks 30 secs before closing opponent's four is doing something wrong.
 * 2) Program which can't surely win with black (while having 30 secs per move which is far more than enough) is doing something wrong.
 * 3) Program which makes 3-3 instead of closing opponent's VCF (victory on continuous fours) is doing something wrong.
 * 4) Program which plays with 30 secs delay is boring, nobody will play online. On the other hand, it's engine is weak, so nobody will use it for position analyzing.
 * 5) The last, but not the least. It isn't that interesting to create a gomoku program which plays unrestricted gomoku and is able to definitely win with black. Strong renju program is a much more interesting challenge since all known renju programs can't repeatedly beat top-players.

I can dive deeper in details if you wish. Hope these comments were useful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Renju player (talk • contribs) 08:06, 28 July 2012 (UTC)