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Originally Posted by ezdonkey
I don't see why this would be a good proposition for WCG/Donger if they're doing it pro bono. Unless they get some kick out of publicity of course.
If I would be #1 NLHU player in the world I would sure as hell not give free HHs to any bot developer so they can afterwards review and develop it further. Sounds like they're hurting their bottom line as NLHU players. Granted, it'll still take years until a bot could beat them, but I wouldn't be giving any insight on my play why I'm #1 in a particular game.
I don't think that much information will be gained by watching WGC play NL. The information on how to play great HUNL is already out there, and although we may get to see a few novelties from WGC, some of which may trickle down the stakes, good players are not going to start playing much better from just watching him. And anyways, the community already can view great HU players in action. Take primordialAA's twitch stream for example
It's somewhat similar to watching Magnus Carlsen play chess. We may get to see some original opening novelties, but 90% of the skill gap (99.9% in chess) will have to be gained through other means.
Anyways, has this been confirmed from another source? OP's link is down.
As for my match speculation, I think that it will be very close. I think that if adaptations are necessary to beat Claudico, they won't be obvious, and that the match should naturally have high variance. I still think that WGC and Donger are a favorite, but it seriously wouldn't surprise me if the bot comes out on top of it all.
Last edited by RussianRoulette; 04-20-2015 at 07:19 PM.