Okay. If you set up two identical computers, both loaded with the Complete Oxford Dictionary, and had them play LAN Scrabble against each other for like, months, would their scores remain roughly equal?
2007-03-25 03:12:01 · 7 answers · asked by Voight-Kampff 3 in Games & Recreation ➔ Board Games
Yes...see the Scrabble robots at Scrabulous - http://www.scrabulous.com - they play hundreds of games everyday but their rating rarely differs by over 50 points!
So if they play a computer, that is robot vs. robot, the scores will pretty much remain the same as the win percentage for both will be nearly equal.
2007-03-25 03:15:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The are people who have done similar experiments, but they used the official word source for tournaments sanctioned by the National Scrabble Association. As I recall there was about a 5% advantage to going first, but I am not sure about scores being equal
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I think the luck of the draw would be more important.than word knowledge in this case.
Chances are a bot will always play the highest-scoring word,. That might be a mistake, as an eschange is usually smarter than a one-letter play.
2007-03-25 08:18:52 · answer #2 · answered by Dawn G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very interesting question! I don't know if anyone has researched if Scrabble has a first mover advantage. For sure, it seems that way because you start with a double word score.
Chess doesn't have a first mover advantage because a computer pitted against a computer goes 50-50 no matter who starts, but I doubt if someone has researched this for Scrabble.
2007-03-25 03:16:45 · answer #3 · answered by Cool Frood 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as far as skill goes the answer would be sure...but you have the factors of word position..bonus squares.. as well as the fact that letters are picked at random, which creates an advantage to one over the other......basically the same as people playing, except with a few words that no one in the speaking language(s) has ever heard of!!
2007-03-25 03:31:07 · answer #4 · answered by mbm052969 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no even though they are the same computer their scores will be different because scrabble on the comuter is random.
2007-03-25 06:32:01 · answer #5 · answered by Kayla Marie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well its still luck of the ddraw what letteres you get isnt it so the scores could still differ quite a bit
2007-03-25 03:15:13 · answer #6 · answered by MARIE S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would guess they would cheat and use words lke'em' and 'en' - printers letter spacing. Well, I'd lose I know that much, I am so bad at scabble.......
2007-03-25 05:00:53 · answer #7 · answered by confused 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋