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Re:DeepMind StarCraft II Demonstration [video] by jpdus on Thursday January 24, 2019 @01:43PM (#18991586)
I am somewhat disappointed that they stream only hand-picked replays. For a big, announced presentation, they should be at a stage to stream live games (like OpenAI did with Dota).

However, apart from that great work by Deepmind and I am excited to follow the progress in this area.

Re:DeepMind StarCraft II Demonstration [video] by kamkha on Thursday January 24, 2019 @03:05PM (#18992395)
They're streaming a single live game right now! They explained that the research build of the game being used doesn't have an "observer" mode so it's not quite suitable for streaming live games — and, in fact, the games that they were showing were played over a month ago. (The current live game is being shown from the human player's point of view, and as such is a bit… dizzying.)
Re:DeepMind StarCraft II Demonstration [video] by riprock on Thursday January 24, 2019 @02:03PM (#18991826)
They just announced there will be live streamed game(s) after Mana's series.
Re:DeepMind StarCraft II Demonstration [video] by Veedrac on Thursday January 24, 2019 @03:53PM (#18992830)
> For a big, announced presentation, they should be at a stage to stream live games (like OpenAI did with Dota).

This is such an inane complaint. They didn't do it all live because they have results they want to show and don't have observer mode because they've been focusing on research and don't want to delay things.

Re:DeepMind StarCraft II Demonstration [video] by pbalau on Thursday January 24, 2019 @02:04PM (#18991837)
They said all replays will be posted online.
Re:DeepMind StarCraft II Demonstration [video] by soohyung on Thursday January 24, 2019 @02:03PM (#18991828)
Apparently there is going to be a live exhibition match after showing the replays of the matches against TLO and Mana.