Related to ur project For GSoC 2010
I have been playing statergy games like AOE, AOM, Rise of nations for long time. And I am master of these games.
And I have developed AI For Mancala game for college competition AI wars, I admit that it is so simple to develop. But what I want to point is I know basics of AI design. (I read them during developing AI for this game)
I have basic knowledge of Qt, and I have good knowledge of C++. And Qt is not that difficult if u are clear in C++ basics.
I just wanted to know this project in detail. And I will really love to get chance to develop AI for this game.  
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