Tournament Announcement
John Metcalf
Perhaps the most compelling difference between everyday hill play and a
corewar tournament is the shift of emphasis. The overall performance
of a player increases in importance while that of individual warriors
lessens. With this in mind I decided to organise a tournament.
Prizes are to be awarded in a variety of categories which will include
best overall, best newcomer and best performance in a single round.
The tournament will have 5 rounds. A player's total tournament score
will be the sum of his (or her) highest 4 scores from individual rounds.
Good Luck!
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ROUND 1: TINY CORE (Deadline: 30th March 2002)
The opening round will take place using the tiny hill parameters. Each
player may enter up to two warriors. All warriors will play in a round
robin tournament with no self-fights, three points for a win, one point
for a tie. A player's score is that of his highest scoring warrior.
pmars -s 800 -p 800 -c 8000 -l 20 -d 20 -P
Look what scores well on Koenigstuhl's infinite tiny hill, find out how
it works, and then try to beat it! Look what hasn't been tried in tiny
yet, then give it a try. Entries to grump...@hotmail.com please.
PINs are not allowed. Other forms of hand-shaking are fine. Entries
will be made public soon after the results are announced.
If entering two warriors, please make sure they really are different,
not the same program with different steps, distances, etc.
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ROUND 2: BIG LP NO-PSPACE (Deadline: ???)
pmars -s 55440 -p 8 -c 500000 -l 200 -d 200
No annoying imps here :-) Again, you may enter up to two warriors.
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Ransom Smith
> S P R I N G / S U M M E R 2 0 0 2 C O R E W A R T O U R N A M E N T
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Ooh, a tournament? But I'm so rusty....
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> ROUND 1: TINY CORE (Deadline: 30th March 2002)
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Tiny? Tiny is good, I seemed to do well with that last time.
> ROUND 2: BIG LP NO-PSPACE (Deadline: ???)
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We'll see how I fare here.
Incidentally, thanks for fwding it to my email address as well -- I wouldn't
have caught it just here.
--
In memory yet green, in joy still felt,
The scenes of life rise sharply into view.
We triumph; Life's disasters are undealt,
And while all else is old, the world is new.
Winston Bean
Just wanted to say that I appreciate these liberal deadlines -- more
time to tinker is always good. I personally wouldn't be adverse to a 10
month tournament. BTW, what sort of strategies are people thinking of
for Round 2? Anyone working on "smart" warriors?
-Winston
Winston Bean
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*cough cough* GRABUN *cough*
-Winston