Issue 50 11 November, 1996
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Core Warrior is a weekly newsletter promoting the game of corewar. Emphasis
is placed on the most active hills--currently the '94 draft hill and the
beginner hill. Coverage will follow where ever the action is. If you have
no clue what I'm talking about then check out these five-star internet locals
for more information:
FAQs are available by anonymous FTP from rtfm.mit.edu as
pub/usenet/news.answers/games/corewar-faq.Z
FTP site is: ftp.csua.berkeley.edu /pub/corewar
Web pages are at: (Please note new Stormking's address)
http://www.koth.org/ ;Stormking
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~pizza/koth ;Pizza
http://pauillac.inria.fr/~doligez/corewar/ ;Planar
Newbies should check the stormking page for the FAQ, language specification,
guides, and tutorials. Post questions to rec.games.corewar. All new players
are infinitely welcome!
If ftp.csua.berkeley.edu is unreachable, you can download pMARS at:
Terry's web page--http://www.infi.net/~wtnewton/corewar/
Planar ftp site--ftp://ftp.inria.fr/INRIA/Projects/para/doligez/cw/pmars
Fechter ftp site--ftp://members.aol.com/ofechner/corewar
A collection of Bezzi's hints in the first issues is available at:
ftp://ftp.volftp.vol.it/pub/pc/msdos/games/solutions/bbhints.zip
Beppe Bezzi web page - http://www.aspide.it/freeweb/Bezzi
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Greetings.
Stefan has released a new faster version of pmars; the source of new sim.c
is available at
ftp://koth.org/incoming/sim.zip
soon coming a full release of pmars
Elimination rounds of the tornament are over and Final Four direct
elimination part has began. The best four challenging for final victory are
Ian Oversby, winning all five matches played, Philip Kendall, Franz and
George Eadon.
--Beppe Bezzi
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Current Status of the Internet Pizza Server ICWS '94 Draft Hill:
Hill Specs:
coresize: 8000
max. processes: 8000
duration: after 80,000 cycles, a tie is declared.
max. entry length: 100
minimum distance: 100
rounds fought: 200
instruction set: ICWS '94 Draft
The current ICWS '94 Draft hill:
# %W / %L / %T Name Author Score Age
1 40.0/ 21.7/ 38.2 unrequited love kafka 158.4 222
2 45.4/ 37.3/ 17.3 The Machine Anton Marsden 153.5 30
3 34.9/ 17.0/ 48.1 Trident^2 John K W 152.9 54
4 33.1/ 13.7/ 53.2 Return Of The Jedimp John K W 152.5 124
5 38.8/ 26.0/ 35.3 Gigolo Core Warrior staff 151.5 178
6 45.3/ 44.9/ 9.7 Memories Beppe 145.7 38
7 42.2/ 39.7/ 18.1 Probe Anton Marsden 144.7 302
8 41.2/ 38.0/ 20.9 Damage Incorporated Anton Marsden 144.3 165
9 42.9/ 41.8/ 15.3 Blur 2 Anton Marsden 144.1 301
10 38.9/ 33.8/ 27.3 Tiberius 3.1 Franz 144.1 41
11 31.9/ 20.2/ 47.9 Impish v0.2 Ian Oversby 143.5 163
12 40.8/ 40.2/ 19.0 Silver Talon 1.2 Edgar 141.4 11
13 36.6/ 32.1/ 31.3 Nine Seven Six M R bremer 141.0 14
14 32.3/ 24.0/ 43.7 Rosebud Beppe 140.7 975
15 40.3/ 40.5/ 19.2 vamp 0.2b bjoern guenzel 140.2 1
16 37.9/ 35.9/ 26.2 CC Paper 2 Franz 140.0 13
17 41.1/ 43.4/ 15.5 AK-47 Franz 138.8 16
18 42.6/ 47.6/ 9.8 Q^2 Miro Anders Ivner 137.7 352
19 35.3/ 33.3/ 31.3 Falcon v0.3 Ian Oversby 137.3 207
20 32.7/ 28.2/ 39.1 delay 0.02b 50 bjoern guenzel 137.2 5
21 38.4/ 39.8/ 21.7 Instant Wolf 3.4 Edgar 137.0 185
22 37.1/ 37.6/ 25.3 Scanitator 2.1 Christian Schmidt 136.6 2
23 40.6/ 45.4/ 14.0 Flamberge 13.4 Matt Lewinski 135.7 3
24 39.2/ 43.2/ 17.6 Goldfinch P.Kline 135.3 243
25 39.4/ 43.8/ 16.7 Dr. Gate Q Franz 135.0 7
Weekly age: 5 this week ( 15 last issue, 13 the week before )
New warriors: 4 Turnover/age rate 80%
Average age: 146( 152 last issue, 173 the week before )
Average score: 143 ( 138 last issue, 136 the week before )
The top 25 warriors are represented by 13 independent authors: Franz and
Marsden with 4; Oversby 3; and Beppe and JKW have two. C. Schmidt makes the
hill for first time
King Report: very little to report, unrequited love kept best spot all the week.
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94 - What's New
# %W / %L / %T Name Author Score Age
8 37.6/ 36.9/ 25.5 Scanitator 2.1 Christian Schmidt 138.3 1
14 38.3/ 41.8/ 19.9 vamp 0.2b bjoern guenzel 134.7 1
14 31.1/ 28.5/ 40.4 delay 0.02b 50 bjoern guenzel 133.8 1
23 38.7/ 47.3/ 14.0 Flamberge 13.4 Matt Lewinski 130.1 1
Five challenges and four new warriors, none in top spots.
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94 - What's No More
# %W / %L / %T Name Author Score Age
26 33.6/ 42.8/ 23.6 cryptos bjoern guenzel 124.5 2
26 32.1/ 35.6/ 32.3 Simple v0.4b Ian Oversby 128.7 250
26 37.2/ 49.0/ 13.8 Golden Gate 3 Franz 125.4 9
26 36.8/ 45.0/ 18.2 Silver Talon 1.1 Edgar 128.6 15
Oversby lost his most aged warrior at 250 age.
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94 - What's Old
# %W / %L / %T Name Author Score Age
14 32.3/ 24.0/ 43.7 Rosebud Beppe 140.7 975
18 42.6/ 47.6/ 9.8 Q^2 Miro Anders Ivner 137.7 352
7 42.2/ 39.7/ 18.1 Probe Anton Marsden 144.7 302
9 42.9/ 41.8/ 15.3 Blur 2 Anton Marsden 144.1 301
24 39.2/ 43.2/ 17.6 Goldfinch P.Kline 135.3 243
1 40.0/ 21.7/ 38.2 unrequited love kafka 158.4 222
19 35.3/ 33.3/ 31.3 Falcon v0.3 Ian Oversby 137.3 207
No new entries, one loss: Simple.
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Tournament time
The first part of the tournament is over, the best four are now qualified
for Semi final direct elimination round. Giving a look at standing, and
noticing the names of those eliminated with 9 points, little more remains to
say about the value of the top four.
Thank you to all for playing and let's look who will be the players of the
final.
Pos. # Player Score Opp. met 2nd lev score
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1 5 Ian Oversby 15 6.7.1.9.18 29
2 14 Philip Kendall 12 13.15.2.3.9 30
3 1 Franz 10 2.4.5.18.15 41
4 18 George Eadon 10 17.2.3.1.5 31
5 9 Steven Morrell 9 10.12.15.5.14 42
6 15 Magnus Paulsson 9 16.14.9.13.1 37
7 13 David M. Moore 9 14.11.16.15.4 34
8 10 Anton Marsden 9 9.8.6.7.2 22
8 11 Robert McRae 9 12.13.17.16.8 22
10 4 Joshua 7 3.1.7.8.13 29
11 8 J. K. Wilkinson 7 7.10.12.4.11 28
12 16 Zul Nadzri 6 15.17.13.11.6 24
13 17 Bjoern Guenzel 6 18.16.11.6.12 22
14 7 Justin Kao 4 8.5.4.10.3 36
15 3 J. K. Lewis 4 4.6.18.14.7 30
16 2 M. R. Bremer 3 1.18.14.12.10 41
17 12 Matt Lewinski 3 11.9.8.2.17 31
18 6 Ross Morgan-Linial 0 5.3.10.17.16 30
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Congratulations to Ian Oversby, winning all five rounds, and also to
PhilKendall, Franz and George Eadon, qualifying for the semifinal round.
Thank you to all others for playing, better luck next time.
Semifinal pairings are as follow
Oversby - Eadon
Kendall - Franz
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HALL OF FAME
* means the warrior is still active.
Pos Name Author Age Strategy
1 Thermite II Robert Macrae 2262 Qscan -> bomber
2 Impfinity v4g1 Planar 1993 Stone/ imp
3 Jack in the box Beppe Bezzi 1620 P-warrior
4 Tornado 3.0 Beppe Bezzi 1567 Bomber
5 Torch t18 P.Kline 1539 Bomber
6 Chameleon Myer R Bremer 1437 P-warrior
7 Frontwards v2 Steven Morrell 1420 One shot scanner
8 Evol Cap 6.6 John Wilkinson 1299 Imp / stone
9 quiz Schitzo 1262 Scanner/ bomber
10 T.N.T. Maurizio Vittuari 1204 Bomber
11 Grilled Octopus v0.5 David Boeren 1154 P-warrior
12 Hazy Shade II John Wilkinson 1102 P-warrior
13 Stepping Stone Kurt Franke 1049 Qscan -> Vampire
14 Rosebud Beppe Bezzi 975 * Stone/ imp
15 Iron Gate 1.5 Wayne Sheppard 926 CMP scanner
16 T.N.T. pro Maurizio Vittuari 925 Bomber
17 Agony II Stefan Strack 912 CMP scanner
18 Barrage Anton Marsden 876 Qscan -> replicator
19 Blue Funk Steven Morrell 869 Stone/ imp
20 Flurry Anton Marsden 835 Qscan -> pwarrior
21 Thermite 1.0 Robert Macrae 802 Qscan -> bomber
22 Blue Funk 3 Steven Morrell 766 Stone/ imp
23 Night Train Karl Lewin 755 Replicator
24 Mirage 1.5 Anton Marsden 736 Scanner/ bomber
25 Blizzard Anton Marsden 713 Qscan -> replicator
No changes.
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Current Status of the Internet Pizza Server Beginner's Hill:
Hill Specs:
coresize: 8000
max. processes: 8000
duration: after 80,000 cycles, a tie is declared.
max. entry length: 100
minimum distance: 100
maximum age: At age 100, warriors are retired.
rounds fought: 200
instruction set: ICWS '94 Draft
# %W / %L / %T Name Author Score Age
1 51.9/ 34.5/ 13.6 Silver Talon 1.1 Edgar 169.3 49
2 51.4/ 36.7/ 11.8 Flamberge 13.4 Matt Lewinski 166.1 18
3 48.3/ 33.0/ 18.7 Microsoft Office '96 Justin Kao 163.6 45
4 45.9/ 39.4/ 14.7 Mostly Harmless v1.0 Justin Kao 152.3 8
5 40.4/ 28.7/ 30.9 Scanitator 2.3 Christian Schmidt 152.1 12
6 45.7/ 40.9/ 13.4 Cruise Missile Philip Kendall 150.5 14
7 41.8/ 37.2/ 21.0 Vivid Radiation 2.0 Matt Lewinski 146.5 17
8 42.8/ 40.0/ 17.2 MI6 Philip Kendall 145.7 42
9 41.4/ 37.6/ 21.0 Bash the Rat V1.4 Ian Sutton 145.1 10
10 41.7/ 38.8/ 19.5 HAL 9000 Justin Kao 144.7 61
11 35.7/ 27.1/ 37.2 Escargot 0.5 Justin Kao 144.3 15
12 39.3/ 35.7/ 24.9 Sandstorm Q/0.6c Ilmari Karonen 142.9 40
13 41.8/ 43.1/ 15.1 Termite 1.0 Matt Lewinski 140.4 20
14 32.8/ 27.0/ 40.2 Escargot 0.6 Justin Kao 138.5 2
15 41.3/ 44.9/ 13.9 Goothmonger, Berserker of Ian Sutton 137.7 5
16 33.9/ 30.2/ 35.9 Hammermill 4.0 Matt Lewinski 137.6 55
17 38.1/ 41.4/ 20.4 Daemon of Zteentch Christian Schmidt 134.8 73
18 33.6/ 32.7/ 33.7 Apocalypse Matt Lewinski 134.5 26
19 28.8/ 30.3/ 40.9 Papyrus 21 Justin Kao 127.3 44
20 34.6/ 43.8/ 21.6 Supercritical Carbondioxi Matt Lewinski 125.5 19
21 30.0/ 39.5/ 30.5 Throttle 2.0 Matt Lewinski 120.5 47
22 14.8/ 10.0/ 75.3 Beast of Nurgle Christian Schmidt 119.6 74
23 23.2/ 31.9/ 44.9 Rock 1.5 beta Justin Kao 114.5 1
24 24.1/ 18.2/ 5.6 Flamberge 13.3 Matt Lewinski 78.0 28
25 8.3/ 1.2/ 2.5 Microsoft Office Pro '96 Justin Kao 27.4 6
Top 25 Averages:
30.7/ 28.7/ 40.5 132.7 31
Flamberge, able to enter 94 hill too, enters in second spot
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The Hint
Sorry no hint :-( the tournament is getting almost all my Corewar time, and
I don't want to post Gigolo being its code the first prize of the tournament :-)
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Extra Extra
HAL 9000 by Justin Kao
Justin asked me if I could do something with his scanner/clear that lived
for some time in the bottom of 94 hill. My first impression is that a
warrior doing a clear and a scanning in the same time is better done using
Blur engine
cc: spl.i #0,#btm-ptr+3
top: mov.i $cc,>ptr
scan: seq.i $2*step,}2*step+5
mov.b $scan,$ptr
a: add.f $inc,$scan
jmn.a $top,$scan ; Falls through when all locations scanned
...
with more scanning and less clear, compared to HAL, and a much reduced
footprint, but this is just an impression having not tested HAL too well.
Anyway here is the code of HAL 9000 for anyone wanting to improve it.
;redcode-94
;name HAL 9000
;author Justin Kao
;strategy A core clear directed by scanner.
;strategy v9.1 @date@ --the version on the hill.
;strategy NEW: more spl pass
;strategy Formerly Paper Shredder until I discovered the name
;strategy was previously used. No relation to HAL the stone.
;assert 1
step equ 2936
scans equ 400
org start
clrptr dat 4000, 0 ;clear pointer
clrbmb2 dat {20, <2667 ;first clear bomb
clrbmb spl #25, 100 ;second clear bomb and also djn pointer
scnloop add clear, scan ;\
scan seq.a -10, -2 ; \ scan
mov.a scan, clrptr ; / loop
djn scnloop,#scans ;/
clear spl #step, <step ;\----------also the scan step
clrloop mov clrbmb, }clrptr ;-\
mov clrbmb, }clrptr ; > clear loop
mov clrbmb, }clrptr ; /
djn.a clrloop,>clrbmb ;/
jmp clrloop,>clrbmb ;catch fall through and move djn stream faster
for 84
dat 0, 0
rof
start spl scnloop ;start scan
jmp clrloop ;start clear
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Questions? Concerns? Comments? Complaints? Mail them to people who care.
authors: Beppe Bezzi <bezzi@nemo.it> or Myer Bremer <bremermr@ecn.purdue.edu>
or Anton Marsden <amarsden@comp.vuw.ac.nz> [this address will change soon]
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