A midweek review of Corewar
March 10, 1993
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I. The Standings:
# %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age
1 48/ 42/ 10 Medusa's v5 Mintardjo & Strack 154 547
2 36/ 20/ 43 Sphinx v2.8 W. Mintardjo 152 599
3 35/ 20/ 44 Imprimis 6 P.Kline 150 1
4 46/ 43/ 11 Charon v8.1 Cisek,Strack,Kline 149 492
5 46/ 45/ 8 Agony 4.0 Stefan Strack 148 74
6 32/ 18/ 49 +0 Stormbringer Dan Nabutovsky 146 1031
7 31/ 17/ 52 It nandor sieben 146 911
8 32/ 19/ 49 Chimera v3.5 W. Mintardjo 145 212
9 44/ 43/ 13 Iron Gate Wayne Sheppard 145 557
10 42/ 43/ 15 Sucker 5 Stefan Strack 142 895
11 42/ 43/ 16 Grimm's Vampyre c w blue 140 13
12 30/ 21/ 49 Night Wayne Sheppard 138 640
13 42/ 47/ 10 Juggernaut v1.0 Anders Ivner 137 2
14 36/ 38/ 26 Stoned Again c w blue 133 8
15 36/ 41/ 22 Leprechaun 1b Anders Ivner 132 513
16 36/ 42/ 21 Herem II Anders Ivner 131 375
17 32/ 34/ 35 sub-type-b+r c w blue 129 7
18 34/ 63/ 3 No Ties Allowed Wayne Sheppard 106 21
19 12/ 30/ 58 Imp W. Mintardjo 95 11
20 11/ 53/ 36 P W. Mintardjo 68 10
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II. The Basics:
-Core War Archives are available via anonymous FTP at
soda.berkeley.edu in pub/corewar...
-FAQ for this newsgroup is available via anonymous FTP at
rtfm.mit.edu as pub/usenet/news.answers/games/corewar-faq.z
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III. The Scoop:
Corewar frenzy hit a new high this week as Dan Nabutovsky's
+0 Stormbringer became the first warrior to survive 1000 challenges.
In recent weeks, contenders worked furiously to break the imp-stone
lock on KotH, hoping to spoil Dan's fun and crack the secret to
'imp-vincibility'. As onlookers waited with bated breath, imps
began to take a beating. +0 Stormbringer was actually seen momentarily
to fall below 15th place as challengers pounded away. At times
no imp could be found above 8th place and scanners resumed their
former ascendency. But all for naught, as the high rate of challenges
only carried +0 Stormbringer over 1000 that much faster. Kudos Dan!
Other challengers nearing the 1000 mark:
It - 911
Sucker 5 - 895
(An oft-heard question: 'What is It'?)
Stefan Strack's warrior, Vanity, made a short appearance at the top of
the Hill. Strategy: reflections at all the cmp-distances that Stefan
was aware of (and he's in a position to know some of them :-). Vanity
was withdrawn by Strack after enjoying top-ranking for a few days.
A little too much like in-breeding, eh Stefan?
Chris Blue attempted to overwhelm Koth with variety this week, submitting
sub-type-s, sub-type-b+r, sub-type-r+s+v, . . ., - learn anything
you'd like to share, Chris?
Wayne Sheppard's no-nonymous 'Test' program was seen all over the hill
(as high as third and as low as twentieth). Will we be seeing 'Steel Gate'
soon?
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IV. The Uplook:
2 47/ 44/ 9 Agony 4.0 Stefan Strack 151 1
9 44/ 47/ 9 Agony 4.0/M Stefan Strack 141 1
1 46/ 42/ 12 Arioch - Knight of Swords c w blue 151 11
5 44/ 36/ 21 Beholder's Eye v1.3 W. Mintardjo 152 38
4 44/ 42/ 14 sub-type-s c w blue 145 1
9 43/ 42/ 15 Grimm's Vampyre c w blue 145 1
3 44/ 39/ 17 Test Wayne Sheppard 148 1
8 46/ 45/ 9 Juggernaut v1.0 Anders Ivner 146 1
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V. The Outlook:
20 22/ 39/ 39 Wormy1.0 Kirk R. Gorden 105 5
19 20/ 41/ 39 sub-type-s c w blue 99 1
20 19/ 56/ 25 Test Wayne Sheppard 82 1
20 30/ 53/ 17 sub-type-b+r c w blue 106 1
19 25/ 35/ 41 sub-type-r+s+v c w blue 115 1
20 25/ 61/ 14 nothing natural Chris Parrinello 89 1
20 20/ 47/ 33 Test Wayne S 94 1
21 23/ 53/ 23 Mad Mardigan P. Kline 93 2
19 14/ 40/ 46 sub-type-b+r c w blue 89 1
19 29/ 52/ 18 sub-type-cmp c w blue 107 1
17 31/ 31/ 39 sub-type-r+s+v c w blue 131 1
18 24/ 26/ 50 Test warrior c w blue 122 1
16 26/ 25/ 49 Impression 5 Dan Nabutovsky 127 1
(was Dan getting nervous? :-)
19 33/ 57/ 9 Witchtrap Simon Hovell 109 1
18 19/ 43/ 38 sub-type-s-73+decoys c w blue 96 1
19 6/ 2/ 2 sub-type-ps c w blue 19 4
20 5/ 3/ 1 sub-type-v c w blue 18 5
21 5/ 2/ 2 sub-type-cmp c w blue 17 6
20 6/ 70/ 24 Serveert 1.0 Joshua Houk 43 1
21 8/ 62/ 30 Serveert 1.1 Joshua Houk 53 0
21 9/ 64/ 27 Serveert 1.3 Joshua Houk 55 0
19 18/ 67/ 14 Imp Hunter1.0 Kirk Gorden 69 1
21 12/ 69/ 19 SupaDwarf 0.2 Andrew Scott 55 0
21 32/ 50/ 18 Witchbait Simon Hovell 113 0
21 11/ 82/ 7 machine Chris Parrinello 41 0
21 25/ 69/ 6 CMP-Trapper Chris Parrinello 80 0
21 25/ 70/ 5 CMP-Trapper Chris Parrinello 80 0
21 0/ 77/ 23 Full Frequency 1.0 Joshua Houk 24 0
16 38/ 42/ 20 Beholder's Eye v1.5 W. Mintardjo 133 1
19 18/ 31/ 51 Imp W. Mintardjo 105 2
20 11/ 55/ 35 P W. Mintardjo 66 1
18 31/ 58/ 11 Juggernaut v1.1 Anders Ivner 103 1
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VI. The Hint:
For new participants, if your warrior wins < 10% you might consider that
there is a syntax difference between KotH and the emulator you are using.
Try sharing your code with someone else and see what happens when they
run it.
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VII. The End:
Paul Kline
pk6811s@acad.drake.edu
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