Redcoders Frenzy  

The Tri-Athelon Round

Organiser: John Metcalf




The Rules

All the greatest quiz shows give the competitors the chance to play for 'double the money' in one of the final rounds. In the final joust of the tournament you will be seeking vital extra points as your warrior plays multi-warrior, round-robin, and against a benchmark of modern warriors.

The use of the sub and add opcodes is forbidden in round 5 entries. You may use p-space if you wish. PIN numbers are allowed, but must not be the same as the PIN numbers of another player.

* Our first event is multi-warrior, with three warriors in core, 5 points for a win, 2 points for a two-way tie, and 1 point for a three-way tie. All combinations of three warriors will be played.

pmars -= 5/S

* The second will be a standard round-robin battle, with no self-fights, 4 points for a win, and 1 point for a tie.

pmars -= 5/S-1

* The final event will see the entries battle against a benchmark of 20 warriors, 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie. The warriors will be:

Quicksilver, Son of Vain, Olivia, Behemot, Vanquisher II, Hazy Lazy, Willow, MyBlur2, Win!, CrazyShot 2, G2, Firestorm, Stylized Euphoria, Disincentive, Reepicheep, Return of the Fugitive, Digitalis 2002, Origami Harquebus, Self-Modifying Code v0.11 and Shapeshifter.

To download the 20 benchmark warriors:

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/corewar/ssr5bm.zip

Your score for each event will be the score of your highest entry. For round 5, your score is the sum of your scores over the three events, for a maximum of 100 points (just for the Redcoders Frency).

Last round's naming scheme proved popular, so if you're not sure what to call your round 5 entries, why not name them after comic book heroes and villains.


Good luck.

The Result

In round 5, competitors take part in three event.  Warriors have been
written without the use of the add / sub opcodes.  Pattern bombers /
scanners are still possible using mul, and several of these have been
entered.

* Our first event is multi-warrior, with three warriors in core, 5
  points for a win, 2 points for a two-way tie, and 1 point for a
  three-way tie.  All 969 combinations of three warriors are played:

 # %Won Lost Tie2 Tie3  Name                   Author             Score     %
 1 29.0 53.4  5.2 12.4  Russ Post              Steve Gunnell     167.77 100.0
 2 23.8 48.7 10.5 17.0  LuckyLuke              Philip Thorne     156.93  93.5
 3  5.8 10.0 35.8 48.4  The Duelist            Michal Janeczek   149.05  88.8
 4 19.7 45.0 15.2 20.1  Huanchot               G.Labarga         148.90  88.8
 5  2.6  2.4 36.7 58.3  Blackheart             Ben Ford          144.65  86.2
 6 11.3 26.2 24.5 38.0  Digimon                Christian Schmidt 143.56  85.6
 7  2.4  6.4 37.4 53.7  Pokemon                Christian Schmidt 140.69  83.9
 8  6.9 16.6 27.7 48.8  Dan Dare               Simon Wainwright  138.57  82.6
 9  6.6 18.4 30.0 45.0  Bravo                  Lukasz Grabun     137.95  82.2
10 19.4 52.7 11.0 16.8  Magneto                Roy van Rijn      135.92  81.0
11  3.6 13.8 32.2 50.5  Shadowfax              Roy van Rijn      132.68  79.1
12  3.1 13.9 32.3 50.6  Jolly Jumper           Philip Thorne     130.88  78.0
13 10.9 38.0 21.5 29.6  Dixie                  Lukasz Grabun     126.96  75.7
14 11.3 38.8 19.5 30.3  Commander Heliotornado Michal Janeczek   125.98  75.1
15  1.4 11.6 27.2 59.8  Ron Post               Steve Gunnell     121.35  72.3
16  4.1 25.0 25.3 45.6  Spiderman              Ben Ford          116.63  69.5
17  3.0 31.9 23.1 42.0  Yak Snout              Dave Hillis       103.09  61.4
18  2.7 40.5 20.3 36.5  Bonzo                  Sascha Zapf        90.68  54.1
19  0.3 65.8 11.5 22.4  Mekon                  Simon Wainwright   47.01  28.0

* The second is a standard round-robin battle, with no self-fights,
  4 points for a win, and 1 point for a tie:

 #  %Won Lost Tied  Name                   Author               Score     %
 1  56.0 33.3 10.7  Russ Post              Steve Gunnell       234.83 100.0
 2  42.5 27.9 29.6  The Duelist            Michal Janeczek     199.58  85.0
 3  45.1 38.2 16.7  LuckyLuke              Philip Thorne       197.27  84.0
 4  43.0 33.3 23.7  Huanchot               G.Labarga           195.64  83.3
 5  44.2 38.3 17.5  Magneto                Roy van Rijn        194.41  82.8
 6  37.8 21.0 41.2  Commander Heliotornado Michal Janeczek     192.42  81.9
 7  26.4 18.1 55.4  Digimon                Christian Schmidt   161.12  68.6
 8  23.3 17.6 59.1  Bravo                  Lukasz Grabun       152.33  64.9
 9  17.6 12.1 70.3  Shadowfax              Roy van Rijn        140.78  59.9
10  18.1 14.4 67.5  Dan Dare               Simon Wainwright    139.99  59.6
11  22.9 32.2 44.9  Dixie                  Lukasz Grabun       136.56  58.2
12  16.0 12.4 71.6  Jolly Jumper           Philip Thorne       135.75  57.8
13  11.8  4.4 83.8  Pokemon                Christian Schmidt   131.13  55.8
14  11.2  3.6 85.2  Blackheart             Ben Ford            129.92  55.3
15  10.2 10.8 79.0  Ron Post               Steve Gunnell       119.64  50.9
16  12.7 26.7 60.6  Spiderman              Ben Ford            111.36  47.4
17  14.9 34.0 51.1  Bonzo                  Sascha Zapf         110.68  47.1
18  12.4 34.3 53.3  Yak Snout              Dave Hillis         102.92  43.8
19   2.8 56.5 40.6  Mekon                  Simon Wainwright     51.98  22.1

* The final event sees the entries battle against the 'White Army'
  benchmark of 20 warriors, 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie.
  The score of Commander Heliotornado just has to be admired:

 #  Name                   Author                 %W  %L  %T   Score      %
 1  Commander Heliotornado Michal Janeczek        54  26  20  182.30  100.0
 2  LuckyLuke              Philip Thorne          40  46  14  134.10   73.6
 3  Pokemon                Christian Schmidt      21  10  69  131.64   72.2
 4  Blackheart             Ben Ford               18  12  70  123.30   67.6
 5  Bravo                  Lukasz Grabun          27  31  42  123.24   67.6
 6  Shadowfax              Roy van Rijn           24  25  51  122.58   67.2
 7  Jolly Jumper           Philip Thorne [PVK/JM] 24  26  49  122.31   67.1
 8  Digimon                Christian Schmidt      30  39  31  122.02   66.9
 9  Dan Dare               Simon Wainwright       22  30  48  114.65   62.9
10  Ron Post               Steve Gunnell          18  23  58  112.70   61.8
11  The Duelist            Michal Janeczek        28  43  29  112.42   61.7
12  Dixie                  Lukasz Grabun          27  45  28  108.32   59.4
13  Russ Post              Steve Gunnell          33  58   9  108.26   59.4
14  Huanchot               G.Labarga              26  53  21   99.61   54.6
15  Magneto                Roy van Rijn           26  58  16   94.11   51.6
16  Spiderman              Ben Ford               14  41  45   87.08   47.8
17  Bonzo                  Sascha Zapf            16  62  22   70.45   38.6
18  Yak Snout              Dave Hillis            10  57  34   62.26   34.2
19  Mekon                  Simon Wainwright        7  70  23   45.29   24.8

Among the entries, paper is the most common strategy, with 4 in total,
(Jolly Jumper, Shadowfax, Spiderman and Ron Post).  Also, there are
3 paper/imp (Pokemon, Bonzo and Blackheart) and a paper/clear (Bravo).
Oneshots are well represented with 3, (Lucky Luke, Huanchot and
Magneto) and there's just one scanner (Ross Pot).  Two clear/imps
(Dixie and Digimon) take part, as do an evolved warrior (Yak Snout)
and an imp (Mekon).  The remaining 3 warriors are p-spacers, (Dan Dare,
The Duelist and Commander Heliotornado).

The total score for round 5:

 # Competitor             Multi  Robin  Bmark   Total
 1 Michal Janeczek         88.8   85.0  100.0   273.8
 2 Steve Gunnell          100.0  100.0   61.8   261.8
 3 Philip Thorne           93.5   84.0   73.6   251.1
 4 Roy van Rijn            81.0   82.8   67.2   231.0
 5 German Labarga          88.8   83.3   54.6   226.7
 6 Christian Schmidt       85.6   68.6   72.2   226.4
 7 Lukasz Grabun           82.2   64.9   67.6   214.7
 8 Ben Ford                86.2   55.3   67.6   209.1
 9 Simon Wainwright        82.6   59.6   62.9   205.1
10 Sascha Zapf             54.1   47.1   38.6   139.8
11 Dave Hillis             61.4   43.8   34.2   139.4