'88 EXTENDED CYCLES (Deadline: 14th September 2002)
Rules:
For round three, warriors will compete in a core similar to the '88 standard hill. Two differences are to be implemented, intended to reduce the advantage held by tie-prone warriors.
The number of cycles until declaring a tie is to be increased to 800000. Also, the number of points for a win will be doubled, to reduce the relative value of a tie.
As before, you may enter either one or two warriors. Your score for the round will be the score of your highest ranking warrior.
pmars -8 -c 800000 -= 11-s*5
Good luck :-)
Results:
Once again there are 17 entries from 9 authors, this time competing using '88 standard redcode, coresize 8000. To reduce the advantage imp warriors seem to enjoy in the '88 environment, the rules for round 3 differ in two ways from the settings of the '88 standard hill at KotH.
In round 3 a tie is not declared until 800000 cycles have passed. Also, a win is worth 6 points instead of the more usual 3. But will this be enough to discorage tie-prone warriors? Each pair of warriors battled for 4000 rounds. 14 hours, 51 minutes and 03 seconds later we have our answer...
Janeczek takes first place with Quicksilver '88 (qscan -> stone/imp) while Wainwright's Return to the Citadel (qscan -> paper/imp) takes second place.
Once again Hillis evolves a formidable opponent to claim third. Stone/imps feature again in ranks 4 (Espiritu's) and 6 (Gunnell's). Ford, Thorne and Grabun are next, each with a dat bomber. Finally, we have a .4c vampire with airbag from Moore.
| # | %Won | Lost | Tied | Name | Author | Score | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 56.9 | 17.6 | 25.4 | Quicksilver '88 | Michal Janeczek | 366.90 | 100.0 |
| 2 | 49.3 | 19.5 | 31.2 | Return to the Citadel | Simon Wainwright | 327.08 | 89.1 |
| 3 | 50.7 | 33.2 | 16.2 | rdrc: Gymnosperm Trickery | Dave Hillis | 320.22 | 87.3 |
| 4 | 47.0 | 18.2 | 34.8 | Positive Knife '88 | Ken Espiritu | 316.76 | 86.3 |
| 5 | 50.3 | 40.8 | 8.9 | vm5 | Michal Janeczek | 310.91 | 84.7 |
| 6 | 44.1 | 18.3 | 37.6 | +1 Stormbringer | Steve Gunnell | 302.20 | 82.4 |
| 7 | 43.6 | 42.8 | 13.5 | Skewer '88 | Ben Ford | 275.41 | 75.1 |
| 8 | 43.7 | 51.7 | 4.5 | TrItE Fighter | Philip Thorne | 266.89 | 72.7 |
| 9 | 41.5 | 50.8 | 7.7 | tombstone | Simon Wainwright | 256.68 | 70.0 |
| 10 | 40.5 | 54.2 | 5.3 | st2 | Lukasz Grabun | 248.18 | 67.6 |
| 11 | 40.0 | 53.3 | 6.7 | Silver Talon '88 | Ben Ford | 246.43 | 67.2 |
| 12 | 39.5 | 55.1 | 5.4 | Brazen hussy | Steve Gunnell | 242.30 | 66.0 |
| 13 | 37.2 | 52.7 | 10.0 | Tangle Trap 2 | David Moore | 233.39 | 63.6 |
| 14 | 35.8 | 56.8 | 7.4 | Mobility 8000 | David Moore | 222.32 | 60.6 |
| 15 | 32.2 | 39.2 | 28.6 | rdrc: Flam Downpour | Dave Hillis | 221.62 | 60.4 |
| 16 | 35.9 | 58.1 | 6.0 | FilchD | Philip Thorne | 221.22 | 60.3 |
| 17 | 32.7 | 58.3 | 9.0 | st | Lukasz Grabun | 204.94 | 55.9 |
There are five dat bombers (holding ranks 7, 8, 10, 16, 17) - three stone/imps (1, 4, 6) - two each of evolved warriors (3, 15), bombers (9, 14) and scanners (11, 12) - and just one paper/imp (2), oneshot (5) and vampire (13).