From: Andreas Scholta Subject: Re: "The King" by "Neo" has challenged the Limited process hill Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 04:34:15 +0200 Message-ID: On 2004-04-27, Fizmo wrote: > [snip] > Handshaking Greetings, ^^ From: "Robert Macrae" Subject: Re: help needed....step sizes, airbagging, optimization and my new bomber.... Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 10:26:42 +0100 Message-ID: <4093d4b5$0$7363$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com> > > Um, what's bad about that? I'm kinda confused...how do you write > > incendiaries that are meant to be seperated? > > Like this: > > 0000 spl #0,1 > .. > .. > 0020 mov @0,}-20 ... the gain being that this gives you two chances to hit something, while throwing an adjacent SPL/MOV only gives you one. You are currently throwing 2 heavy bombs, both incendiary, in 6 cycles so 0.33c. This isn't good against other bombers; Torch manages 2 bombs for 0.50c in a smaller loop for better performance. Against replicators your design may well be better because it throws more incendiaries. Robert From: "Zul Nadzri" Subject: Re: "The King" by "Neo" has challenged the Limited process hill Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 11:52:43 -0700 Message-ID: <40931ec7$1_1@news.tm.net.my> Ahaa.. Let's see what happens to the King if the slaves are gone ;-) "Neogryzor" wrote in message news:242debe4.0404292336.605e89f5@posting.google.com... > "Zul Nadzri" wrote in message news:<4090f8e4_2@news.tm.net.my>... > > by the way.... you managed to manipulate the PIN for these warriors? 100% > > win should be impossible (it has been proven possible in this example) at > > this level of hill. Now I am curious....;-/ > > > > > 11 0.0 100.0 0.0 Histeric imps G.Labarga 0.0 300.0 <- > > > 24 0.0 100.0 0.0 Asfixia G.Labarga 0.0 300.0 <- > > > 5 0.0 100.0 0.0 Reclon 2 G.Labarga 0.0 300.0 <- > > > 13 0.0 100.0 0.0 Royal guard G.Labarga 0.0 300.0 <- > > ... > > All of them have same pin number, so the King can order slaves to suicide. > > Neogryzor From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - 94 No Pspace 05/03/04 Date: 3 May 2004 05:39:35 -0400 Message-ID: <200405030409.i43491Xb017489@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/03/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG 94 No Pspace CoreWar Hill: Last battle concluded at : Sun May 2 23:44:12 EDT 2004 # %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age 1 34/ 27/ 39 Yorba Roy 141 33 2 28/ 15/ 57 Maelstrom Roy van Rijn 141 43 3 42/ 44/ 14 HazyLazy C 11 CS SG 140 111 4 42/ 45/ 13 O--* Bremer/Schmidt 139 28 5 43/ 47/ 10 Arrow Christian Schmidt 138 102 6 34/ 30/ 37 Frantic Roy van Rijn 138 16 7 41/ 44/ 16 Dandelion 3 Christian Schmidt 138 20 8 31/ 24/ 45 paper(paper(paper(clear)) Sascha Zapf 137 3 9 42/ 46/ 12 Bottomless Pit Fizmo/Roy 137 64 10 31/ 27/ 42 Son of Vain Oversby/Pihlaja 136 2467 11 31/ 27/ 42 Gremlin van Rijn/Grabun 135 133 12 42/ 50/ 7 Aoshi A 34 Steve Gunnell 134 5 13 39/ 44/ 18 Deathstar Roy van Rijn 134 66 14 31/ 29/ 40 Armadillo Lukasz Grabun 133 208 15 42/ 50/ 8 Kenshin D 10 Steve Gunnell 133 99 16 32/ 31/ 37 Spiritual Black Dimension Christian Schmidt 132 258 17 39/ 45/ 16 something strange John Metcalf 132 65 18 28/ 24/ 48 Bvowkium Fizmoxid bvowk/fizmo 131 4 19 30/ 28/ 42 slime test 1.00 David Houston 131 229 20 23/ 19/ 58 The Three-Handed Knight Christian Schmidt 127 1 21 26/ 31/ 43 yet more badness bvowk 121 0 From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - ICWS Experimental 94 05/03/04 Date: 3 May 2004 08:40:38 -0400 Message-ID: <200405030406.i43461Lv017457@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/03/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG ICWS Experimental 94 CoreWar Hill: Last battle concluded at : Fri Apr 30 13:24:09 EDT 2004 # %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age 1 45/ 35/ 20 Fatamorgana X Zul Nadzri 155 1 2 42/ 36/ 22 The X Machine Zul Nadzri 147 25 3 41/ 39/ 20 Eliminator X Zul Nadzri 144 26 4 43/ 44/ 13 Fire and Ice II David Moore 143 114 5 26/ 18/ 55 xd100 test David Houston 135 11 6 36/ 40/ 24 Black Moods Ian Oversby 133 210 7 36/ 40/ 24 Simply Intelligent Zul Nadzri 133 7 8 20/ 8/ 72 Evol Cap 4 X John Wilkinson 131 283 9 20/ 11/ 69 Denial David Moore 130 155 10 27/ 25/ 48 Venom v0.2b Christian Schmidt 130 236 11 28/ 26/ 46 KAT v5 Dave Hillis 130 146 12 27/ 25/ 48 Olivia X Ben Ford 130 95 13 35/ 40/ 25 Ogre Christian Schmidt 130 162 14 33/ 37/ 31 Trefoil F 13 Steve Gunnell 128 97 15 36/ 44/ 20 Giant Hazy Test 13 Steve Gunnell 127 41 16 32/ 39/ 29 Controlled Aggression Ian Oversby 125 214 17 24/ 24/ 52 Glenstorm John Metcalf 125 76 18 16/ 7/ 77 Evolve X v4.0 John Wilkinson 125 231 19 20/ 20/ 60 Kin John Metcalf 121 122 20 18/ 17/ 65 Blotter X J. Pohjalainen 120 16 21 27/ 51/ 22 Maid of the River John Metcalf 102 0 From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - MultiWarrior 94 05/03/04 Date: 3 May 2004 08:55:58 -0400 Message-ID: <200405030403.i43431Bv017411@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/03/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG Multiwarrior 94 CoreWar Hill: Last battle concluded at : Sun May 2 18:03:34 EDT 2004 # Name Author Score Age 1 not king of the hill FatalC 24 170 2 Leap test Christian Schmidt 22 11 3 Her Majesty P.Kline 22 444 4 Bottomless Pit Roy/Fizmo 17 8 5 The Survivor Philip Kendall 13 55 6 Zorca Christian Schmidt 13 2 7 Dodge Viper Christian Schmidt 12 9 8 Ikarus II Christian Schmidt 10 10 9 hopeless John Metcalf 6 12 10 Aoshi Test E 22 Steve Gunnell 5 1 11 running like a madman John Metcalf 4 3 From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - Standard 05/03/04 Date: 4 May 2004 09:07:39 -0400 Message-ID: <200405030400.i43401XL017382@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/03/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG Standard KotH CoreWar Hill : Last battle concluded at : Fri Apr 9 11:27:37 EDT 2004 # %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age 1 43/ 26/ 31 The Next Step '88 David Houston 160 7 2 47/ 36/ 17 Tangle Trap 3 David Moore 157 20 3 39/ 24/ 37 Freight Train David Moore 153 192 4 46/ 41/ 13 Cold as November Rain... John Metcalf 151 5 5 37/ 24/ 38 Test Alexander (Sasha) Wa 150 131 6 47/ 44/ 9 Scan Test C 6 Steve Gunnell 150 30 7 44/ 38/ 18 My 1st try Christian Schmidt 149 23 8 38/ 26/ 36 Guardian Ian Oversby 149 191 9 44/ 40/ 17 Stasis David Moore 148 299 10 44/ 45/ 11 Foggy Swamp Beppe Bezzi 143 188 11 35/ 29/ 37 Pixie 88 Lukasz Grabun 141 21 12 37/ 33/ 30 vala John Metcalf 141 114 13 37/ 34/ 29 The Seed Roy van Rijn 140 9 14 40/ 40/ 20 PacMan David Moore 140 221 15 42/ 45/ 13 Deviant Scanner Roy van Rijn 140 8 16 41/ 42/ 17 '88 test IV John Metcalf 140 85 17 32/ 24/ 44 Test I Ian Oversby 139 248 18 42/ 45/ 13 Blur '88 Anton Marsden 138 229 19 38/ 46/ 17 French Kiss 88 LAchi 129 1 20 22/ 16/ 62 Do Redcoders Hibernate? John Metcalf 128 3 21 2/ 98/ 0 x x 7 0 From: metcalf@uboot.com (John Metcalf) Subject: Michael Constant's Optima Program Date: 10 May 2004 08:35:38 -0700 Message-ID: Hi, I hope someone can help me. I am looking for a copy of Michael Constant's Optima program, but have been unable to locate a copy. I would like a copy to complete the set. (I have the other 4 Optima progs.) Thanks, John (grumpy3039@hotmail.com) From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - 94 No Pspace 05/10/04 Date: 10 May 2004 10:05:07 -0400 Message-ID: <200405100409.i4A491x8025150@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/10/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG 94 No Pspace CoreWar Hill: Last battle concluded at : Sun May 9 19:04:47 EDT 2004 # %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age 1 44/ 44/ 13 Bottomless Pit Fizmo/Roy 143 85 2 41/ 44/ 15 HazyLazy C 11 CS SG 139 132 3 40/ 44/ 16 Dandelion 3 Christian Schmidt 137 41 4 42/ 47/ 11 Arrow Christian Schmidt 137 123 5 40/ 45/ 14 O--* Bremer/Schmidt 135 49 6 27/ 21/ 52 paper(paper(paper(clear)) Sascha Zapf 134 24 7 24/ 14/ 62 Maelstrom Roy van Rijn 133 64 8 42/ 51/ 7 Aoshi A 34 Steve Gunnell 133 26 9 31/ 29/ 41 Spiritual Black Dimension Christian Schmidt 132 279 10 28/ 24/ 49 slime test 1.00 David Houston 132 250 11 27/ 23/ 50 Triturus Roy van Rijn 132 8 12 29/ 26/ 45 Yorba Roy 131 54 13 29/ 27/ 44 Frantic Roy van Rijn 131 37 14 38/ 45/ 17 something strange John Metcalf 131 86 15 24/ 19/ 58 Black Knight Christian Schmidt 129 3 16 28/ 28/ 43 Son of Vain Oversby/Pihlaja 129 2488 17 27/ 24/ 49 Gremlin van Rijn/Grabun 129 154 18 28/ 29/ 44 Armadillo Lukasz Grabun 126 229 19 23/ 21/ 56 Bvowkium Fizmoxid bvowk/fizmo 126 1 20 26/ 26/ 49 Lost in the Mist John Metcalf 126 2 21 14/ 22/ 64 test G.Labarga 107 0 From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - Standard 05/10/04 Date: 10 May 2004 10:10:27 -0400 Message-ID: <200405100400.i4A400Z7025061@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/10/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG Standard KotH CoreWar Hill : Last battle concluded at : Thu May 6 12:12:05 EDT 2004 # %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age 1 47/ 36/ 17 Tangle Trap 3 David Moore 157 20 2 40/ 26/ 34 The Next Step '88 David Houston 154 7 3 39/ 24/ 37 Freight Train David Moore 153 192 4 47/ 44/ 9 Scan Test C 6 Steve Gunnell 150 30 5 37/ 24/ 38 Test Alexander (Sasha) Wa 150 131 6 42/ 38/ 20 My 1st try Christian Schmidt 145 23 7 43/ 41/ 16 Cold as November Rain... John Metcalf 145 5 8 42/ 40/ 18 Stasis David Moore 145 299 9 34/ 26/ 40 Guardian Ian Oversby 142 191 10 41/ 42/ 17 '88 test IV John Metcalf 140 85 11 41/ 45/ 14 Foggy Swamp Beppe Bezzi 137 188 12 38/ 40/ 22 PacMan David Moore 136 221 13 40/ 45/ 15 Deviant Scanner Roy van Rijn 136 8 14 34/ 33/ 33 vala John Metcalf 135 114 15 31/ 29/ 40 Pixie 88 Lukasz Grabun 134 21 16 34/ 34/ 32 The Seed Roy van Rijn 134 9 17 39/ 45/ 16 Blur '88 Anton Marsden 132 229 18 28/ 24/ 48 Test I Ian Oversby 132 248 19 38/ 46/ 17 French Kiss 88 LAchi 129 1 20 17/ 16/ 67 Do Redcoders Hibernate? John Metcalf 118 3 21 0/ 54/ 46 Fabien Latry's 6-way imp Fabien Latry 46 0 From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - MultiWarrior 94 05/10/04 Date: 10 May 2004 10:10:24 -0400 Message-ID: <200405100403.i4A430bb025082@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/10/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG Multiwarrior 94 CoreWar Hill: Last battle concluded at : Wed May 5 13:12:48 EDT 2004 # Name Author Score Age 1 Leap test Christian Schmidt 21 22 2 Dodge Viper Christian Schmidt 14 20 3 foundling John Metcalf 13 2 4 Her Majesty P.Kline 11 455 5 not king of the hill FatalC 9 181 6 Zorca Christian Schmidt 8 13 7 The Survivor Philip Kendall 8 66 8 A Witch's Word John Metcalf 8 9 9 how impish do you like? John Metcalf 6 1 10 Sand-Crawler John Metcalf 3 3 11 Hidden in the Sand John Metcalf 3 6 From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - ICWS Experimental 94 05/10/04 Date: 10 May 2004 10:10:20 -0400 Message-ID: <200405100406.i4A460Jf025120@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/10/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG ICWS Experimental 94 CoreWar Hill: Last battle concluded at : Mon May 3 13:15:46 EDT 2004 # %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age 1 45/ 35/ 20 Fatamorgana X Zul Nadzri 154 1 2 42/ 36/ 22 The X Machine Zul Nadzri 147 25 3 43/ 44/ 13 Fire and Ice II David Moore 143 114 4 40/ 39/ 21 Eliminator X Zul Nadzri 140 26 5 22/ 8/ 70 Evol Cap 4 X John Wilkinson 137 283 6 27/ 18/ 55 xd100 test David Houston 135 11 7 36/ 40/ 24 Simply Intelligent Zul Nadzri 132 7 8 29/ 26/ 45 KAT v5 Dave Hillis 132 146 9 21/ 11/ 68 Denial David Moore 132 155 10 35/ 41/ 24 Black Moods Ian Oversby 130 210 11 28/ 25/ 47 Venom v0.2b Christian Schmidt 130 236 12 18/ 7/ 75 Evolve X v4.0 John Wilkinson 130 231 13 28/ 26/ 47 Olivia X Ben Ford 129 95 14 35/ 40/ 25 Ogre Christian Schmidt 129 162 15 32/ 37/ 31 Trefoil F 13 Steve Gunnell 128 97 16 25/ 23/ 52 Glenstorm John Metcalf 127 76 17 35/ 44/ 20 Giant Hazy Test 13 Steve Gunnell 126 41 18 32/ 40/ 29 Controlled Aggression Ian Oversby 123 214 19 21/ 19/ 60 Kin John Metcalf 123 122 20 19/ 16/ 66 Blotter X J. Pohjalainen 121 16 21 30/ 57/ 13 Hidden in the Sand John Metcalf 102 0 From: Ilmari Karonen Subject: Re: Michael Constant's Optima Program Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 21:37:59 -0000 Message-ID: John Metcalf kirjoitti 10.05.2004: > > I hope someone can help me. I am looking for a copy > of Michael Constant's Optima program, but have been > unable to locate a copy. I would like a copy to > complete the set. (I have the other 4 Optima progs.) This may be an obvious question, but have you tried asking him? I think the mconst%csua.berkeley.edu address (punctuation munged just in case) should still be valid; I can finger it, and the account appears to be in active use. -- Ilmari Karonen If replying by e-mail, please replace ".invalid" with ".net" in address. Message-ID: From: anton@paradise.net.nz (Anton Marsden) Subject: Core War Frequently Asked Questions (rec.games.corewar FAQ) Date: 11 May 2004 10:51:04 GMT Archive-name: games/corewar-faq Last-Modified: September 4, 1999 Version: 4.2 URL: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~anton/cw/corewar-faq.html Copyright: (c) 1999 Anton Marsden Maintainer: Anton Marsden Posting-Frequency: once every 2 weeks Core War Frequently Asked Questions (rec.games.corewar FAQ) These are the Frequently Asked Questions (and answers) from the Usenet newsgroup rec.games.corewar. A plain text version of this document is posted every two weeks. The latest hypertext version is available at http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~anton/cw/corewar-faq.html and the latest plain text version is available at http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~anton/cw/corewar-faq.txt. This document is currently being maintained by Anton Marsden (anton@paradise.net.nz). Last modified: Sat Sep 4 00:22:22 NZST 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Do * Add the new No-PSpace '94 hill location * Add online location of Dewdney's articles * Make question 17 easier to understand. Add a state diagram? * Add info about infinite hills, related games (C-Robots, Tierra?, ...) * New question: How do I know if my warrior is any good? Refer to beginners' benchmarks, etc. * Add a Who's Who list? * Would very much like someone to compile a collection of the "revolutionary" warriors so that beginners can see how the game has developed over the years. Mail me if interested. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ What's New * Changed primary location of FAQ (again!) * Changed Philip Kendall's home page address. * Updated list server information * Changed primary location of FAQ * Vector-launching code was fixed thanks to Ting Hsu. * Changed the location of Ryan Coleman's paper (LaunchPad -> Launchpad) * Changed pauillac.inria.fr to para.inria.fr ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table of Contents 1. What is Core War 2. Is it "Core War" or "Core Wars"? 3. Where can I find more information about Core War? 4. Core War has changed since Dewdney's articles. Where do I get a copy of the current instruction set? 5. What is ICWS'94? Which simulators support ICWS'94? 6. What is the ICWS? 7. What is Core Warrior? 8. Where are the Core War archives? 9. Where can I find a Core War system for ...? 10. Where can I find warrior code? 11. I do not have FTP. How do I get all this great stuff? 12. I do not have access to Usenet. How do I post and receive news? 13. Are there any Core War related WWW sites? 14. What is KotH? How do I enter? 15. Is it DAT 0, 0 or DAT #0, #0? How do I compare to core? 16. How does SLT (Skip if Less Than) work? 17. What is the difference between in-register and in-memory evaluation? 18. What is P-space? 19. What does "Missing ;assert .." in my message from KotH mean? 20. How should I format my code? 21. Are there any other Core War related resources I should know about? 22. What does (expression or term of your choice) mean? 23. Other questions? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. What is Core War? Core War is a game played by two or more programs (and vicariously by their authors) written in an assembly language called Redcode and run in a virtual computer called MARS (for Memory Array Redcode Simulator). The object of the game is to cause all processes of the opposing program to terminate, leaving your program in sole posession of the machine. There are Core War systems available for most computer platforms. Redcode has been standardised by the ICWS, and is therefore transportable between all standard Core War systems. The system in which the programs run is quite simple. The core (the memory of the simulated computer) is a continuous array of instructions, empty except for the competing programs. The core wraps around, so that after the last instruction comes the first one again. There are no absolute addresses in Core War. That is, the address 0 doesn't mean the first instruction in the memory, but the instruction that contains the address 0. The next instruction is 1, and the previous one obviously -1. However, all numbers are treated as positive, and are in the range 0 to CORESIZE-1 where CORESIZE is the amount of memory locations in the core - this means that -1 would be treated as CORESIZE-1 in any arithmetic operations, eg. 3218 + 7856 = (3218 + 7856) mod CORESIZE. Many people get confused by this, and it is particularly important when using the SLT instruction. Note that the source code of a program can still contain negative numbers, but if you start using instructions like DIV #-2, #5 it is important to know what effect they will have when executed. The basic unit of memory in Core War is one instruction. Each Redcode instruction contains three parts: * the opcode * the source address (a.k.a. the A-field) * the destination address (a.k.a. the B-field) The execution of the programs is equally simple. The MARS executes one instruction at a time, and then proceeds to the next one in the memory, unless the instruction explicitly tells it to jump to another address. If there is more than one program running, (as is usual) the programs execute alternately, one instruction at a time. The execution of each instruction takes the same time, one cycle, whether it is MOV, DIV or even DAT (which kills the process). Each program may have several processes running. These processes are stored in a task queue. When it is the program's turn to execute an instruction it dequeues a process and executes the corresponding instruction. Processes that are not killed during the execution of the instruction are put back into the task queue. Processes created by a SPL instruction are added to the task queue after the creating process is put back into the task queue. [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Is it "Core War" or "Core Wars"? Both terms are used. Early references were to Core War. Later references seem to use Core Wars. I prefer "Core War" to refer to the game in general, "core wars" to refer to more than one specific battle. [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Where can I find more information about Core War? Core War was first described in the Core War Guidelines of March, 1984 by D. G. Jones and A. K. Dewdney of the Department of Computer Science at The University of Western Ontario (Canada). Dewdney wrote several "Computer Recreations" articles in Scientific American which discussed Core War, starting with the May 1984 article. Those articles are contained in two anthologies: Library of Author Title Published ISBN Congress Call Number The Armchair Dewdney, Universe: An New York: W. QA76.6 .D517 A. K. Exploration of H. Freeman �0-7167-1939-8 1988 Computer Worlds 1988 The Magic 0-7167-2125-2 Dewdney, Machine: A New York: W.(Hardcover), QA76.6 A. K. Handbook of H. Freeman �0-7167-2144-9 .D5173 1990 Computer Sorcery 1990 (Paperback) A.K. Dewdney's articles are still the most readable introduction to Core War, even though the Redcode dialect described in there is no longer current. For those who are interested, Dewdney has a home page at http://www.csd.uwo.ca/faculty/akd/. [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Core War has changed since Dewdney's articles. Where do I get a copy of the current instruction set? A draft of the official standard (ICWS'88) is available as ftp://www.koth.org/corewar/documents/standards/redcode-icws-88.Z. This document is formatted awkwardly and contains ambiguous statements. For a more approachable intro to Redcode, take a look at Mark Durham's tutorials, ftp://www.koth.org/corewar/documents/tutorial.1.Z and ftp://www.koth.org/corewar/documents/tutorial.2.Z. Steven Morrell has prepared a more practically oriented Redcode tutorial that discusses different warrior classes with lots of example code. This and various other tutorials can be found at http://www.koth.org/papers.html. Even though ICWS'88 is still the "official" standard, you will find that most people are playing by ICWS'94 draft rules and extensions. [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. What is ICWS'94? Which simulators support ICWS'94? There is an ongoing discussion about future enhancements to the Redcode language. A proposed new standard, dubbed ICWS'94, is currently being evaluated. A major change is the addition of "instruction modifiers" that allow instructions to modify A-field, B-field or both. Also new is a new addressing modes and unrestricted opcode and addressing mode combination ("no illegal instructions"). ICWS'94 is backwards compatible; i.e. ICWS'88 warriors will run correctly on an ICWS'94 system. Take a look at the ICWS'94 draft at ftp://www.koth.org/corewar/documents/icws94.0202.Z for more information. There is a HTML version of this document available at http://www.koth.org/info/icws94.html. You can try out the new standard by submitting warriors to the '94 hills of the KotH servers. Two corewar systems currently support ICWS'94, pMARS (many platforms) and Redcoder (Mac), both available at ftp://www.koth.org/corewar. Note that Redcoder only supports a subset of ICWS'94. [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. What is the ICWS? About one year after Core War first appeared in Scientific American, the "International Core War Society" (ICWS) was established. Since that time, the ICWS has been responsible for the creation and maintenance of Core War standards and the running of Core War tournaments. There have been six annual tournaments and two standards (ICWS'86 and ICWS'88). The ICWS is no longer active. [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. What is Core Warrior? Following in the tradition of the Core War News Letter, Push Off, and The 94 Warrior, Core Warrior is a newsletter about strategies and current standings in Core War. Started in October 1995, back issues of Core Warrior (and the other newsletters) are available at http://para.inria.fr/~doligez/corewar/. There is also a Core Warrior index page at http://www.kendalls.demon.co.uk/pak21/corewar/warrior.html which has a summary of the contents of each issue of Core Warrior. Many of the earlier issues contain useful information for beginners. [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8. Where are the Core War archives? Many documents such as the guidelines and the ICWS standards along with previous tournament Redcode entries and complete Core War systems are available via anonymous ftp from ftp://ftp.csua.berkeley.edu/pub/corewar. Also, most of past rec.games.corewar postings (including Redcode source listings) are archived there. Jon Blow (blojo@csua.berkeley.edu) is the archive administrator. When uploading to /pub/corewar/incoming, ask Jon to move your upload to the appropriate directory and announce it on the net. This site is mirrored at: * http://www.koth.org/corewar/ * ftp://www.koth.org/corewar/ * ftp://ftp.inria.fr/INRIA/Projects/para/doligez/cw/mirror The plain text version of this FAQ is automatically archived by news.answers (but this version is probably out-of-date). [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Where can I find a Core War system for . . . ? Core War systems are available via anonymous FTP from www.koth.org in the corewar/systems directory. Currently, there are UNIX, IBM PC-compatible, Macintosh, and Amiga Core War systems available there. It is a good idea to check ftp://www.koth.org/corewar/incoming for program updates first. CAUTION! There are many, many Core War systems available which are NOT ICWS'88 (or even ICWS'86) compatible available at various archive sites other than www.koth.org. Generally, the older the program - the less likely it will be ICWS compatible. If you are looking for an ICWS'94 simulator, get pMARS, which is available for many platforms and can be downloaded from: * ftp://ftp.csua.berkeley.edu/pub/corewar (original site) * ftp://www.koth.org/corewar (koth.org mirror) * ftp://ftp.inria.fr/INRIA/Projects/para/doligez/cw/mirror (Planar mirror) * http://www.nc5.infi.net/~wtnewton/corewar/ (Terry Newton) * ftp://members.aol.com/ofechner/corewar (Fechter) Notes: * If you have trouble running pMARS with a graphical display under Win95 then check out http://www.koth.org/pmars.html which should have a pointer to the latest compilation of pMARS for this environment. * RPMs for the Alpha, PowerPC, Sparc and i386 can be found at ftp://ftp.inria.fr/INRIA/Projects/para/doligez/cw/pmars-rpm/ Reviews of Core War systems would be greatly appreciated in the newsgroup and in the newsletter. Below is a not necessarily complete or up-to-date list of what's available at www.koth.org: MADgic41.lzh corewar for the Amiga, v4.1 MAD4041.lzh older version? MAD50B.lha corewar for the Amiga, beta version 5.0 Redcoder-21.hqx corewar for the Mac, supports ICWS'88 and '94 (without extensions) core-11.hqx corewar for the Mac core-wars-simulator.hqx same as core-11.hqx? corewar_unix_x11.tar.Z corewar for UNIX/X-windows, ICWS'86 but not ICWS'88 compatible koth31.tar.Z corewar for UNIX/X-windows. This program ran the former KotH server at intel.com koth.shar.Z older version kothpc.zip port of older version of KotH to the PC deluxe20c.tar.Z corewar for UNIX (broken X-windows or curses) and PC mars.tar.Z corewar for UNIX, likely not ICWS'88 compatible icons.zip corewar icons for MS-Windows macrored.zip a redcode macro-preprocessor (PC) c88v49.zip PC corewar, textmode display mars88.zip PC corewar, graphics mode display corwp302.zip PC corewar, textmode display, slowish mercury2.zip PC corewar written in assembly, fast! mtourn11.zip tournament scheduler for mercury (req. 4DOS) pmars08s.zip portable system, ICWS'88 and '94, runs on UNIX, PC, Mac, Amiga. C source archive pmars08s.tar.Z same as above pmars08.zip PC executables with graphics display, req 386+ macpmars02.sit.hqx pMARS executable for Mac (port of version 0.2) buggy, no display MacpMARS1.99a.cpt.hqx port of v0.8 for the Mac, with display and debugger MacpMARS1.0s.cpt.hqx C source (MPW, ThinkC) for Mac frontend pvms08.zip pMARS v0.8 for VMS build files/help (req. pmars08s.zip) ApMARS03.lha pMARS executable for Amiga (port of version 0.3.1) wincor11.zip MS-Windows system, shareware ($15) [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10. Where can I find warrior code? To learn the game, it is a good idea to study previously posted warrior code. The FTP archives have code in the ftp://www.koth.org/corewar/redcode directory. A clearly organized on-line warrior collection is available at the Core War web sites (see below). [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. I do not have FTP. How do I get all this great stuff? There is an FTP email server at bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu. This address may no longer exist. I haven't tested it yet. Send email with a subject and body text of "help" (without the quotes) for more information on its usage. Note that many FTP email gateways are shutting down due to abuse. To get a current list of FTP email servers, look at the Accessing the Internet by E-mail FAQ posted to news.answers. If you don't have access to Usenet, you can retrieve this FAQ one of the following ways: * Send mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the body containing "send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email". * Send mail to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk with the body containing "send lis-iis e-access-inet.txt". [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12. I do not have access to Usenet. How do I post and receive news? To receive rec.games.corewar articles by email, join the COREWAR-L list run on the Koth.Org list processor. To join, send the message SUB COREWAR-L FirstName LastName to listproc@koth.org. You can send mail to corewar-l@koth.org to post even if you are not a member of the list. Responsible for the listserver is Scott J. Ellentuch (ttsg@ttsg.com). Servers that allow you to post (but not receive) articles are available. Refer to the Accessing the Internet by E-Mail FAQ for more information. [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13. Are there any Core War related WWW sites? You bet. Each of the two KotH sites sport a world-wide web server. Stormking's Core War page is http://www.koth.org; pizza's is http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~pizza/koth . Damien Doligez (a.k.a. Planar) has a web page that features convenient access to regular newsletters (Push Off, The '94 Warrior, Core Warrior) and a well organized library of warriors: http://para.inria.fr/~doligez/corewar/. Convenient for U.S. users, this site is also mirrored at koth.org. [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14. What is KotH? How do I enter? King Of The Hill (KotH) is an ongoing Core War tournament available to anyone with email. You enter by submitting via email a Redcode program (warrior) with special comment lines. You will receive a reply indicating how well your program did against the current top programs "on the hill". There are two styles of KotH tournaments, "classical" and "multi-warrior". The "classical" KotH is a one-on-one tournament, that is your warrior will play 100 battles against each of the 20 other programs currently on the Hill. You receive 3 points for each win and 1 point for each tie. (The existing programs do not replay each other, but their previous battles are recalled.) All scores are updated to reflect your battles and all 21 programs are ranked from high to low. If you are number 21 you are pushed off the Hill, if you are higher than 21 someone else is pushed off. In "multi-warrior" KotH, all warriors on the hill fight each other at the same time. Score calculation is a bit more complex than for the one-on-one tournament. Briefly, points are awarded based on how many warriors survive until the end of a round. A warrior that survives by itself gets more points than a warrior that survives together with other warriors. Points are calculated from the formula (W*W-1)/S, where W is the total number of warriors and S the number of surviving warriors. The pMARS documentation has more information on multi-warrior scoring. The idea for an email-based Core War server came from David Lee. The original KotH was developed and run by William Shubert at Intel starting in 1991, and discontinued after almost three years of service. Currently, KotHs based on Bill's UNIX scripts but offering a wider variety of hills are are running at two sites: koth@koth.org is maintained by Scott J. Ellentuch (tuc@ttsg.com) and pizza@ecst.csuchico.edu by Thomas H. Davies (sd@ecst.csuchico.edu). Up until May '95, the two sites provided overlapping services, i.e. the some of the hill types were offered by both "pizza" and "stormking". To conserve resources, the different hill types are now divided up among the sites. The way you submit warriors to both KotHs is pretty much the same. Therefore, the entry rules described below apply to both "pizza" and "stormking" unless otherwise noted. Entry Rules for King of the Hill Corewar * Write a corewar program. KotH is fully ICWS '88 compatible, EXCEPT that a comma (",") is required between two arguments. * Put a line starting with ";redcode" (or ";redcode-94", etc., see below) at the top of your program. This MUST be the first line. Anything before it will be lost. If you wish to receive mail on every new entrant, use ";redcode verbose". Otherwise you will only receive mail if a challenger makes it onto the hill. Use ";redcode quiet" if you wish to receive mail only when you get shoved off the hill. Additionally, adding ";name " and ";author " will be helpful in the performance reports. Do NOT have a line beginning with ";address" in your code; this will confuse the mail daemon and you won't get mail back. Using ";name" is mandatory on the Pizza hills. In addition, it would be nice if you have lines beginning with ";strategy" that describe the algorithm you use. There are currently seven separate hills you can select by starting your program with ;redcode-94, ;redcode-b, ;redcode-lp, ;redcode-x, ;redcode, ;redcode-94x or ;redcode-94m. The former four run at "pizza", the latter three at "stormking". More information on these hills is listed below. * Mail this file to koth@koth.org or pizza@ecst.csuchico.edu. "Pizza" requires a subject of "koth" (use the -s flag on most mailers). * Within a few minutes you should get mail back telling you whether your program assembled correctly or not. If it did assemble correctly, sit back and wait; if not, make the change required and re-submit. * In an hour or so you should get more mail telling you how your program performed against the current top 20 (or 10) programs. If no news arrives during that time, don't worry; entries are put in a queue and run through the tournament one at a time. A backlog may develop. Be patient. If your program makes it onto the hill, you will get mail every time a new program makes it onto the hill. If this is too much mail, you can use ";redcode[-??] quiet" when you first mail in your program; then you will only get mail when you make it on the top 25 list or when you are knocked off. Using ";redcode[-??] verbose" will give you even more mail; here you get mail every time a new challenger arrives, even if they don't make it onto the top 25 list. Often programmers want to try out slight variations in their programs. If you already have a program named "foo V1.0" on the hill, adding the line ";kill foo" to a new program will automatically bump foo 1.0 off the hill. Just ";kill" will remove all of your programs when you submit the new one. The server kills programs by assigning an impossibly low score; it may therefore take another successful challenge before a killed program is actually removed from the hill. Sample Entry ;redcode ;name Dwarf ;author A. K. Dewdney ;strategy Throw DAT bombs around memory, hitting every 4th memory cell. ;strategy This program was presented in the first Corewar article. bomb DAT #0 dwarf ADD #4, bomb MOV bomb, @bomb JMP dwarf END dwarf ; Programs start at the first line unless ; an "END start" pseudo-op appears to indicate ; the first logical instruction. Also, nothing ; after the END instruction will be assembled. Duration Max. Hill Name Hill Core Max. Before Entry Min. Rounds Instr. Size Size Processes Distance Fought Set Tie Length Pizza's ICWS '94 Draft Hill Extended (Accessed with 25 8000 8000 80000 100 100 200 ICWS '94 ";redcode-94") Draft Pizza's Beginner's Extended Hill (Accessed 25 8000 8000 80000 100 100 200 ICWS '94 with ";redcode-b") Draft Pizza's Experimental Extended (Small) Hill 25 800 800 8000 20 20 200 ICWS '94 (Accessed with Draft ";redcode-x") Pizza's Limited Process (LP) Hill Extended (Accessed with 25 8000 8 80000 200 200 200 ICWS '94 ";redcode-lp") Draft Stormking's ICWS '88 Standard Hill (Accessed with 20 8000 8000 80000 100 100 250 ICWS '88 ";redcode") Stormking's ICWS '94 No Pspace Hill (Accessed with 20 8000 8000 80000 100 100 250 ICWS '94 ";redcode-94nop") Stormking's ICWS '94 Experimental Extended (Big) Hill 20 55440 55440 500000 200 200 250 ICWS '94 (Accessed with Draft ";redcode-94x") Stormking's ICWS '94 Multi-Warrior Extended Hill (Accessed 10 8000 8000 80000 100 100 200 ICWS '94 with Draft ";redcode-94m") Note: Warriors on the beginner's hill are retired at age 100. If you just want to get a status report without actually challenging the hills, send email with ";status" as the message body (and don't forget "Subject: koth" for "pizza"). If you send mail to "pizza" with "Subject: koth help" you will receive instructions that may be more up to date than those contained in this document. At "stormking", a message body with ";help" will return brief instructions. If you submit code containing a ";test" line, your warrior will be assembled but not actually pitted against the warriors on the hill. At "pizza", you can use ";redcode[-??] test" to do a test challenge of the Hill without affecting the status of the Hill. These challenges can be used to see how well your warrior does against the current Hill warriors. All hills run portable MARS (pMARS) version 0.8, a platform-independent Core War system available at www.koth.org. The '94 and '94x hills allow five experimental opcodes and three experimental addressing modes currently not covered in the ICWS'94 draft document: * LDP - Load P-Space * STP - Store P-Space * SEQ - Skip if EQual (synonym for CMP) * SNE - Skip if Not Equal * NOP - (No OPeration) * * - indirect using A-field as pointer * { - predecrement indirect using A-field * } - postincrement indirect using A-field [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15. Is it DAT 0, 0 or DAT #0, #0? How do I compare to core? Core is initialized to DAT 0, 0. This is an illegal instruction (in source code) under ICWS'88 rules and strictly compliant assemblers (such as KotH or pmars -8) will not let you have a DAT 0, 0 instruction in your source code - only DAT #0, #0. So this begs the question, how to compare something to see if it is empty core. The answer is, most likely the instruction before your first instruction and the instruction after your last instruction are both DAT 0, 0. You can use them, or any other likely unmodified instructions, for comparison. Note that under ICWS'94, DAT 0, 0 is a legal instruction. [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16. How does SLT (Skip if Less Than) work? SLT gives some people trouble because of the way modular arithmetic works. It is important to note that all negative numbers are converted to positive numbers before a battles begins. Example: -1 becomes M-1 where M is the memory size (core size). Once you realize that all numbers are treated as positive, it is clear what is meant by "less than". It should also be clear that no number is less than zero. [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17. What is the difference between in-register and in-memory evaluation? These terms refer to the way instruction operands are evaluated. The '88 Redcode standard ICWS'88 is unclear about whether a simulator should "buffer" the result of A-operand evaluation before the B-operand is evaluated. Simulators that do buffer are said to use in-register evaluation, those that don't, in-memory evaluation. ICWS'94 clears this confusion by mandating in-register evaluation. Instructions that execute differently under these two forms of evaluation are MOV, ADD, SUB, MUL, DIV and MOD where the effective address of the A-operand is modified by evaluation of the B-operand. This is best illustrated by an example: L1 mov L2, mov.i #0, impsize Bootstrapping Strategy of copying the active portion of the program away from the initial location, leaving a decoy behind and making the relocated program as small as possible. B-Scanners Scanners which only recognize non-zero B-fields. example add #10, scan scan jmz example, 10 c Measure of speed, equal to one location per cycle. Speed of light. CMP-Scanner A Scanner which uses a CMP instruction to look for opponents. example add step, scan scan cmp 10, 30 jmp attack jmp example step dat #20, #20 Colour Property of bombs making them visible to scanners, causing them to attack useless locations, thus slowing them down. example dat #100 Core-Clear Code that sequentially overwrites core with DAT instructions; usually the last part of a program. Decoys Bogus or unused instructions meant to slow down scanners. Typically, DATs with non-zero B-fields. Decrement Resistant Property of warriors making them functional (or at least partially functional) when overrun by a DJN-stream. DJN-Stream (also DJN-Train) Using a DJN command to rapidly decrement core locations. example ... ... djn example, <4000 Dwarf The prototypical small bomber. Gate-busting (also gate-crashing) technique to "interweave" a decrement-resistant imp-spiral (e.g. MOV 0, 2668) with a standard one to overrun imp-gates. Hybrids warriors that combine two or more of the basic strategies, either in sequence (e.g. stone->paper) or in parallel (e.g. imp/stone). Imp Program which only uses the MOV instruction. example mov 0, 1 or example mov 0, 2 mov 0, 2 Imp-Gate A location in core which is bombed or decremented continuously so that an Imp can not pass. Also used to describe the program-code which maintains the gate. example ... ... spl 0, mov.i #0,IMPSIZE Mirror see reflection. On-axis/off-axis On-axis scanners compare two locations M/2 apart, where M is the memory size. Off-axis scanners use some other separation. Optimal Constants (also optima-type constants) Bomb or scan increments chosen to cover core most effectively, i.e. leaving gaps of uniform size. Programs to calculate optimal constants and lists of optimal numbers are available at www.koth.org. Paper A Paper-like program is one which replicates itself many times. Part of the Scissors (beats) Paper (beats) Stone (beats Scissors) analogy. P-Warrior A warrior which uses the results of previous round(s) in order to determine which strategy it will use. Pit-Trapper (also Slaver, Vampire). A program which enslaves another. Usually accomplished by bombing with JMPs to a SPL 0 pit with an optional core-clear routine. Q^2 Scan A modern version of the Quick Scan where anything found is attacked almost immediately. Quick Scan 2c scan of a set group of core locations with bombing if anything is found. Both of the following codes snips scan 16 locations and check for a find. If anything is found, it is attacked, otherwise 16 more locations are scanned. Example: start s1 for 8 ;'88 scan cmp start+100*s1, start+100*s1+4000 ;check two locations mov #start+100*s1-found, found ;they differ so set pointer rof jmn attack, found ;if we have something, get it s2 for 8 cmp start+100*(s2+6), start+100*(s2+6)+4000 mov #start+100*(s2+6)-found, found rof found jmz moveme, #0 ;skip attack if qscan found nothing attack cmp @found, start-1 ;does found points to empty space? add #4000, found ;no, so point to correct location mov start-1, @found ;move a bomb moveme jmp 0, 0 In ICWS'94, the quick scan code is more compact because of the SNE opcode: start ;'94 scan s1 for 4 sne start+400*s1, start+400*s1+100 ;check two locations seq start+400*s1+200, start+400*s1+300 ;check two locations mov #start+400*s1-found, found ;they differ so set pointer rof jmn which, found ;if we have something, get it s2 for 4 sne start+400*(s2+4), start+400*(s2+4)+100 seq start+400*(s2+4)+200, start+400*(s2+4)+300 mov #start+400*(s2+4)-found-100, found rof found jmz moveme, #0 ;skip attack if qscan found nothing add #100, -1 ;increment pointer till we get the which jmn -1, @found ;right place mov start-1, @found ;move a bomb moveme jmp 0, 0 Reflection Copy of a program or program part, positioned to make the active program invisible to a CMP-scanner. Replicator Generic for Paper. A program which makes many copies of itself, each copy also making copies. Self-Splitting Strategy of amplifying the number of processes executing a piece of code. example spl 0 loop add #10, example mov example, @example jmp loop Scanner A program which searches through core for an opponent rather than bombing blindly. Scissors A program designed to beat replicators, usually a (B-field scanning) vampire. Part of the Paper-Scissors-Stone analogy. Self-Repair Ability of a program to fix it's own code after attack. Silk A replicator which splits off a process to each new copy before actually copying the code. This allows it to replicate extremely quickly. This technique is only possible under the '94 draft, because it requires post-increment indirect addressing. Example: spl 1 mov -1, 0 spl 1 ;generate 6 consecutive processes silk spl 3620, #0 ;split to new copy mov >-1, }-1 ;copy self to new location mov bomb, >2000 ;linear bombing mov bomb, }2042 ;A-indirect bombing for anti-vamp jmp silk, {silk ;reset source pointer, make new copy bomb dat >2667, >5334 ;anti-imp bomb Slaver see Pit-Trapper. Stealth Property of programs, or program parts, which are invisible to scanners, accomplished by using zero B-fields and reflections. Stone A Stone-like program designed to be a small bomber. Part of the Paper-Scissors-Stone analogy. Stun A type of bomb which makes the opponent multiply useless processes, thus slowing it down. Example is referred to as a SPL-JMP bomb. example spl 0 jmp -1 Two-Pass Core-Clear (also SPL/DAT Core-Clear) core clear that fills core first with SPL instructions, then with DATs. This is very effective in killing paper and certain imp-spiral variations. Vampire see Pit-Trapper. Vector Launch one of several means to start an imp-spiral running. As fast as Binary Launch, but requiring much less code. See also JMP/ADD Launch and Binary Launch. This example is one form of a Vector Launch: sz EQU 2667 spl 1 spl 1 jmp @vt, }0 vt dat #0, imp+0*sz ; start of vector table dat #0, imp+1*sz dat #0, imp+2*sz dat #0, imp+3*sz ; end of vector table imp mov.i #0, sz [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 23. Other questions? Just ask in the rec.games.corewar newsgroup or contact me. If you are shy, check out the Core War archives first to see if your question has been answered before. [ToC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Credits Additions, corrections, etc. to this document are solicited. Thanks in particular to the following people who have contributed major portions of this document: * Mark Durham (wrote the original version of the FAQ) * Paul Kline * Randy Graham * Stefan Strack (maintained a recent version of the FAQ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright � 1999 Anton Marsden. Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: metcalf@uboot.com (John Metcalf) Subject: Re: Michael Constant's Optima Program Date: 13 May 2004 08:17:58 -0700 Message-ID: Hi Ilmari, Ilmari Karonen wrote: > This may be an obvious question, but have you tried asking him? I > think the mconst%csua.berkeley.edu address (punctuation munged just in > case) should still be valid; I can finger it, and the account appears > to be in active use. As usual, I've failed to try the obvious. :-) I'll let you know how I get on. Thanks, John From: "Loren Jamison" Subject: My corewar evolver, CRE Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 23:57:54 -0500 Message-ID: Hello. I have been developing a corewar evolver over the past year called CRE, which is an acronym for Corewars Redcode Evolver. I have released it under the GNU GPL at http://cre.sourceforge.net/index.htm. The current version is 1.0, R2. There is a Windows setup program, as well as a source zip file for other platforms. (If you would like another format, such as .gz, please let me know and I will be happy to add it.)If you have time, please take a look at it and give me any ideas you think of. CRE tries to incorporate several different methods for evolving warriors, allowing the user to choose the one that works best for them. The current release has 3 different methods for evolving warriors, but the development version that I am working on will have more. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get any warriors on a hill (however, they do score fairly well.) I am currently in the process of rewriting parts of the code to make it neater and to allow for easier expansion. Loren Jamison From: "Loren Jamison" Subject: Re: My corewar evolver, CRE Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 00:30:30 -0500 Message-ID: I just realized that I did not include a dll that is needed for the Windows version. The file needed is alleg40.dll. I think that you can get this file from http://alleg.sourceforge.net, or you can use a search engine to search for alleg40.dll. Linux and other platforms will need to go to the Allegro website (http://alleg.sourceforge.net) to get the required files for CRE to run. Sorry for the inconvenience. I will try to upload an updated package when I get a chance. Loren Jamison "Loren Jamison" wrote in message news:c81jhm$1g4b$1@news.f.de.plusline.net... > Hello. I have been developing a corewar evolver over the past year called > CRE, which is an acronym for Corewars Redcode Evolver. I have released it > under the GNU GPL at http://cre.sourceforge.net/index.htm. The current > version is 1.0, R2. There is a Windows setup program, as well as a source > zip file for other platforms. (If you would like another format, such as > .gz, please let me know and I will be happy to add it.)If you have time, > please take a look at it and give me any ideas you think of. > > CRE tries to incorporate several different methods for evolving warriors, > allowing the user to choose the one that works best for them. The current > release has 3 different methods for evolving warriors, but the development > version that I am working on will have more. > > Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get any warriors on a hill (however, > they do score fairly well.) > > I am currently in the process of rewriting parts of the code to make it > neater and to allow for easier expansion. > > > Loren Jamison > > From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - 94 No Pspace 05/17/04 Date: 17 May 2004 04:40:58 -0400 Message-ID: <200405170409.i4H491Zs013946@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/17/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG 94 No Pspace CoreWar Hill: Last battle concluded at : Thu May 13 13:17:24 EDT 2004 # %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age 1 32/ 23/ 45 paper(paper(paper(clear)) Sascha Zapf 142 27 2 34/ 28/ 39 Yorba Roy 140 57 3 43/ 46/ 12 Arrow Christian Schmidt 139 126 4 42/ 44/ 14 HazyLazy C 11 CS SG 139 135 5 27/ 16/ 57 Maelstrom Roy van Rijn 137 67 6 41/ 46/ 13 High Voltage Sascha Zapf 137 1 7 33/ 30/ 38 Frantic Roy van Rijn 136 40 8 41/ 47/ 11 Bottomless Pit Fizmo/Roy 135 88 9 41/ 47/ 12 O--* Bremer/Schmidt 135 52 10 31/ 27/ 41 slime test 1.00 David Houston 135 253 11 31/ 27/ 42 Gremlin van Rijn/Grabun 135 157 12 40/ 45/ 15 Solar Flare test John Morahan 135 2 13 31/ 28/ 41 Son of Vain Oversby/Pihlaja 135 2491 14 40/ 45/ 15 Dandelion 3 Christian Schmidt 134 44 15 30/ 26/ 45 Triturus Roy van Rijn 133 11 16 30/ 28/ 41 Armadillo Lukasz Grabun 132 232 17 26/ 20/ 54 Black Knight Christian Schmidt 132 6 18 41/ 52/ 7 Aoshi A 34 Steve Gunnell 131 29 19 31/ 32/ 37 Spiritual Black Dimension Christian Schmidt 130 282 20 26/ 22/ 51 Bvowkium Fizmoxid bvowk/fizmo 130 4 21 33/ 45/ 21 Origin of Storms John Metcalf 121 0 From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - Standard 05/17/04 Date: 17 May 2004 04:41:12 -0400 Message-ID: <200405170400.i4H4018D013857@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/17/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG Standard KotH CoreWar Hill : Last battle concluded at : Thu May 6 12:12:05 EDT 2004 # %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age 1 47/ 36/ 17 Tangle Trap 3 David Moore 157 20 2 40/ 26/ 34 The Next Step '88 David Houston 154 7 3 39/ 24/ 37 Freight Train David Moore 153 192 4 47/ 44/ 9 Scan Test C 6 Steve Gunnell 150 30 5 37/ 24/ 38 Test Alexander (Sasha) Wa 150 131 6 42/ 38/ 20 My 1st try Christian Schmidt 145 23 7 43/ 41/ 16 Cold as November Rain... John Metcalf 145 5 8 42/ 40/ 18 Stasis David Moore 145 299 9 34/ 26/ 40 Guardian Ian Oversby 142 191 10 41/ 42/ 17 '88 test IV John Metcalf 140 85 11 41/ 45/ 14 Foggy Swamp Beppe Bezzi 137 188 12 38/ 40/ 22 PacMan David Moore 136 221 13 40/ 45/ 15 Deviant Scanner Roy van Rijn 136 8 14 34/ 33/ 33 vala John Metcalf 135 114 15 31/ 29/ 40 Pixie 88 Lukasz Grabun 134 21 16 34/ 34/ 32 The Seed Roy van Rijn 134 9 17 39/ 45/ 16 Blur '88 Anton Marsden 132 229 18 28/ 24/ 48 Test I Ian Oversby 132 248 19 38/ 46/ 17 French Kiss 88 LAchi 129 1 20 17/ 16/ 67 Do Redcoders Hibernate? John Metcalf 118 3 21 0/ 54/ 46 Fabien Latry's 6-way imp Fabien Latry 46 0 From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - MultiWarrior 94 05/17/04 Date: 17 May 2004 04:41:07 -0400 Message-ID: <200405170403.i4H431cx013880@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/17/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG Multiwarrior 94 CoreWar Hill: Last battle concluded at : Tue May 11 05:57:25 EDT 2004 # Name Author Score Age 1 Leap test Christian Schmidt 20 23 2 Zorca Christian Schmidt 10 14 3 Her Majesty P.Kline 10 456 4 foundling John Metcalf 9 3 5 The Survivor Philip Kendall 8 67 6 Dodge Viper Christian Schmidt 6 21 7 season of adventure John Metcalf 4 1 8 A Witch's Word John Metcalf 3 10 9 not king of the hill FatalC 2 182 10 how impish do you like? John Metcalf 2 2 11 Spray 'n Wipe 4a 90 Steve Gunnell 0 0 From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - ICWS Experimental 94 05/17/04 Date: 17 May 2004 04:41:03 -0400 Message-ID: <200405170406.i4H461Uj013916@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/17/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG ICWS Experimental 94 CoreWar Hill: Last battle concluded at : Thu May 13 13:10:27 EDT 2004 # %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age 1 44/ 36/ 20 Fatamorgana X Zul Nadzri 151 1 2 41/ 37/ 22 The X Machine Zul Nadzri 146 25 3 43/ 44/ 13 Fire and Ice II David Moore 142 114 4 40/ 40/ 20 Eliminator X Zul Nadzri 140 26 5 22/ 8/ 69 Evol Cap 4 X John Wilkinson 136 283 6 27/ 19/ 54 xd100 test David Houston 134 11 7 37/ 39/ 24 Black Moods Ian Oversby 134 210 8 22/ 11/ 67 Denial David Moore 132 155 9 29/ 26/ 44 KAT v5 Dave Hillis 132 146 10 36/ 40/ 24 Simply Intelligent Zul Nadzri 132 7 11 28/ 25/ 47 Venom v0.2b Christian Schmidt 131 236 12 28/ 26/ 46 Olivia X Ben Ford 131 95 13 19/ 7/ 75 Evolve X v4.0 John Wilkinson 130 231 14 33/ 36/ 31 Trefoil F 13 Steve Gunnell 130 97 15 25/ 23/ 52 Glenstorm John Metcalf 128 76 16 34/ 41/ 24 Ogre Christian Schmidt 128 162 17 22/ 17/ 61 Kin John Metcalf 126 122 18 35/ 44/ 20 Giant Hazy Test 13 Steve Gunnell 126 41 19 32/ 40/ 29 Controlled Aggression Ian Oversby 123 214 20 19/ 15/ 66 Blotter X J. Pohjalainen 123 16 21 29/ 61/ 10 WillowX John Metcalf 98 0 From: "Loren Jamison" Subject: Re: My corewar evolver, CRE Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 10:12:53 -0500 Message-ID: Never mind about the Allegro files. They aren't needed in this version. (they will be needed in the next release) Sorry again. Loren Jamison "Loren Jamison" wrote in message news:c89ij3$2vuc$1@news.f.de.plusline.net... > I just realized that I did not include a dll that is needed for the Windows > version. The file needed is alleg40.dll. I think that you can get this file > from http://alleg.sourceforge.net, or you can use a search engine to search > for alleg40.dll. > > Linux and other platforms will need to go to the Allegro website > (http://alleg.sourceforge.net) to get the required files for CRE to run. > > Sorry for the inconvenience. I will try to upload an updated package when I > get a chance. > > > Loren Jamison > > "Loren Jamison" wrote in message > news:c81jhm$1g4b$1@news.f.de.plusline.net... > > Hello. I have been developing a corewar evolver over the past year called > > CRE, which is an acronym for Corewars Redcode Evolver. I have released it > > under the GNU GPL at http://cre.sourceforge.net/index.htm. The current > > version is 1.0, R2. There is a Windows setup program, as well as a source > > zip file for other platforms. (If you would like another format, such as > > .gz, please let me know and I will be happy to add it.)If you have time, > > please take a look at it and give me any ideas you think of. > > > > CRE tries to incorporate several different methods for evolving warriors, > > allowing the user to choose the one that works best for them. The current > > release has 3 different methods for evolving warriors, but the development > > version that I am working on will have more. > > > > Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get any warriors on a hill (however, > > they do score fairly well.) > > > > I am currently in the process of rewriting parts of the code to make it > > neater and to allow for easier expansion. > > > > > > Loren Jamison > > > > > > From: chipw@mdli.com (Chip Wendell) Subject: CoreWin 2.2 Date: 17 May 2004 12:04:49 -0700 Message-ID: Hi all, I'm happy to announce the release of version 2.2 of CoreWin, the Windows MARS. It's taken a bit longer than I was planning on, but the new version is a hefty upgrade, and well worth the wait. It's available now for download at http://www.geocities.com/corewin2. Come check out all the new features: - Conditional breakpoints: Break on execute, on write, on inc/dec, on compare, on read, or when a test expression evaluates to true. Set an on-execute breakpoint with a single click in a core view window, or double-click to set custom conditions. Breakpoints may be set in source code using compile directives, setting the same breakpoints for every round. - Editable core and p-space contents: Double-click an instruction in a core view window to make changes. The new code may overwrite multiple lines, using source code. Double-click a p-space location to change the number stored there. - Editable process queue: Add and remove processes, and move them around within a process queue. - Custom scoring formula: Specify the points given to each surviving warrior, using any redcode expression with the variables W and S. - Tournament results can be saved to a text file. The results window has been improved in several other ways, as well. - The edit window is now resizable, as are each of the panels inside it. - Maximum speed has been increased by 50%, by disabling updates to the progress bars when the Display option is set to None. This also results in less annoying flicker, when all you want is speed. All the versions of the user's guide have been updated, so look there for more details. The CoreWin site has been expanded. Downloads are now made from a separate page; the user's guide is available online; and there is even a CoreWin FAQ. As always, feedback (of any variety) is greatly appreciated. Enjoy! - Chip From: wackoyacko2000@yahoo.com (Andrew Hunter) Subject: Re: CoreWin 2.2 Date: 18 May 2004 05:06:58 -0700 Message-ID: <112f3b73.0405180406.29ec5c34@posting.google.com> > As always, feedback (of any variety) is greatly appreciated. These features and fixes seem really cool. The one thing I'd really like, though? I hate to be nitpicky, but I can't stand the new look since v2.0...I find it hard to look at with the different style cells & so on. Is there a way to make the GUI just look and perform the exact same way as v2.0? From: neogryzormail@mixmail.com (Neogryzor) Subject: MiniChallenge #6 deadline: June, 8th Date: 18 May 2004 08:15:26 -0700 Message-ID: <242debe4.0405180715.1128cfa6@posting.google.com> I suppouse that people have experimented with their p-space routines, so it is time to set the deadline: June, 8. Make sure your warrior accomplishes the rules: You have to create a p-warrior with three given strategies. No other attacks or strategies are allowed. Warriors will compete in a round robin without self-fights, so it works like a Redcoders Pmars command line: pmars -r 5000 -l 100 -d 200 entry1.red entry2.red - You can place components as you want, but clear's gate must be empty core, (dat 0,0) - You don't have to include all components if you don't want to. - PINs are allowed, (and encouraged) - P-brains have 100 cycles time limit to think. Mostly to prevent decrements acting as an imp-gate. So loop forever is not allowed. - DAT is not a given stategy, so suicide is not allowed. You must choose a strategy. :) URL: www.estadium.ya.com/neogryzor/corewars.htm From: wackoyacko2000@yahoo.com (Andrew Hunter) Subject: Optimizing methods Date: 19 May 2004 16:29:30 -0700 Message-ID: <112f3b73.0405191529.73e04c98@posting.google.com> People, I believe, have programs that allow them to brute-force test random constants in their warriors. I need one. Anyone willing to share one with me? I just need something that can generate and automatically test warriors with random constants. From: achillu@tin.it (LAchi) Subject: LP Hill: Achillu 94 has been pushed off at age 48 Date: 20 May 2004 02:40:27 -0700 Message-ID: <1eeccf2e.0405200140.70dde26f@posting.google.com> Hi all. My outsider LP warrior "I KILL U" (written in Redcode 86) had been pushed off at age 39; its descendant warrior "Achillu 94" survived 9 more challenges :) The strategy behind this warrior is the same as its ancestor: the "start" loop keeps on creating copies of the whole warrior, while the "loop" loop is a .33c dwarf style bomber. If there are enough processes, the new copy is activated, and again if there are enough processes, the bomber is activated too. The warrior is not a "pure" paper, in the sense that the new copy may not be activated; anyway, copies of the warrior keep on being created, just in case one or more of the active copies dies, freeing the process(es) needed for the new activation. I just sent the warrior to Koenigstuhl, so feel free to find better variants (say use a more modern bomber, or use jmp instead of spl at the end of the copy part - this will save 2 instructions, and leaves the old copy behind instead of freezing the process in that limited part of the core). Best regards. LAchi. ;redcode-lp ;name Achillu 94 ;author LAchi + Fizmo ;strategy Say it "I KILL U". ;strategy This is just I KILL U rewritten by Fizmo in Redcode-94. ;strategy New constants, some corecoloring and an additional quickscanner. ;strategy Thanks for retuning and rewriting. ;assert CORESIZE==8000 count dat 0, 0 dat 0, 0 ind dat 0, 0 start spl loop, <7692 mov #4242, count again mov #bomb-ind+1, ind copy mov @ind, qoff, >qc2 dat 0, 0 dat 0, qptr, qptr + qz + (qb2-1) jmp q2, Hi all. I promised that I would release the strategy behind my tiny scanners when one of them would be pushed off the tiny hill. This happened today. I used the name stone/scan, anyway I do not think this is correct. Usually, a scan instruction looks like this: SEQ.I (or SNE.I) loc1, loc2 however, if I tune my scanner so that it never scans twice the same locations, I can use the same scan instruction to leave some garbage behind: SNE.I dest" instruction that I put before the scan instruction is just a bombing part that I added to explain the "stone/scan" name. The rest of the warrior is a classical bishot clear. Now you can guess how Milkshake IV work... ;) I sent the warrior to both Sourceforge and Koenigstuhl, and I hope that John Metcalf will soon enter it in his infinite tiny hill. Best regards. LAchi. ;redcode-tiny ;name Strawberry and Lemon ;author LAchi ;kill Strawberry and Lemon ;strategy The best original bishot stone/scan I could get. ;strategy Tuned by Fizmo. ;assert CORESIZE==800 STEP equ -7 FIRST equ 56 WIDTH equ 404 loop sub.f sPtr, dest start mov.i }dest, >dest dest sne.i sPtr sBack djn.a sLoop, Subject: Re: Optimizing methods Date: 20 May 2004 19:37:38 GMT Message-ID: On 19 May 2004 16:29:30 -0700, Andrew Hunter wrote: > People, I believe, have programs that allow them to brute-force test > random constants in their warriors. I need one. Anyone willing to > share one with me? I don't think you want to see mine. :-) File create.c #include int main() { int h,i,j,k; FILE *fp; srand(time(NULL)); i=rand(800)%800; j=rand(800)%800; i*=10; j*=10; printf("iX = %d\n",i); printf("sX = %d\n",j); fp = fopen("header.red","w"); fprintf(fp,";redcode-94nop\n;name si\n;author Lukasz Grabun\n"); fprintf(fp,";assert CORESIZE==8000\niX\tequ\t%d\n",i); fprintf(fp,"sX\tequ\t%d\n",j); fclose(fp); } File tourney.sh #!/bin/bash create cat header.red source.red > pap.red koth pap.red 250 stoneimp Repeat three last lines ~500 times. :-) That's example header.red ;redcode-94nop ;name si ;author Lukasz Grabun ;assert CORESIZE==8000 iX equ 30 sX equ 7300 -- Lukasz Grabun (My CW page: http://www.dwarfscorner.com/) (reply-to field is fake, use grabek (at) acn dot waw dot pl to reply) From: "Loren Jamison" Subject: Corewars Redcode Evolver 1.1 Released Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 00:25:56 -0500 Message-ID: Hi. I have finished CRE 1.1. Get it at http://sourceforge.net/projects/cre. Loren Jamison From: metcalf@uboot.com (John Metcalf) Subject: Re: Tiny hill: Strawberry and Lemon has been pushed off at age 42 Date: 21 May 2004 10:33:47 -0700 Message-ID: Hi LAchi, > ;redcode-tiny > ;name Strawberry and Lemon I'll add this to the infinite tiny hill over the weekend. Usually I'll add anything new I see posted in r.g.cw, on Koenigstuhl, or on the Sourceforge hills. The current king of the ITH is bestwar4.red by Dave Hillis. Unknown is close to being pushed from the tiny hill, and still no-one has correctly worked out it's strategy :-) Has everyone run out of ideas? Oneshots aren't performing too well at the moment. Of the 11 on the hill, only three are in the top 10. These three aren't your plain scan -> clear either ;-) Regards, John From: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?=A3ukasz_Adamowski?= Subject: Redcoders Frenzy Round 18th reminder Date: 22 May 2004 11:20:23 -0400 Message-ID: <40af0fa912d43@wp.pl> ............................................................... . _____ _ _ . | __ \ | | | | . | |__) |___ __| | ___ ___ __| | _____ __ ___ . | _ // _ \/ _` |/ __/ _ \ / _` |/ _ \ '__/ __| . | | \ \ __/ (_| | (_| (_) | (_| | __/ | \__ \ . |_| \_\___|\__,_|\___\___/ \__,_|\___|_| |___/ . . ______ . | ____| . | |__ _ __ ___ _ __ _____ _ . | __| '__/ _ \ '_ \|_ / | | | . | | | | | __/ | | |/ /| |_| | . |_| |_| \___|_| |_/___|\__, | . __/ | . |___/ . ................................................................ The ongoing corewar tournament _ ___ / |/ _ \ | |\ / | |/ _ \ |_|\___/ ............................ . . . Capture The Flag '88 . . . ............................ ................................................................ _ _ _ _ . __| |___ __ _ __| | (_)_ _ ___ . / _` / -_) _` / _` | | | ' \/ -_) . \__,_\___\__,_\__,_|_|_|_||_\___| . . ................................................................ Why no one told I've made mistake? June 1st is Tuesday, not Saturday! I guess I was looking at May page of my calendar. Mat 1st was on Saturday. Anyway: I REMIND YOU: Redcoders' Frenzy Round 18 deadline is June 1st, 23:59 GMT. This means you have still 1, 2, 3... (counting;) 10 days to finish your entries and send them to me: corewars@wp.pl. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Greetings Lukasz Adamowski --== "War is a problem, never a solution"/"Wojna jest problemem, a nie rozwiazaniem" ==-- ---------------------------------------------------- 26 maja - Dzie� Matki! Poczta Kwiatowa - dor�czy kwiaty Twojej Mamie z �yczeniami w kraju i na �wiecie. http://klik.wp.pl/?adr=http%3A%2F%2Fzakupy.wp.pl%2Fpoczta_kwiatowa.html&sid=180 From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - Standard 05/24/04 Date: 24 May 2004 08:31:44 -0400 Message-ID: <200405240400.i4O401n2007620@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/24/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG Standard KotH CoreWar Hill : Last battle concluded at : Thu May 6 12:12:05 EDT 2004 # %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age 1 47/ 36/ 17 Tangle Trap 3 David Moore 157 20 2 40/ 26/ 34 The Next Step '88 David Houston 154 7 3 39/ 24/ 37 Freight Train David Moore 153 192 4 47/ 44/ 9 Scan Test C 6 Steve Gunnell 150 30 5 37/ 24/ 38 Test Alexander (Sasha) Wa 150 131 6 42/ 38/ 20 My 1st try Christian Schmidt 145 23 7 43/ 41/ 16 Cold as November Rain... John Metcalf 145 5 8 42/ 40/ 18 Stasis David Moore 145 299 9 34/ 26/ 40 Guardian Ian Oversby 142 191 10 41/ 42/ 17 '88 test IV John Metcalf 140 85 11 41/ 45/ 14 Foggy Swamp Beppe Bezzi 137 188 12 38/ 40/ 22 PacMan David Moore 136 221 13 40/ 45/ 15 Deviant Scanner Roy van Rijn 136 8 14 34/ 33/ 33 vala John Metcalf 135 114 15 31/ 29/ 40 Pixie 88 Lukasz Grabun 134 21 16 34/ 34/ 32 The Seed Roy van Rijn 134 9 17 39/ 45/ 16 Blur '88 Anton Marsden 132 229 18 28/ 24/ 48 Test I Ian Oversby 132 248 19 38/ 46/ 17 French Kiss 88 LAchi 129 1 20 17/ 16/ 67 Do Redcoders Hibernate? John Metcalf 118 3 21 0/ 54/ 46 Fabien Latry's 6-way imp Fabien Latry 46 0 From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - MultiWarrior 94 05/24/04 Date: 24 May 2004 08:31:41 -0400 Message-ID: <200405240403.i4O431kn007649@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/24/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG Multiwarrior 94 CoreWar Hill: Last battle concluded at : Tue May 11 05:57:25 EDT 2004 # Name Author Score Age 1 Leap test Christian Schmidt 20 23 2 Zorca Christian Schmidt 10 14 3 Her Majesty P.Kline 10 456 4 foundling John Metcalf 9 3 5 The Survivor Philip Kendall 8 67 6 Dodge Viper Christian Schmidt 6 21 7 season of adventure John Metcalf 4 1 8 A Witch's Word John Metcalf 3 10 9 not king of the hill FatalC 2 182 10 how impish do you like? John Metcalf 2 2 11 Spray 'n Wipe 4a 90 Steve Gunnell 0 0 From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - ICWS Experimental 94 05/24/04 Date: 24 May 2004 08:31:38 -0400 Message-ID: <200405240406.i4O461u9007692@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/24/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG ICWS Experimental 94 CoreWar Hill: Last battle concluded at : Thu May 13 13:10:27 EDT 2004 # %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age 1 44/ 36/ 20 Fatamorgana X Zul Nadzri 151 1 2 41/ 37/ 22 The X Machine Zul Nadzri 146 25 3 43/ 44/ 13 Fire and Ice II David Moore 142 114 4 40/ 40/ 20 Eliminator X Zul Nadzri 140 26 5 22/ 8/ 69 Evol Cap 4 X John Wilkinson 136 283 6 27/ 19/ 54 xd100 test David Houston 134 11 7 37/ 39/ 24 Black Moods Ian Oversby 134 210 8 22/ 11/ 67 Denial David Moore 132 155 9 29/ 26/ 44 KAT v5 Dave Hillis 132 146 10 36/ 40/ 24 Simply Intelligent Zul Nadzri 132 7 11 28/ 25/ 47 Venom v0.2b Christian Schmidt 131 236 12 28/ 26/ 46 Olivia X Ben Ford 131 95 13 19/ 7/ 75 Evolve X v4.0 John Wilkinson 130 231 14 33/ 36/ 31 Trefoil F 13 Steve Gunnell 130 97 15 25/ 23/ 52 Glenstorm John Metcalf 128 76 16 34/ 41/ 24 Ogre Christian Schmidt 128 162 17 22/ 17/ 61 Kin John Metcalf 126 122 18 35/ 44/ 20 Giant Hazy Test 13 Steve Gunnell 126 41 19 32/ 40/ 29 Controlled Aggression Ian Oversby 123 214 20 19/ 15/ 66 Blotter X J. Pohjalainen 123 16 21 29/ 61/ 10 WillowX John Metcalf 98 0 From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - 94 No Pspace 05/24/04 Date: 24 May 2004 08:31:35 -0400 Message-ID: <200405240409.i4O491Lt007719@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/24/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG 94 No Pspace CoreWar Hill: Last battle concluded at : Thu May 13 13:17:24 EDT 2004 # %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age 1 32/ 23/ 45 paper(paper(paper(clear)) Sascha Zapf 142 27 2 34/ 28/ 39 Yorba Roy 140 57 3 43/ 46/ 12 Arrow Christian Schmidt 139 126 4 42/ 44/ 14 HazyLazy C 11 CS SG 139 135 5 27/ 16/ 57 Maelstrom Roy van Rijn 137 67 6 41/ 46/ 13 High Voltage Sascha Zapf 137 1 7 33/ 30/ 38 Frantic Roy van Rijn 136 40 8 41/ 47/ 11 Bottomless Pit Fizmo/Roy 135 88 9 41/ 47/ 12 O--* Bremer/Schmidt 135 52 10 31/ 27/ 41 slime test 1.00 David Houston 135 253 11 31/ 27/ 42 Gremlin van Rijn/Grabun 135 157 12 40/ 45/ 15 Solar Flare test John Morahan 135 2 13 31/ 28/ 41 Son of Vain Oversby/Pihlaja 135 2491 14 40/ 45/ 15 Dandelion 3 Christian Schmidt 134 44 15 30/ 26/ 45 Triturus Roy van Rijn 133 11 16 30/ 28/ 41 Armadillo Lukasz Grabun 132 232 17 26/ 20/ 54 Black Knight Christian Schmidt 132 6 18 41/ 52/ 7 Aoshi A 34 Steve Gunnell 131 29 19 31/ 32/ 37 Spiritual Black Dimension Christian Schmidt 130 282 20 26/ 22/ 51 Bvowkium Fizmoxid bvowk/fizmo 130 4 21 33/ 45/ 21 Origin of Storms John Metcalf 121 0 From: metcalf@uboot.com (John Metcalf) Subject: Re: IRC-Logs Date: 24 May 2004 09:36:04 -0700 Message-ID: Hi Sascha, > around...Sometimes its very funny to see what peoples talk allover the > day..And sometimes new idea can be stolen ;-) Jaska's logs are still online, but have been moved to: http://aalto.netsafir.com/~jaska/cwirclog/ Regards, John From: Sascha Zapf Subject: IRC-Logs Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 11:09:22 +0200 Message-ID: Hmmh, 24/7 Logs at http://www.loot.fi/cwirclog/ are down, only temporary or for ever ?..Is there another 24h log arround...Sometimes its very funny to see what peoples talk allover the day..And sometimes new idea can be stolen ;-) Sascha -- Parlez vous Redcode? From: fizmo_master@yahoo.com (Fizmo) Subject: Announcing the 20th Anniversary Corewar Meeting Date: 24 May 2004 12:36:46 -0700 Message-ID: <9f53b5fb.0405241136.75413746@posting.google.com> Hi all, I am sorry for the very late announcement of the cw meeting, but I had to fix at first my personal time schedule for this year which was unfortunately a bit more tricky than expected. Now, after contacting all player which want to participate there was a clear vote for the following date: July 23-25, 2004 The Corewar Meeting will be held in Berlin and I am glad to organize it. All player who would like to participate the meeting should contact me. The following activities are planned so far: - Sightseeing tour - Berlin by night - A pen'n'paper corewar tournament (no PC allowed for writing the warriors ;-) - Corewar Workshops Further ideas are welcome. I try to constantly update the following page: http://www.corewar.info/meeting/ I am looking forward for your response. Best Regards, Fizmo From: Andreas Scholta Subject: Re: IRC-Logs Date: 24 May 2004 16:04:06 +0200 Message-ID: <8765alyl9l.fsf@solace.kozmoz.org> Hey Sascha, nope, the logs have only been moved to a different url. Here you go: http://aalto.netsafir.com/~jaska/cwirclog/ -- cheers, Andreas Scholta From: Andreas Scholta Subject: Re: IRC-Logs Date: 24 May 2004 16:07:13 +0200 Message-ID: <87u0y5x6jy.fsf@solace.kozmoz.org> Hey Sascha, nope, the logs have only been moved to a different url. Here you go: http://aalto.netsafir.com/~jaska/cwirclog/ -- cheers, Andreas Scholta From: Andreas Scholta Subject: Re: IRC-Logs Date: 24 May 2004 16:08:34 +0200 Message-ID: <87oeodx6hp.fsf@solace.kozmoz.org> Hey Sascha, the logs have been moved to the new url: http://aalto.netsafir.com/~jaska/cwirclog/ -- cheers, Andreas Scholta From: Andreas Scholta Subject: cmsg cancel <87oeodx6hp.fsf@solace.kozmoz.org> Date: 24 May 2004 16:09:03 +0200 Message-ID: <87lljhx6gw.fsf@solace.kozmoz.org> I am canceling my own article. From: fizmo_master@yahoo.com (Fizmo) Subject: 94nop hill warrior: Ikarus II Date: 25 May 2004 02:19:00 -0700 Message-ID: <9f53b5fb.0405250119.1df90e6a@posting.google.com> Hi all, below is the code of Ikarus II, which is basically a highly tuned version of Joonas Pihlaja's Blurstone. Some tiny snippets and a Q^4.5 scanner are added for a further improvement. Fizmo ;redcode-94nop ;name Ikarus II ;author Christian Schmidt ;strategy qscanner -> scanner/stone-clone ;assert 1 STEP equ 4729 gate equ (cptr-2) sStrt equ 5516 pBoot equ 427 zero equ qbomb qtab3 equ qbomb qbomb dat >qoff , >qc2 dat 0 , 0 bPtr dat bdat+1 , cptr sp sub step , @scan sptr mov sStrt , gate djn.f -1 , >gate bdat dat >5335 , bdat+3-gate for 36 dat 0 , 0 rof qc2 equ ((1 + (qtab3-qptr)*qy) % CORESIZE) qb1 equ ((1 + (qtab2-1-qptr)*qy) % CORESIZE) qb2 equ ((1 + (qtab2-qptr)*qy) % CORESIZE) qb3 equ ((1 + (qtab2+1-qptr)*qy) % CORESIZE) qa1 equ ((1 + (qtab1-1-qptr)*qy) % CORESIZE) qa2 equ ((1 + (qtab1-qptr)*qy) % CORESIZE) qz equ 2108 qy equ 243 qgo sne qptr + qz*qc2, qptr + qz*qc2 + qb2 seq qptr, qptr + qz + (qb2-1) jmp q2, fizmo_master@yahoo.com (Fizmo) wrote in message news:<9f53b5fb.0405241136.75413746@posting.google.com>... > Now, after contacting all player which want to participate there was a > clear vote for the following date: > July 23-25, 2004 > - A pen'n'paper corewar tournament > - Corewar Workshops I wish I have the luxury of time and wealth to travel to Berlin (sigh). Like a car that needs a service at some workshop, I think I would benefit from the workshops to service my knowledge (it makes my engine revvs smoother ;). The pen-n-paper tournament, hmm, interesting. After that brain exercise, the sighseeing is excellent. Anyway, hope to see this event happens even though I am 'monitoring' it from far away. Ok, now back to Round 18 tourney & round6 smart warrior... /Zul Nadzri From: sayembara@yahoo.com (Zul Nadzri) Subject: Re: MiniChallenge #6 deadline: June, 8th Date: 25 May 2004 02:29:10 -0700 Message-ID: neogryzormail@mixmail.com (Neogryzor) wrote in message news:<242debe4.0405180715.1128cfa6@posting.google.com>... > I suppouse that people have experimented with their p-space routines, > so it is time to set the deadline: June, 8. My warrior becomes less smart the more I change but moving towards a firm target. I will try to meet the deadline, but, in case I can't make it, I will submit the warrior and hope you will put it somewhere with that 'late submission' tag. This is a different type of pspace out of that many type of pspace. Or otherwise, I will put this on the next Corewarrior just to introduce new way of looking at pspace strategy (forget about ineffectiveness against standard warrior...that is next todo list). /Zul Nadzri From: neogryzormail@mixmail.com (Neogryzor) Subject: Re: MiniChallenge #6 deadline: June, 8th Date: 25 May 2004 06:07:59 -0700 Message-ID: <242debe4.0405250507.768c92cf@posting.google.com> sayembara@yahoo.com (Zul Nadzri) wrote in message news:... > My warrior becomes less smart the more I change but moving towards a > firm target. I will try to meet the deadline, but, in case I can't > make it, I will submit the warrior and hope you will put it somewhere > with that 'late submission' tag. I can delay the deadline to make sure everyone will have the entries ready. > This is a different type of pspace out of that many type of pspace. Or > otherwise, I will put this on the next Corewarrior just to introduce > new way of looking at pspace strategy (forget about ineffectiveness > against standard warrior...that is next todo list). > > /Zul Nadzri It sounds interesting... G.Labarga From: chipw@mdli.com (Chip Wendell) Subject: Re: CoreWin 2.2 Date: 25 May 2004 11:55:28 -0700 Message-ID: wackoyacko2000@yahoo.com (Andrew Hunter) wrote in message news:<112f3b73.0405180406.29ec5c34@posting.google.com>... > I find it hard to look at with the different style cells > & so on. Is there a way to make the GUI just look and perform the > exact same way as v2.0? You mean you want all cells to be plain solid blocks? Sure, I could include an option for that. I'll be tinkering with the display graphics for 2.3 anyway :) - Chip From: wackoyacko2000@yahoo.com (Andrew Hunter) Subject: Re: CoreWin 2.2 Date: 25 May 2004 19:29:33 -0700 Message-ID: <112f3b73.0405251829.3f51c1fe@posting.google.com> > You mean you want all cells to be plain solid blocks? Sure, I could > include an option for that. I'll be tinkering with the display > graphics for 2.3 anyway :) > > - Chip Thanks. Once I've gotten used to it, it isn't that bad...and some of the info it can show can be useful...I'd just prefer to have the choice. And until 2.3, I'll deal--the new features are insanely awesome, and I'm impressed. Good work! From: "Zachary" Subject: newbie question Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 20:00:35 -0700 Message-ID: <2hnoahFevm30U1@uni-berlin.de> Hi, I am a blind computer user, who happened to discover Corewar today. The concept intrigues me, so I am wondering how things could work. I am not clear on what I do with the pmars program I have downloaded, nor what I do with the warriors I create. I am also wondering if a blind person could even play this game, which seems to have a lot to do with text. Thanks in Advance, Zack From: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?=A3ukasz_Adamowski?= Subject: Odp: newbie question Date: 28 May 2004 12:25:19 -0400 Message-ID: <40b6fa3f30950@wp.pl> Hi! I've just realized that CoreWar is a perfect game for persons like you. You don't need amazing 3D effects and realistic FPP engine, which CoreWar doesn't have and (probably) will never have. To help you we need to know what version of pmars you've downloaded and what system you are using. Is it Windows or Linux? I guess you have no problem with reading and writing text on your computer screen thanks to some additional stuff, am I right? So the next step will be to learn RedCode. The problem is words in this language are three letters acronyms like SUB, SPL or MOV and there are many of important symbols like at (@), hash (#), dollar ($) or even less-than (<). I think reading of it can be hard for you. But maybe I'm wrong? If these things are not problems for you and you are ready to run pmars you can do it executing: pmars -r 100 warrior_1_name.red warrior_2_name.red and wait a while. Parameter -r 100 says that these two warriors will fight with each other a hundered times. In every fight one of them can win or it can a tie fight. Warrior that has won one fight gains 3 points, warrior that has lost gains nothing. If both of them survived fight, they gain 1 point each. After this hundred fights points are summarized and pmars shows scores. Oh, I almost forgot: before scores are shown, pmars shows compiled codes of both warriors. It is usually useless, so you can avoid it adding parameter -b to the command line. And these are the basic informations. If you want to debug your warriors during the fight, it's quite different story. You will have to learn some pmars debugger commands and start pmars with one more parameter: -e. I think all of it is in files pmars.doc and redcode.ref. Don't get wrong with the extension, they are simple text files. It's very helpful to read all they contain. If you will still have not enough, you can download some articles from www.koth.org or other sites. Most newbies begin like this. Greetings Lukasz (Lucas, if you prefer) --== "War is a problem, never a solution"/"Wojna jest problemem, a nie rozwiazaniem" ==-- ---------------------------------------------------- Widzieli �mier� Chrystusa. Teraz patrz� na Ciebie! http://klik.wp.pl/?adr=www.zgromadzenie.pl&sid=186 From: dhillismail@netscape.net (Dave Hillis) Subject: Re: newbie question Date: 28 May 2004 15:00:52 -0700 Message-ID: <5d6847b2.0405281400.6169d7f1@posting.google.com> Hi Zack, I seriously doubt there's anything about Core Wars that should prevent a blind computer user from playing it. Having said that, it's likely you could find unnoticed barriers. If you do, I hope you'll (gently) point them out. If you're new to computer programming, Core Wars might not be the best place to start. Also, it does take a lot of effort to learn to play it well. It's a worthy challenge. Dave > I am a blind computer user, who happened to discover Corewar today. The > concept intrigues me, so I am wondering how things could work. I am not > clear on what I do with the pmars program I have downloaded, nor what I do > with the warriors I create. > I am also wondering if a blind person could even play this game, which seems > to have a lot to do with text. > Thanks in Advance, > Zack From: Ilmari Karonen Subject: Re: newbie question Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 20:48:41 +0300 Message-ID: Zachary kirjoitti 28.05.2004: > Hi, > I am a blind computer user, who happened to discover Corewar today. The > concept intrigues me, so I am wondering how things could work. I am not > clear on what I do with the pmars program I have downloaded, nor what I do > with the warriors I create. > I am also wondering if a blind person could even play this game, which seems > to have a lot to do with text. This may or may not be helpful, since I don't know all that much about what limitations blindness puts on computer use or how to get around them. From what I've read, I've got the impression that text-based command line programs are relatively easy to use. Is this correct? If so, a blind person should certainly be able to play Core War. The warriors can be written with any text editor, and the pMARS program runs from the command line. pMARS does include a graphical display, but that's not really necessary to play the game. I've never really used it much myself. I suppose you've already found my beginners' guide? If not, here's the URL: http://vyznev.net/corewar/guide.html It doesn't really say much at all about things like running pMARS and using the debugger, but there are other tutorials for that. It does give a reasonably good introduction to the language used to write your warriors (if I may say so myself). (Also, if you find any problems with the web page, please let me know. It's pretty simple, all in all, so I hope there won't be any, but I'll be glad to fix them if there are some.) -- Ilmari Karonen If replying by e-mail, please replace ".invalid" with ".net" in address. From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - MultiWarrior 94 05/31/04 Date: 31 May 2004 09:23:27 -0400 Message-ID: <200405310403.i4V430Lm001206@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/31/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG Multiwarrior 94 CoreWar Hill: Last battle concluded at : Sun May 30 15:57:58 EDT 2004 # Name Author Score Age 1 Leap test Christian Schmidt 13 25 2 The Survivor Philip Kendall 12 69 3 Dodge Viper Christian Schmidt 10 23 4 not king of the hill FatalC 8 184 5 Her Majesty P.Kline 7 458 6 season of adventure John Metcalf 6 3 7 foundling John Metcalf 6 5 8 Speeed Christian Schmidt 6 1 9 Zorca Christian Schmidt 4 16 10 how impish do you like? John Metcalf 3 4 11 Heimdal Test A 42 Steve Gunnell 0 2 From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - ICWS Experimental 94 05/31/04 Date: 31 May 2004 09:23:23 -0400 Message-ID: <200405310406.i4V460sX001236@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/31/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG ICWS Experimental 94 CoreWar Hill: Last battle concluded at : Thu May 13 13:10:27 EDT 2004 # %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age 1 44/ 36/ 20 Fatamorgana X Zul Nadzri 151 1 2 41/ 37/ 22 The X Machine Zul Nadzri 146 25 3 43/ 44/ 13 Fire and Ice II David Moore 142 114 4 40/ 40/ 20 Eliminator X Zul Nadzri 140 26 5 22/ 8/ 69 Evol Cap 4 X John Wilkinson 136 283 6 27/ 19/ 54 xd100 test David Houston 134 11 7 37/ 39/ 24 Black Moods Ian Oversby 134 210 8 22/ 11/ 67 Denial David Moore 132 155 9 29/ 26/ 44 KAT v5 Dave Hillis 132 146 10 36/ 40/ 24 Simply Intelligent Zul Nadzri 132 7 11 28/ 25/ 47 Venom v0.2b Christian Schmidt 131 236 12 28/ 26/ 46 Olivia X Ben Ford 131 95 13 19/ 7/ 75 Evolve X v4.0 John Wilkinson 130 231 14 33/ 36/ 31 Trefoil F 13 Steve Gunnell 130 97 15 25/ 23/ 52 Glenstorm John Metcalf 128 76 16 34/ 41/ 24 Ogre Christian Schmidt 128 162 17 22/ 17/ 61 Kin John Metcalf 126 122 18 35/ 44/ 20 Giant Hazy Test 13 Steve Gunnell 126 41 19 32/ 40/ 29 Controlled Aggression Ian Oversby 123 214 20 19/ 15/ 66 Blotter X J. Pohjalainen 123 16 21 29/ 61/ 10 WillowX John Metcalf 98 0 From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - 94 No Pspace 05/31/04 Date: 31 May 2004 09:23:19 -0400 Message-ID: <200405310409.i4V490u3001284@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/31/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG 94 No Pspace CoreWar Hill: Last battle concluded at : Sun May 30 16:05:26 EDT 2004 # %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age 1 36/ 27/ 37 Yorba Roy 146 65 2 32/ 23/ 45 paper(paper(paper(clear)) Sascha Zapf 140 35 3 28/ 16/ 56 Maelstrom Roy van Rijn 139 75 4 43/ 47/ 10 Arrow Christian Schmidt 139 134 5 33/ 28/ 39 Gremlin van Rijn/Grabun 139 165 6 32/ 26/ 42 Triturus Roy van Rijn 137 19 7 34/ 31/ 35 Frantic Roy van Rijn 137 48 8 41/ 45/ 13 HazyLazy C 11 CS SG 137 143 9 33/ 29/ 39 Son of Vain Oversby/Pihlaja 137 2499 10 29/ 20/ 51 Black Knight Christian Schmidt 137 14 11 32/ 27/ 41 slime test 1.00 David Houston 137 261 12 41/ 47/ 12 Bottomless Pit Fizmo/Roy 136 96 13 41/ 47/ 12 O--* Bremer/Schmidt 136 60 14 40/ 45/ 16 Dandelion 3 Christian Schmidt 135 52 15 41/ 48/ 11 Speeed Christian Schmidt 134 2 16 40/ 46/ 13 High Voltage Sascha Zapf 134 9 17 28/ 22/ 50 Bvowkium Fizmoxid bvowk/fizmo 134 1 18 33/ 32/ 35 Spiritual Black Dimension Christian Schmidt 133 290 19 39/ 46/ 15 Solar Flare test John Morahan 132 10 20 40/ 53/ 8 Aoshi A 34 Steve Gunnell 126 37 21 33/ 43/ 24 Zorca Christian Schmidt 123 0 From: Koth Subject: KOTH.ORG: Status - Standard 05/31/04 Date: 31 May 2004 09:23:13 -0400 Message-ID: <200405310400.i4V400qA001175@gevjon.ttsg.com> Weekly Status on 05/31/04 -=- irc.KOTH.org is up! Meetings held in #corewars -=- Tons of new features on www.KOTH.org/koth.html pages -=- *FAQ* page located at: www.KOTH.org/corewar-faq.html Current Status of the KOTH.ORG Standard KotH CoreWar Hill : Last battle concluded at : Fri May 28 07:06:28 EDT 2004 # %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age 1 39/ 27/ 34 The Next Step '88 David Houston 152 10 2 47/ 46/ 7 Scan Test C 6 Steve Gunnell 147 33 3 43/ 39/ 18 Tangle Trap 3 David Moore 146 23 4 43/ 44/ 13 Cold as November Rain... John Metcalf 143 8 5 34/ 25/ 41 Freight Train David Moore 142 195 6 41/ 41/ 18 My 1st try Christian Schmidt 141 26 7 41/ 42/ 17 Stasis David Moore 141 302 8 33/ 26/ 41 Test Alexander (Sasha) Wa 140 134 9 33/ 27/ 40 A.I.P. Christian Schmidt 140 2 10 33/ 28/ 39 Guardian Ian Oversby 139 194 11 34/ 34/ 32 vala John Metcalf 133 117 12 34/ 35/ 31 The Seed Roy van Rijn 133 12 13 40/ 48/ 12 Foggy Swamp Beppe Bezzi 132 191 14 31/ 31/ 37 Pixie 88 Lukasz Grabun 131 24 15 36/ 42/ 22 PacMan David Moore 131 224 16 39/ 47/ 14 Blur '88 Anton Marsden 130 232 17 37/ 44/ 19 '88 test IV John Metcalf 130 88 18 23/ 16/ 61 unheard-of '88 Christian Schmidt 130 1 19 27/ 26/ 47 Test I Ian Oversby 128 251 20 38/ 48/ 14 Deviant Scanner Roy van Rijn 128 11 21 35/ 47/ 18 French Kiss 88 LAchi 123 4