October 31, 1994 Issue #13
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_The_'94_Warrior_ is a monthly newsletter dedicated to supporting and
encouraging the game of Corewars. This includes coverage of the more popular
"hills" (which allow users anywhere on the Internet to compete against other
users), and also by encouraging traffic in the rec.games.corewar newsgroup.
The FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for the rec.games.corewar newsgroup is
available through anonymous FTP to rtfm.mit.edu, as
/pub/usenet/news.answers/games/corewar-faq.Z. There are also several
tutorials on the '88 and '94 (draft) standard available on
scotch.csua.berkeley.edu (128.32.43.51) that will greatly ease the process of
becoming a proficient "redcoder." I would highly recommend referring to the
FAQ if you are curious about exactly what Corewars is, or if you are
unfamiliar with any of the terms used in this newsletter.
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CHANGES and CORRECTIONS:
There are several changes that have occurred in the last two months. Please
remind me of any that I may have missed, and I'll be sure to get them in the
next issue of _The_'94_Warrior_.
As you may have noticed above, the staff here at _The_'94_Warrior_ has been
working diligently to print the correct Corewar Archive site. The correct
address is now "scotch" instead of "soda". Accessing "ftp.csua.berkeley.edu"
should still work as well.
The fall TCWN newsletter is now available on scotch as
pub/corewar/documents/tcwn0994.z. I'd like to highly recommend it, but since
I don't have a PostScript printer, I'm afraid I can't. (Where is a copy of
"GhostScript" when I need it?!) However, if this issue is anything like the
previous ones, I can promise that you are in for a real treat. Kudos to Mark
Durham once again!
For those of you that like an occasional break from writing redcode, a C++
Robots Server is now up and running. Send mail with the subject
"help summary c++robots" (without the quotes) to pbmserv@netcom.com for more
information, and be sure to watch the newsgroup for more posts by Richard
Rognlie about this exciting event.
Another exciting thing to watch the newsgroup for is Paul Kline's status
listings on the "hot" hills. For those that keep having their warriors kicked
off the hills (such as myself), this will be a nice way to find out what is
currently happening. Perhaps it will also cut down the number of times that
infamous "Just Looking" warrior gets sent to the hill!
On Stormking, the hills have been enhanced. Now, when you are notified about
a warrior on one of those hills, the subject line will tell you who it is you
are going to be reading about. Several more enhancements are expected to
follow as well, so be sure to watch the newsgroup for more information.
The August and September archives for the rec.games.corewar newsgroup have
also been uploaded to scotch. Look in the "incoming" directory.
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The ICWS '94 Draft Hill:
Standard: '94 Draft (with extensions)
Core size: 8000 instructions
Max processes: 8000 per program
Duration: After 80,000 cycles, a tie is declared.
Max entry length: 100 instructions
The current ICWS '94 Draft hill on "Pizza":
# %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age
1 46/ 37/ 17 HeremScimitar A.Ivner,P.Kline 156 27
2 43/ 31/ 25 Torch t15 P.Kline 155 7
3 36/ 24/ 40 Blue Funk 3 Steven Morrell 149 208
4 38/ 30/ 32 Rude Wind P.Kline 147 57
5 31/ 15/ 54 B-Panama X Steven Morrell 147 149
6 45/ 44/ 11 Agony II Stefan Strack 147 143
7 33/ 23/ 45 Blue Funk Steven Morrell 143 520
8 31/ 20/ 48 Silk Warrior 1.4 J.Pohjalainen 142 150
9 35/ 31/ 34 Killer Instinct II Anders Ivner 140 2
10 39/ 38/ 23 Leprechaun II Anders Ivner 139 1
11 39/ 40/ 21 SJ-4 J.Layland 139 209
12 41/ 44/ 15 Iron Gate 1.5 Wayne Sheppard 138 497
13 37/ 37/ 26 Stimpy v2.0 Brant D. Thomsen 138 42
14 29/ 21/ 50 Phoenix 1.2 J.Pohjalainen 137 100
15 28/ 22/ 51 Aeka T.Hsu 134 163
16 31/ 29/ 40 Sasami T.Hsu 133 233
17 38/ 44/ 17 Test Wayne Sheppard 133 6
18 27/ 23/ 50 Bremstone 2.X M R Bremer 132 112
19 27/ 22/ 51 Cannonade P.Kline 132 378
20 37/ 43/ 20 The Spanish Inquisition Steven Morrell 132 36
The big leaders on the hill are Torch and HeremScimitar. Scimitar (by Paul
Kline) used some interesting tricks to take the hill by storm when it was
introduced a couple of weeks ago.
Last tile I examined the hill, replicators were the dominant force. Now it
appears that stones/bombers have the top positions. Of course, the hill is
115 battles older, so quite a bit has happened since then.
Congratulations are also due for Steven Morrell, as his first Blue Funk
warrior passes the 500 age mark.
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The ICWS '94 Draft Experimental Hill:
Standard: '94 Draft (with extensions)
Core size: 55,440 instructions
Max processes: 10,000 per program
Duration: After 500,000 cycles, a tie is declared.
Max entry length: 200 instructions
The current ICWS '94 Experimental (Big) hill on "Pizza":
# %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age
1 46/ 32/ 22 ivscan6b J.Layland 161 35
2 47/ 36/ 17 Genocide 94x Mike Nonemacher 158 1
3 34/ 16/ 50 Big Phoenix 1.0 J.Pohjalainen 152 6
4 34/ 18/ 48 Aleph 1 Jay Han 150 33
5 44/ 38/ 19 Request-55440 Brant D. Thomsen 149 171
6 42/ 36/ 22 Stimpy v2.0 Brant D. Thomsen 148 26
7 46/ 44/ 10 Test Stefan Strack 147 7
8 43/ 41/ 16 Pyramid v5.3 Michael Constant 145 62
9 44/ 45/ 11 Rave B4.1 Stefan Strack 144 132
10 30/ 16/ 54 Big Silk Warrior 1.0 J.Pohjalainen 143 13
11 34/ 25/ 41 Variation G-1 Jay Han 142 135
12 38/ 39/ 23 Vanity IIx Stefan Strack 137 126
13 39/ 42/ 19 Fscan Jay Han 136 19
14 38/ 41/ 21 Aleph 0 Jay Han 136 34
15 30/ 27/ 43 Splash 1 Jay Han 133 136
16 29/ 26/ 45 Blue Funk Steven Morrell 133 25
17 29/ 25/ 47 NotSoBigImps James Layland 132 31
18 40/ 49/ 11 Squint Mike Nonemacher 131 109
19 31/ 31/ 38 Lucky 13 Stefan Strack 131 177
20 29/ 27/ 44 Der Zweite Blitzkrieg - 9 Mike Nonemacher 131 133
Although ivsan6b is still on top of the hill, it now has some new competition.
Genocide and Big Phoenix are two new warriors that have jumped right onto the
hill. Genocide is a F-scanner, and Big Phoenix is almost a paper.
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The ICWS '88 Standard Hill:
Standard: '88
Core size: 8000 instructions
Max processes: 8000 per program
Duration: After 80,000 cycles, a tie is declared.
Max entry length: 100 instructions
The current Standard KotH hill on "Pizza":
# %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age
1 43/ 28/ 29 Yop La Boum v2.1 P.E.M & E.C. 158 55
2 33/ 22/ 45 Sphinx v5.1 W. Mintardjo 145 11
3 33/ 23/ 44 Der Zweite Blitzkrieg Mike Nonemacher 144 59
4 44/ 43/ 13 Dragon Spear c w blue 144 77
5 31/ 20/ 49 CAPS KEY IS STUCK AGAIN Steven Morrell 142 65
6 29/ 15/ 56 ttti nandor sieben 142 81
7 31/ 20/ 49 The Plauge Anonymous 141 14
8 40/ 40/ 19 Vanity II Stefan Strack 141 99
9 43/ 45/ 12 Iron Gate 1.5 Wayne Sheppard 141 108
10 30/ 20/ 49 NC Killer Anonymous 140 15
11 39/ 40/ 21 Request v2.0 Brant D. Thomsen 139 78
12 29/ 20/ 51 Night Crawler Wayne Sheppard 139 4
13 29/ 19/ 52 Blue Funk 88 Steven Morrell 138 24
14 38/ 39/ 22 Christopher Steven Morrell 138 51
15 31/ 25/ 44 B-Panama V.i Steven Morrell 136 9
16 35/ 35/ 30 Annihilator v2.1 Carlos Paredes 136 2
17 36/ 37/ 27 Keystone t21 P.Kline 135 97
18 27/ 20/ 53 Imprimis 6 Anonymous 134 16
19 37/ 41/ 22 Titled Steven Morrell 132 1
20 37/ 44/ 19 SJ-4a J.Layland 129 58
The '88 hill hasn't aged much (10), but don't let that fool you. This hill is
still very busy. I really enjoy watching as warriors try to make the
transition from the beginner hill to the standard hill. Good luck!
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The ICWS '94 Beginner Hill:
Standard: '94 Draft (with extensions)
Core size: 8000 instructions
Max processes: 8000 per program
Duration: After 80,000 cycles, a tie is declared.
Max entry length: 100 instructions
The current Beginner KotH hill on "Pizza":
# %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age
1 56/ 34/ 10 Samba2.2 Mr. Jones 179 13
2 54/ 35/ 11 Viewmaster4.0 Ryan Case 172 214
3 53/ 40/ 7 Ecstacy (XTC) Brant Thomsen 166 81
4 34/ 10/ 55 Rabid Dwarfs v1.3 Brian Zellner 158 56
5 42/ 27/ 31 Ox v1.0 Brian Zellner 158 10
6 40/ 36/ 24 Bloody Fang v2.1 Bharat Mediratta 145 1
7 36/ 34/ 31 Green Knight v1.7 Brian Zellner 137 57
8 30/ 24/ 46 Slate, v0.3a Bharat Mediratta 136 135
9 25/ 17/ 58 Paperous Mr. Jones 133 6
10 31/ 31/ 38 Count Zero #1 Marc Schefer 131 77
11 27/ 23/ 50 Rubarbe et mort-vivant J.P.Laurin 130 84
12 27/ 24/ 48 War Machine v2.65 Matthias Wollnik 130 2
13 27/ 24/ 49 War Machine v2.6 Matthias Wollnik 129 3
14 37/ 52/ 11 Cat v2.0 Tim Scheer 122 155
15 24/ 27/ 49 War Machine v2.5 Matthias Wollnik 121 4
16 35/ 53/ 12 It Hari 117 198
17 21/ 25/ 54 Mostly Harmless Frank J. T. Wojcik 117 45
18 21/ 31/ 47 The Foo Bar and Grill James Jesensky 111 7
19 27/ 45/ 29 Rubarbe et grafigne J.P.Laurin 109 83
20 33/ 62/ 5 Stepper v1.0 Gollum 104 37
Although I haven't been keeping an accurate count, I can promise that this is
the busiest of the four hills that I watch. Many of the warriors submitted
don't make it, but there certainly are many attempts.
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HINTS and HELPS:
As I have been without a (home) computer for the last couple of months, I'm
afraid I haven't had the time to put together a hint without delaying this
newsletter another week or so. Of course, next month's hint will be twice as
good to make up for it!
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Looking to the Future:
This newsletter is now (again) being published monthly. As always, your
comments, suggestions, criticisms, and submissions are encouraged and
appreciated.
--
Brant D. Thomsen Man will occasionally stumble over the truth,
(bdthomse@peruvian.cs.utah.edu) but most times he will pick himself up
University of Utah and carry on. - Winston Churchill
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