Issue 40 July 29, 1996
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Core Warrior is a weekly newsletter promoting the game of corewar. Emphasis
is placed on the most active hills--currently the '94 draft hill and the
beginner hill. Coverage will follow where ever the action is. If you have
no clue what I'm talking about then check out these five-star internet locals
for more information:
FAQs are available by anonymous FTP from rtfm.mit.edu as
pub/usenet/news.answers/games/corewar-faq.Z
FTP site is: ftp.csua.berkeley.edu /pub/corewar
Web pages are at: (Please note new Stormking's address)
http://www.koth.org/ ;Stormking
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~pizza/koth ;Pizza
http://pauillac.inria.fr/~doligez/corewar/ ;Planar
Newbies should check the stormking page for the FAQ, language specification,
guides, and tutorials. Post questions to rec.games.corewar. All new players
are infinitely welcome!
If ftp.csua.berkeley.edu is unreachable, you can download pMARS at:
Terry's web page--http://www.infi.net/~wtnewton/corewar/
Planar ftp site--ftp://ftp.inria.fr/INRIA/Projects/para/doligez/cw/pmars
Fechter ftp site--ftp://members.aol.com/ofechner/corewar
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Greetings.
Not much action this week - only 7 challenges (there were actually more but
the Hill was reset for some reason). There were quite a few challenges in the
weekend though so not everyone's asleep.
This issue contains a hint list and Probe.
--Anton Marsden
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Current Status of the Internet Pizza Server ICWS '94 Draft Hill:
Hill Specs:
coresize: 8000
max. processes: 8000
duration: after 80,000 cycles, a tie is declared.
max. entry length: 100
minimum distance: 100
rounds fought: 200
instruction set: ICWS '94 Draft
# %W / %L / %T Name Author Score Age
1 38.4/ 24.0/ 37.6 Simple v0.4b Ian Oversby 152.8 19
2 45.6/ 39.4/ 15.0 Blur 2 Anton Marsden 151.7 67
3 46.3/ 43.0/ 10.7 Q^2 Miro Anders Ivner 149.5 118
4 42.3/ 36.4/ 21.3 Probe Anton Marsden 148.3 68
5 43.9/ 40.0/ 16.1 Goldfinch P.Kline 147.9 9
6 44.2/ 41.9/ 14.0 Mist P.Kline 146.5 8
7 28.7/ 12.0/ 59.3 Return Of The Jedimp John K W 145.5 56
8 42.7/ 42.4/ 15.0 myVamp5.4 Paulsson 143.0 116
9 33.0/ 23.2/ 43.9 Armory II John K W 142.8 207
10 33.8/ 25.7/ 40.5 Pulp v0.2 Ian Oversby 141.9 163
11 41.8/ 42.2/ 16.1 Earthquake v0.2 Bjoern & Ian 141.3 25
12 39.5/ 37.7/ 22.9 Yogi Bear P.Kline 141.3 272
13 41.4/ 42.0/ 16.7 Harmony P.Kline 140.7 33
14 38.9/ 37.5/ 23.6 Dura v0.1 Ian Oversby 140.4 97
15 38.6/ 38.0/ 23.4 T.N.T. pro Maurizio Vittuari 139.3 786
16 30.9/ 23.1/ 46.0 blue flame c1/10 bjoern guenzel 138.7 52
17 30.2/ 22.1/ 47.7 Rosebud Beppe 138.3 741
18 32.9/ 27.6/ 39.6 Jack in the box II Beppe Bezzi 138.2 425
19 38.2/ 39.2/ 22.6 Paper, Scissors and Stone David van Dam 137.3 196
20 25.9/ 15.3/ 58.8 ompega Steven Morrell 136.4 183
21 30.8/ 25.5/ 43.6 Forked Lightning 2.0 Philip Kendall 136.2 1
22 36.4/ 38.4/ 25.2 airBag Paulsson 134.4 109
23 37.5/ 42.0/ 20.6 Twister Beppe Bezzi 133.0 522
24 36.1/ 39.5/ 24.4 Scimitar 2 P.Kline 132.8 134
25 29.1/ 29.4/ 41.5 unrequited love kafka 128.9 2
Weekly age: 7 ( 31 last week, 84 the week before )
New warriors: 2 Turnover/age rate 29%
Average age: 176 ( 191 last week, 184 the week before )
Average score: 141 ( 137 last week, 141 the week before )
The top 25 warriors are represented by 13 authors: Kline with 5; Oversby with
4; Bezzi with 3; Guenzel, JKW, Marsden, and Paulsson with 2.
King Report: Simple v0.4b and Blur 2 were both on top this week.
Kendall makes an appearance on the '94 Hill and kafka's warrior will soon
disappear. The only significant loss was the historian. What more can I say?
This week wasn't very exciting.
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94 - What's New
# %W / %L / %T Name Author Score Age
25 27.4/ 30.3/ 42.3 unrequited love kafka 124.5 1
16 29.9/ 26.2/ 43.9 Forked Lightning 2.0 Philip Kendall 133.7 1
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94 - What's No More
# %W / %L / %T Name Author Score Age
26 37.6/ 49.8/ 12.5 test mef2 Beppe Bezzi 125.4 10
26 1.6/ 1.6/ 0.8 Nephrite John K W 5.6 2
26 1.8/ 2.1/ 0.0 Nephrite John K W 5.5 2
26 29.4/ 35.7/ 34.9 the historian bjoern guenzel 123.1 538
26 36.1/ 53.8/ 10.1 dodger component M R Bremer 118.5 2
26 0.4/ 0.5/ 3.1 unrequited love kafka 4.2 2
26 36.9/ 50.8/ 12.4 pavement lb0.1+400 bjoern guenzel 123.0 5
the historian departs.
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94 - What's Old
# %W / %L / %T Name Author Score Age
15 38.6/ 38.0/ 23.4 T.N.T. pro Maurizio Vittuari 139.3 786
17 30.2/ 22.1/ 47.7 Rosebud Beppe 138.3 741
23 37.5/ 42.0/ 20.6 Twister Beppe Bezzi 133.0 522
18 32.9/ 27.6/ 39.6 Jack in the box II Beppe Bezzi 138.2 425
No new entries, one loss.
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HALL OF FAME
* means the warrior is still active.
Pos Name Author Age Strategy
1 Thermite II Robert Macrae 2262 Qscan -> bomber
2 Impfinity v4g1 Planar 1993 Stone/ imp
3 Jack in the box Beppe Bezzi 1620 P-warrior
4 Tornado 3.0 Beppe Bezzi 1567 Bomber
5 Torch t18 P.Kline 1539 Bomber
6 Chameleon Myer R Bremer 1437 P-warrior
7 Frontwards v2 Steven Morrell 1420 One shot scanner
8 Evol Cap 6.6 John Wilkinson 1299 Imp / stone
9 quiz Schitzo 1262 Scanner/ bomber
10 T.N.T. Maurizio Vittuari 1204 Bomber
11 Grilled Octopus v0.5 David Boeren 1154 P-warrior
12 Hazy Shade II John Wilkinson 1102 P-warrior
13 Stepping Stone Kurt Franke 1049 Qscan -> Vampire
14 Iron Gate 1.5 Wayne Sheppard 926 CMP scanner
15 Agony II Stefan Strack 912 CMP scanner
16 Barrage Anton Marsden 876 Qscan -> replicator
17 Blue Funk Steven Morrell 869 Stone/ imp
18 Flurry Anton Marsden 835 Qscan -> pwarrior
19 Thermite 1.0 Robert Macrae 802 Qscan -> bomber
20 T.N.T. pro Maurizio Vittuari 786 * Bomber
21 Blue Funk 3 Steven Morrell 766 Stone/ imp
22 Night Train Karl Lewin 755 Replicator
23 Rosebud Beppe 741 * Stone/ imp
24 Mirage 1.5 Anton Marsden 736 Scanner/ bomber
25 Blizzard Anton Marsden 713 Qscan -> replicator
Rosebud moves up a slot.
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Current Status of the Internet Pizza Server Beginner's Hill:
Hill Specs:
coresize: 8000
max. processes: 8000
duration: after 80,000 cycles, a tie is declared.
max. entry length: 100
minimum distance: 100
maximum age: At age 100, warriors are retired.
rounds fought: 200
instruction set: ICWS '94 Draft
# %W / %L / %T Name Author Score Age
1 59.4/ 23.3/ 17.3 Yet 4b Justin Kao 195.6 54
2 51.4/ 26.4/ 22.2 Ick v1.5 Justin Kao 176.4 3
3 51.2/ 26.6/ 22.2 Ick v1.5 Justin Kao 175.8 4
4 51.6/ 28.2/ 20.3 Velveeta Shift-F shar 175.0 52
5 45.9/ 20.7/ 33.4 (-: :-) Ross 171.2 77
6 47.3/ 28.6/ 24.1 Saboteur v0.4k shar 166.0 85
7 45.4/ 24.9/ 29.7 Versatility 1.5 Ross Morgan-Linial 165.8 44
8 42.4/ 28.0/ 29.6 Inferno 1.0 Philip Kendall 156.7 67
9 31.9/ 14.0/ 54.2 Microsoft v1.0 Justin Kao 149.8 10
10 25.8/ 14.2/ 60.0 Ties, Ties, Ties! (+2) Ross 137.4 79
11 22.0/ 11.5/ 66.5 Ties and Wasps -s Ross Morgan-Linial 132.6 1
12 23.2/ 14.2/ 62.6 Ties and Wasps Ross 132.2 2
13 20.2/ 10.2/ 69.7 Wasps 1.3 Ross 130.2 78
14 26.5/ 28.1/ 45.4 Utility Knife Robert J. Street 124.9 87
15 16.8/ 10.7/ 72.5 Nematode v1.4b Jonathan Stott 122.9 51
16 16.5/ 10.6/ 72.9 Nematode v1.4e Jonathan Stott 122.3 18
17 18.7/ 15.7/ 65.7 more testing Anonymous 121.7 38
18 18.1/ 19.9/ 62.0 Fork 4/13 Christoph C. Birk 116.2 71
19 15.3/ 38.2/ 46.4 silken stomp harleyQ2 92.5 27
20 6.5/ 22.6/ 70.8 Mama's Boy Robert J. Street 90.4 32
21 12.3/ 34.5/ 53.3 Handy Man Robert J. Street 90.1 45
22 7.8/ 25.8/ 66.4 silkbombQ2 harleyQ2 89.7 50
23 5.9/ 28.5/ 65.5 Snail Edgar 83.4 16
24 10.6/ 38.3/ 51.1 b3 harleyQ2 82.9 19
25 11.5/ 40.4/ 48.1 silken train harleyQ2 82.5 20
Top 25 Averages:
27.4/ 23.4/ 49.3 131.4 41
An average of 49% draws on this Hill indicates there are a lot of papers/imps
on it which explains why Yet 4b (qscan -> core clear) is doing so well. A one
shot scanner could also obtain a good ranking.
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The Hint List (001-040)
This list was created so that people could easily find what they wanted (and
more) without reading every issue of CW. It may be incomplete in parts but
does contain most hints/warriors/articles.
001. Replicators (part 1): basic silk
[Paperone by Beppe Bezzi]
002. Improving beginner warriors: code compression
[Mutagen by Scott Manley]
003. Replicators (part 2): timescape silk, optimising constants (cdb)
[paper01o by Beppe Bezzi]
004. Mutagen improved again (improved scanner)
Scanners: JMZ, CMP
[Iron Gate by Wayne Sheppard]
[Agony II by Stefan Strack]
Continuously launching imp spirals
005. PSpace basics, brainwashing
[juliet and paper by Myer Bremer/Beppe Bezzi]
[Thermite 1.0 by Robert Macrae]
[Phq by Maurizio Vittuari]
006. Bombers
[Blue Funk 3 by Steven Morrell]
[juliet storm by Myer Bremer]
Mutagen improved yet again (pspaced with small bomber)
Continuously launching imp spirals
007. Bombers: bomb types
[Ike v.21 by Paul Kilroy]
Continuously launching imp spirals
[Impfinity v3i by Planar]
QScans: where to scan, what order to scan, how to attack, area to
attack
008. Imp steps
Vampires
[myVamp v3.7 by Magnus Paulsson]
009. Improving beginner warriors
[Provascan by Beppe Bezzi]
[La Bomba by Beppe Bezzi]
[A5 by John Wilkinson]
CDB tutorial (part 1)
010. Improving beginner warriors: (no) boot, anti-imp clears
CDB tutorial (part 2)
011. Bombing/scanning steps
[Impfinity v4g1 by Planar]
012. Scanning
[Taking Names by Paul Kline]
[seventyfive by Anders Ivner]
[Porch Swing by Randy Graham]
CDB tutorial (part 3)
013. Anti-imp clears
014. Old warriors vs. current warriors
CDB tutorial (part 4)
015. Self bombing -> clear
016. Defence: self splitting, adding imps, boot and decoy, active decoys,
PSpace, DJN defence.
017. Spiral clears, 100% C DJN stream
CDB tutorial (part 5)
018. Bomb effectiveness: SPL, SSJ, S..S, SPL -1, SPL/MOV, etc.
019. Scanners
[Memories by Beppe Bezzi]
020. Handshaking
021. How to live longer: score distribution, boot, bombs, brainwashing,
imp protection, QScans
[Jack in the box by Beppe Bezzi]
022. JMZ scans: A/B/I
023. Wilkinson's beginner's benchmark (warrior review)
024. [Thermite II by Robert Macrae]
025. [Tornado 3.0 by Beppe Bezzi]
[Stepping Stone by Kurt Franke]
026. Switching techniques and brainwash recovery
[Grilled Octopus v0.5 by David Boeren]
027. Multi boot routines
[Grilled Octopus v0.7 by David Boeren]
Advanced benchmark scores
028. Bomber killers
029. Imps (launching)
[Scanny Boy by David van Dam]
030. Imp killing
-F numbers
031. [Rosebud by Beppe Bezzi]
[Flurry by Anton Marsden]
032. [P-clear by Paul Kline]
mopt tutorial
033. Decoy makers
[stoninc by Maurizio Vittuari]
034.
035. A new p-switcher
[Twister by Beppe Bezzi]
036. Mirage/Blur scanner series
037. QScans: fast response
[Q^2 by Anders Ivner]
Mirrored imps
038. Bomb dodgers
[Manfred v0.3 by Ian Oversby]
[myVamp 5.4 by Magnus Paulsson]
039. A new p-brain
[Jack in the Box II by Beppe Bezzi]
040. THIS HINT LIST
[Probe by Anton Marsden]
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Extra Extra
Probe
by Anton Marsden
Probe is a fast response QScan similar to Q^2 followed by the Tornado bomber.
It took me a while to put the QScan together but then I just grabbed Tornado
from Twister, made a few modifications, named it, and it was complete.
;redcode-94
;name Probe
;author Anton Marsden
;strategy QScan -> Tornado
;assert CORESIZE==8000
;kill Probe
ORG start
QB EQU (start+400)
QS EQU 200
QD EQU 100
COUNT EQU 6
GAP EQU 15
REP EQU 6
dat 10*QS, 2*QS ; can get 21 values from this table
table: dat 4*QS, 1*QS ; and can also use the initial value
dat 23*QS, 3*QS ; of fnd
qbomb: jmp -200,GAP
qinc: dat GAP,-GAP
tab: add.a table,table
slow: add.ab @tab,fnd
fast: add.b *tab,@slow
which: sne.i datz,@fnd
add.ab #QD,fnd
mov.i qbomb,@fnd
fnd: mov.i -GAP/2,@QB
add.ba fnd,fnd
mov.i qbomb,*fnd
add.f qinc,fnd
mov.i qbomb,@fnd
djn.b -3,#REP
jmp boot,}-300
start:
seq.i QB+QS*0,QB+QS*0+QD
jmp which,}QS*13 ; qinc+GAP
seq.i QB+QS*1,QB+QS*1+QD
jmp fast,}QB+QS*1+QD/2
seq.i QB+QS*2,QB+QS*2+QD
jmp fast,{tab
seq.i QB+QS*3,QB+QS*3+QD
jmp fast,}tab
seq.i QB+QS*13,QB+QS*13+QD
jmp fast,{fast
seq.i QB+QS*4,QB+QS*4+QD
jmp >fast,}QB+QS*4+QD/2
seq.i QB+QS*5,QB+QS*5+QD
jmp slow,}QB+QS*5+QD/2
seq.i QB+QS*6,QB+QS*6+QD
jmp slow,{tab
seq.i QB+QS*7,QB+QS*7+QD
jmp slow,}tab
seq.i QB+QS*10,QB+QS*10+QD
jmp >fast,<tab
seq.i QB+QS*11,QB+QS*11+QD
jmp slow,<tab
seq.i QB+QS*12,QB+QS*12+QD
djn.f slow,tab
seq.i QB+QS*23,QB+QS*23+QD
jmp >fast,>tab
seq.i QB+QS*24,QB+QS*24+QD
jmp slow,>tab
seq.i QB+QS*17,QB+QS*17+QD
jmp slow,{fast
seq.i QB+QS*8,QB+QS*8+QD
jmp <fast,}QB+QS*8+QD/2
seq.i QB+QS*9,QB+QS*9+QD
jmp tab,}QB+QS*9+QD/2
seq.i QB+QS*15,QB+QS*15+QD
jmp tab,<tab
seq.i QB+QS*16,QB+QS*16+QD
jmp tab,{tab
seq.i QB+QS*20,QB+QS*20+QD
djn.f <fast,tab
seq.i QB+QS*21,QB+QS*21+QD
jmp tab,{fast
seq.i QB+QS*22,QB+QS*22+QD
djn.f tab,tab
seq.i QB+QS*27,QB+QS*27+QD
jmp <fast,>tab
seq.i QB+QS*28,QB+QS*28+QD
jmp tab,>tab
seq.i QB+QS*30,QB+QS*30+QD
jmp tab,}tab
; TORNADO BOMBER
step equ -45
away equ 4000 ; not really
gate1 equ (gate-4)
boot
mov gate, }pt2
mov gate, *pt2
pt1 mov last, <pt2
spl 1, 1
mov {pt1, <pt2
mov {pt1, <pt2
mov {pt1, <pt2
mov {pt1, <pt2
mov {pt1, <pt2
go djn.b @pt2, #2 ;start Tornado
mov gate, <pt2
pt2 div.f #gate+away-5,#last+1+away
dat -25, last-gate1+5
warr
gate
dat -25, last-gate1+15
bombs spl #(step+1), -step ;hit spl
start1 sub incr, @b1
stone mov (0*step)+jump,*(1*step)+jump
b2 mov bombs, @stone
b1 mov bombm, *stone
jump jmz.b start1, #0 ;hit by spl
clr mov @djmp, >gate1
mov @djmp, >gate1
djmp djn.b clr, {bombs
incr dat >-3*step,>-3*step
last
bombm dat <1, {1
dat 0,0
datz: dat 0,0
FOR 5
dat 0,0
ROF
END
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Questions? Concerns? Comments? Complaints? Mail them to people who care.
authors: Beppe Bezzi <bezzi@nemo.it> or Myer Bremer <bremermr@ecn.purdue.edu>
or Anton Marsden <amarsden@comp.vuw.ac.nz>
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