Issue 55 3 February, 1997
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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
A collection of Bezzi's hints in the first issues is available at:
ftp://ftp.volftp.vol.it/pub/pc/msdos/games/solutions/bbhints.zip
Beppe Bezzi web page - http://www.aspide.it/freeweb/Bezzi
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Greetings.
A new Hall of Fame has been calculated and is included in this issue. It was
calculated using CW 42 as a starting point so it doesn't include all the
warriors. However, hopefully we will soon have a HOF which includes all the
warriors. I have retained the old HOF so noone will be too annoyed :-)
--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/ 25.7/ 36.0 Head or Tail Christian Schmidt 151.1 1
2 33.5/ 20.3/ 46.2 RetroQ P.Kline 146.6 13
3 46.0/ 46.6/ 7.4 He Scans Alone P.Kline 145.4 28
4 35.2/ 28.2/ 36.5 Nine Seven Six M R Bremer 142.2 77
5 34.2/ 27.2/ 38.6 Gigolo Core Warrior staff 141.2 267
6 28.8/ 16.9/ 54.4 Return Of The Jedimp John K W 140.7 213
7 38.8/ 38.9/ 22.3 NCC-1701-A Philip Kendall 138.7 16
8 29.9/ 21.5/ 48.6 unrequited love kafka 138.3 311
9 37.6/ 38.8/ 23.6 Solomon v0.8 Ian Oversby 136.3 59
10 38.4/ 41.3/ 20.3 QFalcon (vii) Ian Oversby 135.5 6
11 37.8/ 41.0/ 21.2 The Machine Anton Marsden 134.5 119
12 28.6/ 23.7/ 47.8 Trident^2 John K W 133.4 143
13 32.6/ 32.6/ 34.8 Pulp v0.5 Ian Oversby 132.6 4
14 37.8/ 43.2/ 19.0 Blur 2 Anton Marsden 132.5 390
15 40.3/ 48.4/ 11.3 Memories Beppe 132.3 127
16 35.4/ 41.5/ 23.1 Damage Incorporated Anton Marsden 129.4 254
17 31.4/ 33.7/ 35.0 Fast Fast Fast v2 Franz 129.1 27
18 29.6/ 30.3/ 40.1 Terkonit 0.4 Christian Schmidt 129.0 19
19 23.8/ 19.8/ 56.5 Impish v0.2 Ian Oversby 127.8 252
20 35.7/ 43.9/ 20.4 Oblivion Ian Sutton 127.5 78
21 32.1/ 39.1/ 28.8 Tiberius 3.1 Franz 125.1 130
22 24.6/ 25.2/ 50.2 Eva Peron David Randel 123.9 2
23 33.5/ 43.1/ 23.3 Instant Wolf Edgar 123.9 34
24 34.5/ 47.5/ 18.0 Probe Anton Marsden 121.6 391
25 31.1/ 42.6/ 26.3 Scanitator 4 Christian Schmidt 119.6 15
Weekly age: 9 this week ( 15 last issue, 43 the issue before )
New warriors: 4 Turnover/age rate 44%
Average age: 119 ( 115 last issue, 119 the issue before )
Average score: 134 ( 138 last issue, 142 the issue before )
The top 25 warriors are represented by 14 independent authors: Marsden and
Oversby with 4; Schmidt with 3; Kline, JKW and Franz with 2. All others with
one lonely warrior each.
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94 - What's New
# %W / %L / %T Name Author Score Age
9 40.6/ 41.4/ 18.0 QFalcon (vii) Ian Oversby 139.8 1
13 34.9/ 34.0/ 31.1 Pulp v0.5 Ian Oversby 135.8 1
23 26.2/ 25.4/ 48.4 Eva Peron David Randel 127.1 1
1 38.4/ 25.7/ 36.0 Head or Tail Christian Schmidt 151.1 1
Schmidt makes it to the top of the hill with his new warrior.
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94 - What's No More
# %W / %L / %T Name Author Score Age
26 34.7/ 43.1/ 22.2 Tsunami v0.5 Ian Oversby 126.4 3
26 35.2/ 44.0/ 20.8 Silver Talon 1.2 Edgar 126.4 93
26 35.9/ 44.8/ 19.3 Silver Talon 1.21 Edgar 127.0 2
26 38.1/ 54.1/ 7.8 ScanKiller Christian Schmidt 122.1 9
26 36.6/ 50.1/ 13.3 Wallung Christian Schmidt 123.0 16
Silver Talon 1.2 was the only significant loss of the week.
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94 - What's Old
# %W / %L / %T Name Author Score Age
24 34.5/ 47.5/ 18.0 Probe Anton Marsden 121.6 391
14 37.8/ 43.2/ 19.0 Blur 2 Anton Marsden 132.5 390
8 29.9/ 21.5/ 48.6 unrequited love kafka 138.3 311
5 34.2/ 27.2/ 38.6 Gigolo Core Warrior staff 141.2 267
16 35.4/ 41.5/ 23.1 Damage Incorporated Anton Marsden 129.4 254
19 23.8/ 19.8/ 56.5 Impish v0.2 Ian Oversby 127.8 252
6 28.8/ 16.9/ 54.4 Return Of The Jedimp John K W 140.7 213
No changes, no losses.
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OLD 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 Rosebud Beppe Bezzi 993 Stone/ imp
15 Iron Gate 1.5 Wayne Sheppard 926 CMP scanner
16 T.N.T. pro Maurizio Vittuari 925 Bomber
17 Agony II Stefan Strack 912 CMP scanner
18 Barrage Anton Marsden 876 Qscan -> replicator
19 Blue Funk Steven Morrell 869 Stone/ imp
20 Flurry Anton Marsden 835 Qscan -> pwarrior
21 Thermite 1.0 Robert Macrae 802 Qscan -> bomber
22 Blue Funk 3 Steven Morrell 766 Stone/ imp
23 Night Train Karl Lewin 755 Replicator
24 Mirage 1.5 Anton Marsden 736 Scanner/ bomber
25 Blizzard Anton Marsden 713 Qscan -> replicator
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NEW HALL OF FAME
* means the warrior is still active.
Pos Name Author Age Strategy
1 unrequited love kafka 289 * Stone/ imp
2 Probe Anton Marsden 289 * Q^2 -> Bomber
3 Blur 2 Anton Marsden 289 * Scanner
4 Falcon v0.3 Ian Oversby 275 P-warrior
5 Gigolo Core Warrior staff 267 * Q^2 -> Stone/ imp
6 Damage Incorporated Anton Marsden 254 * Q^2 -> Bomber
7 Impish v0.2 Ian Oversby 252 * Stone/ imp
8 Rosebud Beppe 218 Stone/ imp
9 Q^2 Miro Anders Ivner 214 Q^2 -> Scanner/ bomber
10 Instant Wolf 3.4 Edgar 205 P-warrior
11 Return Of The Jedimp John K W 213 * Q^2 -> Stone/ imp
12 Goldfinch P.Kline 201 P-warrior
13 Simple v0.4b Ian Oversby 197 Stone/ imp
14 ompega Steven Morrell 189 Stone/ imp
15 Frogz Franz 172 Paper
16 Trident^2 John K W 143 * Stone/ imp
17 Tiberius 3.1 Franz 130 * P-warrior
18 Memories Beppe 127 * Scanner
19 The Machine Anton Marsden 110 * Scanner
20 CC Paper 3.3 Franz 107 Paper
21 mrb-test m r bremer 106 ?
22 T.N.T. pro Maurizio Vittuari 105 Bomber
23 Jack in the box II Beppe Bezzi 100 P-warrior
There are still a lot of active warriors in this HOF... and you only need an
age of 100 to qualify :-)
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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 49.9/ 33.7/ 16.4 Silver Talon 1.1 Edgar 166.1 89
2 48.1/ 33.1/ 18.8 Hexagram J.A.Denny 163.0 8
3 50.4/ 38.5/ 11.1 Pentagram 2.a J.A.Denny 162.3 10
4 40.4/ 18.9/ 40.7 Terkonit 0.4 Christian Schmidt 161.9 5
5 46.2/ 33.4/ 20.4 Flimsy v0.6 Ian Oversby 159.0 9
6 49.3/ 42.2/ 8.5 Scankiller 0.1 Christian Schmidt 156.4 20
7 43.2/ 31.3/ 25.5 Scanitator 3.0 Christian Schmidt 155.1 15
8 40.9/ 29.0/ 30.1 Hammermill 4.0 Matt Lewinski 152.8 95
9 47.5/ 43.6/ 8.9 The Stainless Steel Rat Christian Schmidt 151.5 31
10 45.9/ 40.9/ 13.2 Goothmonger v1.2 Ian Sutton 150.9 33
11 35.8/ 20.8/ 43.4 DemonSpawn J.A.Denny 150.8 18
12 42.3/ 34.3/ 23.5 Versatility 1.7 Ross Morgan-Linial 150.3 36
13 40.8/ 31.5/ 27.6 Apocalypse Matt Lewinski 150.1 66
14 43.4/ 41.6/ 15.0 Mostly Harmless v1.1 Justin Kao 145.3 39
15 41.6/ 39.4/ 19.0 Vivid Radiation 2.0 Matt Lewinski 143.8 57
16 42.6/ 43.0/ 14.5 Flamberge 13.4 Matt Lewinski 142.2 58
17 37.1/ 32.7/ 30.2 Dust 0.7.5 Justin Kao 141.6 35
18 33.8/ 26.2/ 40.0 Quantum Christian Schmidt 141.4 12
19 40.0/ 40.5/ 19.5 Microsoft Office '96 Justin Kao 139.6 85
20 33.7/ 30.6/ 35.7 Heartworm Edgar 136.8 6
21 32.7/ 30.9/ 36.5 Escargot 0.5 Justin Kao 134.4 55
22 37.5/ 46.2/ 16.3 Bash the Rat V1.4 Ian Sutton 128.8 50
23 32.8/ 57.8/ 9.4 Trap94_1 Waldemar Bartolik 107.8 4
24 29.8/ 58.6/ 11.5 Trap94_2 Waldemar Bartolik 101.0 2
25 28.4/ 61.3/ 10.2 Gisela 7110 Andrzej Maciejczak 95.5 1
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The Hint
I don't have time for a hint this week but here's a few ideas for potentially
good warriors given the current state of the Hill:
- There are a reasonable number of P-warriors hovering around the mid and
lower parts of the hill so brainwashing could be an option.
- RetroQ can be thrashed by a good vampire. Try using ADD.F #-STEP,STEP.
This is the first issue I've written that hasn't contained a hint or a
warrior. I'll try and make up for it in the next issue I do :-)
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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@etherspace.gen.nz>
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