Issue 63 13 October, 1997
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Core Warrior is a 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
ftp.inria.fr/INRIA/Projects/para/doligez/cw/mirror.
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.ncs.infi.net/~wtnewton/corewar/
Planar ftp site--ftp://ftp.inria.fr/INRIA/Projects/para/doligez/cw/mirror
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.
After a short phase with lots of entries the traffic decrease over the last two
weeks. Only Paul Kline, Ian Oversby and Beppe Bezzi are continuously testing
warriors. And the rest of the pack?
--Christian Schmidt
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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 41.0/ 31.9/ 27.0 Nomolos Ian Oversby 150.1 7
2 41.8/ 39.6/ 18.6 Red Baron Christian Schmidt 143.9 38
3 33.3/ 24.6/ 42.1 Pulp v0.5 Ian Oversby 142.0 30
4 34.9/ 28.8/ 36.3 obvious to those who know Robert Macrae 141.1 31
5 43.2/ 45.3/ 11.5 Memories Beppe Bezzi 141.0 1
6 33.9/ 27.9/ 38.2 test t4.4 Beppe Bezzi 139.9 0
7 38.6/ 38.4/ 23.0 Digitalis 2 Christian Schmidt 138.8 16
8 39.4/ 40.6/ 19.9 Electric Head Anton Marsden 138.3 82
9 29.2/ 21.0/ 49.8 Return Of The Jedimp John K W 137.5 327
10 41.1/ 45.1/ 13.8 Fusion v0.1 Ian Oversby 137.1 12
11 37.4/ 39.0/ 23.6 Dim Wit Ian Oversby 135.7 30
12 31.0/ 26.7/ 42.3 Ultraviolet-B Ken Espiritu 135.4 5
13 41.7/ 48.0/ 10.3 He Scans Again P.Kline 135.4 70
14 31.3/ 27.2/ 41.5 Newt Ian Oversby 135.4 73
15 41.9/ 48.7/ 9.4 Scorch P.Kline 135.1 18
16 33.8/ 32.9/ 33.3 Nine Seven Six M R Bremer 134.6 191
17 36.0/ 37.9/ 26.1 PaperBoy Throws Some Rock Robert Hale 134.0 22
18 37.1/ 40.4/ 22.5 Damage Incorporated Anton Marsden 133.8 368
19 32.6/ 31.7/ 35.7 Vengeance Robert Hale 133.5 30
20 32.0/ 31.2/ 36.7 Baseline-A Ken Espiritu 132.9 30
21 32.1/ 31.4/ 36.5 Head or Tail Christian Schmidt 132.8 115
22 29.3/ 26.2/ 44.5 Merciless-A Ken Espiritu 132.3 40
23 39.3/ 46.9/ 13.7 C^3 Christian Schmidt 131.8 41
24 39.6/ 47.5/ 12.9 Conan the Barbarian Christian Schmidt 131.6 1
25 22.2/ 27.0/ 50.8 paper CS 117.4 0
Age since last issue: 31 ( 27 last issue, 2 the issue before )
New warriors: 14 Turnover/age rate 56%
Average age: 63 ( 63 last issue, 74 the issue before )
Average score: 136 ( 136 last issue, 142 the issue before )
The top 25 warriors are represented by 10 independent authors: Schmidt with 6;
Oversby with 5; Espiritu with 3; Hale, Marsden, Kline and Bezzi with 2.
All others with one warrior each.
Ian Oversby's Nomolos dominates the hill with a large gap to Christian Schmidt's
Red Baron.
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94 - What's New (and survived until now)
# %W / %L / %T Name Author Score Age
3 33.3/ 24.6/ 42.1 Pulp v0.5 Ian Oversby 142.0 30
11 37.4/ 39.0/ 23.6 Dim Wit Ian Oversby 135.7 30
19 32.6/ 31.7/ 35.7 Vengeance Robert Hale 133.5 30
20 32.0/ 31.2/ 36.7 Baseline-A Ken Espiritu 132.9 30
17 36.0/ 37.9/ 26.1 PaperBoy Throws Some Rock Robert Hale 134.0 22
15 41.9/ 48.7/ 9.4 Scorch P.Kline 135.1 18
7 38.6/ 38.4/ 23.0 Digitalis 2 Christian Schmidt 138.8 16
10 41.1/ 45.1/ 13.8 Fusion v0.1 Ian Oversby 137.1 12
1 41.0/ 31.9/ 27.0 Nomolos Ian Oversby 150.1 7
12 31.0/ 26.7/ 42.3 Ultraviolet-B Ken Espiritu 135.4 5
24 39.6/ 47.5/ 12.9 Conan the Barbarian Christian Schmidt 131.6 1
5 43.2/ 45.3/ 11.5 Memories Beppe Bezzi 141.0 1
6 33.9/ 27.9/ 38.2 test t4.4 Beppe Bezzi 139.9 0
25 22.2/ 27.0/ 50.8 paper CS 117.4 0
There are a lot of good entries since the last issue.
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94 - What's No More
11 34.8/ 33.7/ 31.4 Baseline Ken Espiritu 136.0 6
14 38.2/ 42.1/ 19.6 No Good Ian Oversby 134.3 14
15 35.5/ 37.1/ 27.3 test p209 Beppe 133.9 12
16 40..0/ 46.8/ 13.2 Overdrive Christian Schmidt 133.2 27
18 38.0/ 43.7/ 18.4 Test OS Ian Oversby 132.3 4
19 35.1/ 38.3/ 26.5 PAN-TAU-RA 2 Christian Schmidt 132.0 12
20 31.6/ 31.3/ 37.2 RetroQ II P.Kline 131.8 3
21 38.9/ 46.0/ 15.2 Blain Nimon 131.8 62
22 35.7/ 40.2/ 24.1 Bigger Brother Philip Kendall 131.2 5
23 25.4/ 19.8/ 54.8 Impish v0.2 Ian Oversby 131.1 335
24 36.5/ 42.9/ 20.5 Used Car Ian Oversby 130.2 7
25 34.7/ 39.6/ 25.6 First Strike Nimon 129.9 57
Sorry, I havn't data for this section but I think Impish is the only
significant loss.
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94 - What's Old
# %W / %L / %T Name Author Score Age
18 37.1/ 40.4/ 22.5 Damage Incorporated Anton Marsden 133.8 368
9 29.2/ 21.0/ 49.8 Return Of The Jedimp John K W 137.5 327
16 33.8/ 32.9/ 33.3 Nine Seven Six M R Bremer 134.6 191
21 32.1/ 31.4/ 36.5 Head or Tail Christian Schmidt 132.8 115
Nine Seven Six and Head or Tail enter this section, while Impish is kicked off
the hill.
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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 Probe Anton Marsden 403 Q^2 -> Bomber
2 Blur 2 Anton Marsden 396 Scanner
3 Damage Incorporated Anton Marsden 337 * Q^2 -> Bomber
4 unrequited love kafka 346 Q^2 -> Paper
5 Impish v0.2 Ian Oversby 345 Stone/imp
6 Gigolo Core Warrior staff 332 Q^2 -> Stone/imp
7 Return Of The Jedimp John K W 327 * Q^2 -> Stone/imp
8 Falcon v0.3 Ian Oversby 275 P-warrior
9 Rosebud Beppe 218 Stone/imp
10 Q^2 Miro Anders Ivner 214 Q^2 -> Scanner/bomber
11 Instant Wolf 3.4 Edgar 205 P-warrior
12 Goldfinch P.Kline 201 P-warrior
13 Simple v0.4b Ian Oversby 197 QScan -> Stone/imp
14 Trident^2 John K W 195 Q^2 -> Stone/imp
15 Nine Seven Six M R Bremer 191 * Q^2 -> Stone/imp
16 ompega Steven Morrell 189 Stone/imp
17 Frogz Franz 172 Q^2 -> Paper
18 The Machine Anton Marsden 164 Scanner
19 Memories Beppe 152 Scanner
20 Tiberius 3.1 Franz 130 Q^2 -> Paper
21 Solomon v0.8 Ian Oversby 116 Stone and scanner
22 Head or Tail Christian Schmidt 115 * Q^2 -> Paper
23 CC Paper 3.3 Franz 107 Q^2 -> Paper
24 mrb-test m r bremer 106 ?
25 T.N.T. pro Maurizio Vittuari 105 Bomber
Damage Incorporated has reached the 3rd place. Anton now holds the first three
ranks. Congratulations. Nine Seven Six climb to the 15th rank and Head or Tail
enters the new hall of fame at the 22th place. Jack in the box II has been
kicked off.
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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 50.9/ 41.1/ 8.0 BeachBlanketBingo J E Long 160.7 1
2 38.8/ 19.6/ 41.6 Dust 7.0 Justin Kao 157.9 86
3 42.4/ 27.2/ 30.3 Sections Zul Nadzri 157.7 66
4 47.2/ 37..7/ 15.1 guru v0.1 Robert Hale 156.8 22
5 48.2/ 40.4/ 11.4 Guessed v0.1 Ian 156.0 46
6 46.2/ 37.1/ 16.7 qbomber v .469 Ryan Coleman 155.2 57
7 38.2/ 23.9/ 37.9 A Blaise Affair Robert J. Street 152.5 26
8 45.6/ 39.3/ 15.1 Hell's Fury Robert Hale 151.8 3
9 46.3/ 41.8/ 11.8 qDeath v .169 Ryan Coleman 150.8 53
10 36.5/ 24.3/ 39.2 Six-Finger Discount From Ryan Coleman 148.6 60
11 45.4/ 42.9/ 11.7 Nautilus Mole IX 148.0 25
12 42.1/ 37.9/ 20.0 Pain and Panic v0.1 Robert Hale 146.3 15
13 44.6/ 44.6/ 10.8 Short Sword 4 JS Pulido 144.6 88
14 43.4/ 42.2/ 14.4 guru v0.3 Robert Hale 144.6 16
15 38.3/ 33.2/ 28.5 If I only had a brain? Ryan Coleman 143.4 58
16 41.0/ 38.8/ 20.2 Pain and Panic v0.2 Robert Hale 143.3 7
17 41.5/ 40.1/ 18.4 Pain and Panic v0.3 Robert Hale 142.9 6
18 30.2/ 21.6/ 48.2 4-Finger Discount From th Ryan Coleman 138.9 61
19 33.9/ 30.4/ 35.7 Zorm-B Anonymous 137.3 91
20 39.3/ 45.0/ 15.7 Wolverine Robert Hale 133.6 2
21 29.1/ 26.0/ 44.9 It's a Harmless Addition Robert Hale 132.2 44
22 31.5/ 31.3/ 37.2 Kohonenian Dream Robert J. Street 131.8 80
23 38.8/ 48.8/ 12.4 Dwa Michaly b Waldemar Bartolik 128.7 94
24 29.7/ 31.1/ 39.2 It's a Harmless Addiction Robert Hale 128.3 47
25 14.2/ 56.6/ 29.2 FireAnt 0.0.1 Robert Hetland 71.8 12
Top 25 Averages:
39.3/ 36.1/ 24.5 142.6 42
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The Hint
About Q^2-Scanner and (not really) new strategies
After a very strong phase of p-warriors (especial the P^2-warriors) the Q^2-
scanners dominate the hill again. More than 15 of the 25 warriors on the hill
are still using this, most of them in combination with stone/imps or papers.
The two following Q^2-warriors, now discuss , use coreclears as their basic
strategy.
This is not very sensational or original, but very effective :-)
C^3 uses simply van Dam's The Core Clear.
The basic idea of van Dam was to survive mod 4 and mod 5 dat bomber by using a
Spl/Spl/Dat/... core clear with a Spl/Dat/... core clear as backup. But it works
well not only against bomber but also good against all other strategies.
I added a fast bootstrap and put them behind a Q^2 scanner. And surprisingly
they score damn good on the hill.
;redcode-94
;name C^3
;author Christian Schmidt
;strategy Q^2 -> boot, clear
;assert 1
org start
;----------Q^2 Scan from Probe----------
QB equ (start-350)
QS equ (0-200)
QD equ 100
GAP equ 8
REP equ 15
datz: equ (start+200)
bptr1 equ 2000
bptr2 equ (bptr1+39)
qinc dat >(-1)*GAP*2, >GAP
dat 10*QS, 2*QS
table: dat 4*QS, 1*QS
dat 23*QS, 3*QS
tab: add.a table, table
slow: add.ab @tab, fnd
fast: add.b *tab, @slow
which: sne.i datz, @fnd
add.ab #QD, fnd
add.ba fnd, fnd
qbo mov.i qinc, @fnd
mov.i qinc, *fnd
fnd mov.i (-1)*(GAP/2),@QB
sub.x qinc, fnd
djn.b qbo, #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
boot mov g1, bptr1
mov g2, bptr1
mov b, bptr2
mov b1, bptr2
boot2 mov {bptr3, <bptr3
mov {bptr3, <bptr3
mov {bptr3, <bptr3
mov {bptr3, <bptr3
jmp @bptr3, {0
g1 dat st+17, 500
g2 dat -4040, 4045
st spl #b-g1+35, 45
mov *g1-17, >g1-17
mov *b+18, >g2-17
cc djn.f -1, {g2-17
b dat #1, 45
b1 spl #-40, 45
bptr3 dat cc+1, boot2+bptr1+19
Digitalis uses also a Q^2-scanner combined with a d-clear and a 7-pt imp. I saw
this great idea the first time in Justin Kao's Dust 0.7.
After the Q^2-scan, Digitalis boots the d-clear, launches the 7-pt imps via a
JMP/ADD-launcher, and then starts the booted d-clear. As the d-clear is self-
splitting, this speeds up (relative to the imps) as time goes on.
The great advantage of Digitalis is that he beats P^2-warriors and some
scanners (like HSA and Scorch). He only loses significantly against
Q^2-scanners with paper or stone/imps.
;redcode-94
;name Digitalis 2
;author Christian Schmidt
;strategy q^2 -> clear/imp
;assert 1
org start
QB equ (start-350)
QS equ (0-200)
QD equ 100
GAP equ 8
REP equ 15
datz: equ (start+200)
ist equ 1143
bptr1 equ 2000
qinc dat >(-1)*GAP*2, >GAP
dat 10*QS, 2*QS
table: dat 4*QS, 1*QS
dat 23*QS, 3*QS
tab: add.a table, table
slow: add.ab @tab, fnd
fast: add.b *tab, @slow
which: sne.i datz, @fnd
add.ab #QD, fnd
add.ba fnd, fnd
qbo mov.i qinc, @fnd
mov.i qinc, *fnd
fnd mov.i (-1)*(GAP/2),@QB
sub.x qinc, fnd
djn.b qbo, #REP
jmp boot, }-300
start:
seq.i QB+QS*0,QB+QS*0+QD
jmp which,}QS*13
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
boot mov ptr, bptr1
mov clrb, bptr1
boot2 mov {bptr3, <bptr3
mov {bptr3, <bptr3
mov {bptr3, <bptr3
istart spl 1
spl 1
spl 1
spl 1
spl 1
spl 2
djn.f imp, <-250
add bst, -1
djn.f @bptr3, <-400
bst dat ist, -100
imp mov.i #ist, *0
ptr dat 0, 2150
clrb dat >2667, 25
clear spl #0, >ptr-16
loop mov clrb-16, >ptr-16
cc djn.f loop, >ptr-16
bptr3 dat cc+1, boot2+bptr1+19
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Questions? Concerns? Comments? Complaints? Mail them to people who care.
authors: Beppe Bezzi <bezzi@nemo.it> or Philip Kendall <pak21@ cam.ac.uk> or
Anton Marsden <amarsden@mcs.vuw.ac.nz> or Christian Schmidt <schmc003@goofy.zdv.
uni-mainz.de>
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