A midweek review of Corewar
May 28, 1993
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I. The Standings:
# %W/ %L/ %T Name Author Score Age
1 35/ 25/ 40 FlyPaper 2.0 J.Layland 146 216
2 44/ 44/ 12 Dragon Spear c w blue 145 613
3 31/ 20/ 49 Imprimis 6 P.Kline 143 911
4 30/ 21/ 49 Snake Wayne Sheppard 139 271
5 39/ 40/ 21 Distance v6.3 Brant D. Thomsen 138 5
6 42/ 46/ 12 Fire Storm v1.1 W. Mintardjo 138 150
7 30/ 23/ 47 Night Crawler Wayne Sheppard 138 511
8 41/ 45/ 14 Iron Gate 1.01 Wayne Sheppard 137 339
9 33/ 29/ 38 ImpTest J.Layland 136 1
10 30/ 23/ 47 Oak Stake II c w blue 136 4
11 31/ 25/ 44 Sphinx v2.8 W. Mintardjo 136 1509
12 42/ 48/ 11 Agony 5.2 Stefan Strack 136 138
13 42/ 49/ 10 Backstabber Anders Ivner 134 62
14 32/ 30/ 38 ImpsAreMyFriend J.Layland 134 185
15 29/ 24/ 47 sub-type-os c w blue 134 3
16 39/ 47/ 14 Arghhhh Fredrik Ohrstrom 131 6
17 26/ 22/ 52 ttest nandor sieben 131 387
18 35/ 41/ 24 Leprechaun 1b Anders Ivner 128 1423
19 39/ 49/ 12 Iron Sword Wayne Sheppard 128 52
20 38/ 49/ 13 Sucker 6 Stefan Strack 127 533
21 21/ 28/ 51 test Joshua Houk 114 0
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II. The Basics:
-Core War Archives are available via anonymous FTP at
soda.berkeley.edu in pub/corewar...
-FAQ for this newsgroup is available via anonymous FTP at
rtfm.mit.edu as pub/usenet/news.answers/games/corewar-faq.z
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III. The Scoop:
Another long-standing core-warrior was on the ropes this week as
competitors pummeled KotH with new and various fighters:
20 32/ 42/ 25 Leprechaun 1b Anders Ivner 122 1378
But he's still standing as of this report.
Nomination for worst advice of the week goes to:
Program "Zorba 0.2" (length 5) by "Jarkko Lindblad"
(contact address "lindblad@cc.helsinki.fi"):
;strategy We don't need no stinkin' strategy
For best advice:
Program "Kiwi 1.1" (length 97) by "Joshua Houk"
(contact address "houk@athena.cs.uga.edu"):
;strategy
;strategy Imp-spiral with paper mods and bootstrapping. Oh yeah,
;strategy remember never to "improve" programs without a good bit
;strategy of testing, too... :)
W. Sheppard seems to have established that NO ONE is using a reflection
at a multiple of 4 with his Magic Mirror program - nice idea though.
Program "Magic Mirror" (length 100) by "Wayne Sheppard"
(contact address "wsheppar@st6000.sct.edu"):
;strategy Reflections for any program with a multiple of 4 distance
And Stefan Strack's tournament goes into the fourth round with only
two undefeated opponents - ahem ahem - yours truly and Dan Nabutovsky.
Break a leg, Dan. (for all you non-USA residents, that is a common
expression of encouragement :-) Of course I will be sending up my
favorite warrior "{^&*(....&() v.7" hmm, seems to be some static on
this line. Note to SS: Lucky win? No way! That program is designed
to win at least one every time :-)
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IV. The Outlook:
8 39/ 40/ 22 Distance v6.3 Brant D. Thomsen 138 1
2 46/ 45/ 9 Backstabber Anders Ivner 147 1
1 33/ 21/ 46 Sphinx v4.6 W. Mintardjo 146 1
3 33/ 22/ 45 Sphinx v4.7 W. Mintardjo 143 1
6 29/ 20/ 51 NC II Wayne Sheppard 138 1
9 32/ 29/ 39 ImpTest J.Layland 136 1
7 30/ 23/ 46 Oak Stake c w blue 138 1
10 29/ 23/ 48 Oak Stake II c w blue 135 1
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V. The Quick Look:
20 20/ 33/ 47 TP W. Mintardjo 107 1
20 25/ 44/ 31 GHD J.Layland 107 1
21 24/ 75/ 1 ick KE Lewin 74 0
21 10/ 76/ 14 Icky KE Lewin 44 0
21 16/ 75/ 9 Dwarf A. K. Dewdney 56 0
21 26/ 59/ 15 Wedge Rodney Schuler 94 0
21 4/ 70/ 25 leech KE Lewin 38 0
21 17/ 58/ 25 quick Cliff Fitzmorris 76 0
21 13/ 83/ 4 Blight KE Lewin 44 0
21 4/ 72/ 24 Castle KE Lewin 37 0
21 19/ 37/ 44 Invest Andre van Dalen 100 0
21 34/ 51/ 16 Nova 1 Jay Han 117 0
21 33/ 50/ 17 Nova 2 Jay Han 116 0
21 12/ 85/ 3 OhYeah KE Lewin 38 0
19 10/ 15/ 74 repimp nandor sieben 105 1
17 39/ 45/ 16 test 6 Fredrik Ohrstrom 133 1
19 29/ 50/ 21 CraMPon c w blue 108 1
21 0/ 92/ 8 memtest Stefan Strack 9 0
21 13/ 47/ 39 Fortress Malcolm Ryan 79 0
21 20/ 67/ 13 Govern 1 Jay Han 74 0
21 10/ 54/ 37 Impact 1 Jay Han 66 0
19 24/ 21/ 55 Kiwi 1.1 Joshua Houk 126 1
18 34/ 40/ 27 Berserker Anders Ivner 128 1
21 17/ 78/ 5 Cluster I Stephen Whiting 55 0
21 2/ 37/ 61 ENDER 1.3 Lewin 67 0
21 36/ 49/ 15 Emerald 4 P.Kline 123 0
19 33/ 42/ 25 Herem III Anders Ivner 123 1
21 13/ 40/ 47 Zorba 0.3 Jarkko Lindblad 87 0
20 24/ 30/ 45 papertest Anders Ivner 119 1
19 30/ 44/ 27 Early Bird c w blue 116 1
18 37/ 50/ 13 Eclipse II P.Kline 124 1
19 38/ 50/ 11 Iron Sword Wayne Sheppard 127 1
21 33/ 55/ 12 sub-type-c c w blue 110 0
19 13/ 37/ 50 test paper c w blue 89 1
21 15/ 75/ 10 Tester V1.0 Tony Halse 56 0
18 39/ 45/ 16 sub-type-v2 c w blue 133 1
17 25/ 23/ 52 Chimera v3.5 W. Mintardjo 128 1
21 12/ 44/ 44 Fortress 1.1 Malcolm Ryan 80 0
20 19/ 53/ 28 Magic Mirror Wayne Sheppard 86 1
21 22/ 45/ 33 Smolder v1.0 Brant D. Thomsen 98 0
21 12/ 69/ 19 StunGun v1.2 Han-Wen Nienhuys 54 0
21 15/ 34/ 51 toilet paper Steven Morrell 95 0
20 17/ 60/ 23 DeathLance-2.1 Jonathan Roy 75 1
19 28/ 30/ 42 Gamma Paper 4.0 W. Mintardjo 125 1
18 19/ 18/ 64 Simplicity v2.2 Brant D. Thomsen 120 1
21 4/ 70/ 26 Doppleganger-1.0 Jonathan Roy 38 0
20 16/ 20/ 64 Simplicity v2.3a Brant D. Thomsen 112 1
20 20/ 44/ 36 Nation Writer 1.0 Joshua Houk 97 2
21 33/ 54/ 12 RoadRunner K (20) S. Halvorsen 112 0
21 22/ 77/ 1 Three Line Wonder Rodney Schuler 68 0
21 20/ 35/ 45 anti-vampire paper c w blue 105 0
21 26/ 30/ 43 FlyPaper 2.Something J.Layland 122 0
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VI. The Hint:
Correction from last week's Hint: I was confusing the code from Night
Crawler III with the current version on KotH. Wayne informed me that
the version on the Hill does not use a forward decrement. (So how
come it still kills Eclipse II? :-)
Sorry, didn't have time to work up a new hint this week :-(
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VII. The End:
Paul Kline
pk6811s@acad.drake.edu