;redcode-94nop ;name The Catcher in the Rye ;author Roy van Rijn ;assert 1 ; ; ; ; First I created a benchmark (and deleted it, see logs 26-10-05) ; then I tried all warriors I could find ; seems that mostly oneshots and Hullabaloo do well ; ; So I optimized Myrmidon (my best oneshot) and Hullabaloo ; they scored almost the same against my benchmark.. ; after a one-on-one fight the best warrior was the Hullabaloo-clone ; ; I suspect others will do the same (benchmarking) ; they will also notice oneshots are best and submit that ; and then having Hulla might be a slight advantage ; ;Sending: Hullabaloo in 3800 ; ;Some more testing, but WAIT! Hullabaloo is only strong against a few oneshots ; not all oneshots in my benchmark... that is VERY dangerous in this round ; ;Back to the drawing board.. time to think of another strategy ; looking at my enemies, fiveop might make a oneshot, so does LAchi ; he started out making bombing-oneshots and later some papers. ; inversed could make a oneshot, and simon is always tricky ; ;How about a oneshot that beats most other oneshots ; I took my best oneshot up to date, Myrmidon ; Optimized it a little bit against oneshots in 3800 core ; And here is the replacement..just to tricky to send a stone/paper! ; ;Sending: Myrmidon clone for 3800 ; ;(Never change strategies, stick with the first thing that comes to mind...) ; ;So much doubt... ;I'm going to test what was a better choice when this tournament is over! ; ;Being the favourite isn't fun at all... I can't win, only fail ptr dat 0 , sScan-8 for 3 dat 0 , 0 rof sw dat 1, 13 g2 spl #4110, 13 dat 0, 0 dat 0, 0 clr spl #sStep, sStep mov *sw, >ptr mov *sw, >ptr djn.f -2, }g2 for 14 dat 0, 0 rof sOff equ 1060 sStep equ 6801 sDiff equ 83 pGo add.f clr, sScan mov sBomb, *1 sScan sne *sOff, >(sOff+sDiff)-7 djn.f pGo, @-1 add.f sScan, @clr+1 djn.f clr, <533 for 5 dat 0, 0 rof sBomb mov.i {sDiff, 1 end pGo+2