Re: Contest 2 Announcement
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 18:43:27 -0800, Andy Serpa <guest at rapideuphoria.com>
wrote:
> BTW, did I read somewhere that you will be releasing the submissions
> (shrouded) as
>they come in? So if I give you an entry tomorrow, everyone else has
a month to figure out
> how to reliably beat it whilst holding their own submissions back until the
> last minute so
>no one ever sees them?
It's a compromise. If all that people have to test their entries
against are my stupid drones, then nobody has any real-world battle
experience, as each person is bound by their own paradigms.
I would be releasing rankings throughout the period of the
competition, but you're right, those that choose to hold their cards
close to their chest have an advantage here.
Another thing I have been contemplating is a way to save the match, so
that is can be seen in 'replay' mode. I could write a program to do
this, and make the .replay files available from the website, rather
than the programs themselves. That way, you couldn't tell how your
program would do against the competitor, unless you submitted it.
As an aside, if anyone wants to make slightly smarter drones and send
them to me, I'll gladly add them to the distribution. Maps as well -
they're REALLY easy to make.
Also, any pledges towards the prize pool are welcome.
--
MrTrick
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