Grobots - Tournaments - 2003

[tournaments from 2004]

Upgraded just in time

(December 22, 2003) 312 rounds.

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Death rates		Early score	Fraction	Solar
Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Early	Late	Early score	Fraction	Solar
1	Revenge Killer 2	Warren	32.3%	56%	11%	37%	14.7%	58%	0%
2	Wise Men	Matt Burkholder	25.0%	43%	13%	50%	13.3%	58%	8%
3	Untouchable 2f	Warren	19.9%	59%	13%	32%	13.4%	34%	38%
4	Revenge Killer	Warren	19.3%	40%	9%	56%	13.8%	49%	0%
5	Not Quite Harmless 3	Warren	18.0%	68%	4%	29%	14.0%	26%	0%
6	Commune 9	Devon	16.7%	48%	11%	46%	12.0%	35%	55%
7	Productive Plus 3	DvF/Devon	10.6%	25%	50%	49%	9.0%	42%	100%
8	Eventually 13	Devon	9.5%	27%	37%	56%	8.6%	35%	100%
9	Missile Bacteria 2	Devon	9.4%	29%	5%	70%	11.0%	32%	27%
10	Active 5	Warren	6.6%	17%	30%	76%	9.2%	39%	0%
11	Noffee 2	Warren/Devon	5.8%	29%	18%	64%	9.5%	20%	23%
12	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	5.5%	14%	58%	68%	7.4%	40%	100%
13	Excommunicate	Devon	5.1%	38%	7%	59%	10.2%	13%	0%
15	Business Cycle 5c	Matt Burkholder	4.4%	25%	17%	69%	7.5%	17%	22%
	Feudal 3	Devon	4.4%	21%	21%	74%	8.4%	22%	100%
	Gunner 3	Warren	4.4%	20%	42%	66%	7.1%	22%	100%
17	Ants 4f	Warren	3.2%	22%	24%	70%	7.7%	15%	57%
18	Ring of Fire 3	Devon	2.9%	11%	37%	82%	6.9%	26%	100%
19	Not Quite Wise	Warren	2.8%	23%	23%	70%	10.6%	12%	5%
20	Wiser 2	Warren	2.6%	22%	22%	72%	9.9%	12%	5%
21	Teledont 8	Matt Burkholder	1.6%	10%	53%	78%	5.7%	16%	9%
Overall:				33%	24%	57%			31%

Sides are getting more complex and cooler

(August 14, 2003) 300 rounds.

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Early score	File size
1	Revenge Killer	Warren	31.8%	48%	14.6%	13254
2	Wise Men	Matt Burkholder	27.3%	53%	13.5%	21336
3	Not Quite Harmless 3	Warren	24.9%	79%	16.2%	9503
4	Untouchable 2f	Warren	21.0%	68%	13.4%	17118
5	Commune 9	Devon	17.3%	49%	11.9%	7940
6	Productive Plus 3	DvF/Devon	9.4%	22%	8.0%	4902
7	Eventually 12	Devon	8.1%	13%	5.7%	5134
8	Missile Bacteria 2	Devon	8.0%	27%	11.8%	3065
9	Missile Bacteria variant	Devon	6.6%	27%	11.4%	3168
10	Noffee	Warren/Devon	6.3%	38%	11.5%	3530
11	Gunner 3	Warren	5.2%	27%	7.8%	864
12	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	5.0%	13%	6.8%	4585
13	Wiser 2	Warren	4.8%	35%	11.8%	4650
14	Not Quite Wise	Warren	4.2%	27%	11.3%	3043
15	Active 5	Warren	3.8%	13%	8.8%	10303
16	Ring of Fire 3	Devon	3.7%	18%	7.2%	2996
17	Ants 4f	Warren	3.4%	26%	6.8%	9866
18	Feudal 3	Devon	2.4%	18%	8.1%	4115
19	Business Cycle 5c	Matt Burkholder	2.0%	21%	7.1%	12428
19	Teledont 7	Matt Burkholder	2.0%	12%	5.6%	5096
Average:				32%		7345

File sizes are in characters, not lines, since some people break lines more often than others.

The Missile Bacteria variant has larger, tougher missiles. This does not appear to be an improvement.

Warren now holds the top three places

(July 21, 2003) 300 rounds.

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Death rates		Early score
Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Early	Late	Early score
1	Revenge Killer	Warren	37.6%	61%	10%	33%	16.3%
2	Not Quite Harmless 3	Warren	28.0%	75%	8%	19%	16.1%
3	Untouchable 2	Warren	22.8%	66%	17%	21%	14.0%
4	Commune 8	Devon	20.7%	54%	14%	38%	12.6%
5	Missile Bacteria 2	Devon	13.6%	45%	9%	51%	14.6%
6	Productive Plus 3	DvF/Devon	9.3%	21%	54%	55%	8.3%
7	Active 5	Warren	7.6%	21%	25%	72%	9.3%
8	Ring of Fire 2	Devon	7.2%	25%	37%	61%	7.3%
9	Business Cycle 4f	Matt Burkholder	6.1%	26%	25%	66%	9.0%
10	Noffee	Warren/Devon	5.8%	40%	13%	53%	11.0%
11	Gunner 2	Warren	5.7%	25%	35%	61%	8.0%
12	Eventually 12	Devon	5.4%	10%	72%	65%	5.1%
13	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	5.1%	13%	62%	66%	6.4%
14	Feudal 2	Devon	4.5%	21%	19%	74%	8.6%
15	Wiser 2	Warren	4.2%	28%	25%	63%	10.6%
16	Not Quite Wise	Warren	3.5%	26%	23%	66%	10.9%
17	Ants 4	Warren	3.4%	23%	27%	69%	7.1%
17	Teledont 7	Matt Burkholder	3.4%	15%	55%	66%	6.5%
19	World Toad 3	Devon	2.2%	16%	39%	73%	8.1%
20	Intoxicated Small	Daniel von Fange	2.1%	16%	21%	80%	9.4%
Average:				31%	29%	56%

And it doesn't even dodge

(July 15, 2003) 350 rounds. Revenge Killer often wins by elimination, without doing anything very exotic. Commune and Untouchable did almost as well as before the syphon bug was fixed. The doubletime column was measured with the July 17th version, standard seed in center, 4500 frames, the min and max from 3 trials is reported. A few of the sides used to measure doubletimes were newer than the ones in the tournament (Gunner 3, Feudal 2, Ring of Fire 3).

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Early score	Kills	Weapon	Range	Doubletime
1	Revenge Killer	Warren	42.7%	58%	15.9%	32.4%	blaster	7	1724-1899
2	Not Quite Harmless 3	Warren	36.4%	84%	17.7%	14.9%	grenades	8	1600-1813
3	Commune 8	Devon	19.6%	52%	12.7%	21.4%	blaster	1	3042-3135
4	Untouchable	Warren	10.9%	38%	11.5%	7.7%	grenades	25	1927-2708
5	Teledont 7	Matt Burkholder	8.4%	21%	7.7%	11.3%	blaster	25	2492-2577
6	Noffee	Warren/Devon	7.7%	42%	10.7%	7.2%	blaster	15	1449-1616
7	Active 5	Warren	7.5%	22%	9.4%	16.6%	grenades, missiles	9	1974-2282
8	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	7.2%	20%	7.4%	5.7%	missiles		2580-2693
9	Productive Plus 3	DvF/Devon	6.9%	16%	8.6%	6.4%	missiles		2352-2603
10	Missile Bacteria 2	Devon	6.7%	28%	10.5%	6.2%	duh		1155-1188
10	Ring of Fire 2	Devon	6.7%	18%	6.5%	5.7%	blaster	16	3453-3656
12	Eventually 12	Devon	6.3%	9%	5.6%	4.5%	missiles		2418-2418
13	Gunner 2	Warren	5.8%	22%	7.3%	5.9%	grenades	20	4480-4480
14	Business Cycle 4f	Matt Burkholder	5.7%	22%	7.2%	10.4%	missiles, blaster	6	3120-3259
15	Not Quite Wise	Warren	5.5%	36%	11.9%	6.0%	grenades	9	1657-2215
16	Intoxicated Small	Daniel von Fange	5.0%	23%	8.7%	16.4%	blaster, grenades	11	2668-2850
17	Wiser 2	Warren	4.7%	35%	11.3%	8.8%	missiles, grenades	9	1706-2001
18	Feudal	Devon	3.8%	19%	7.0%	7.9%	blaster	1	4126-4136
19	Ants 4	Warren	3.3%	23%	7.8%	3.3%	grenades	16	4293-4991
20	Bacteria 3	Devon	2.8%	22%	10.0%	0.0%	none		1107-1188
21	Vaccine 3	Devon	2.5%	33%	12.8%	8.4	blaster	5	1675-2540
Average:				31%				11.4	2428-2678

Changing mix of strategies

(June 30, 2003) 300 rounds, standard rules. (This tournament suffers from the syphon bug, so friendly-syphon users may have done too well.)

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Early score	Kills	Distribution	Types
1	Commune 8	Devon	35.1%	64%	13.5%	22.0%	colony	3
2	Not Quite Harmless 2	Warren	32.5%	92%	15.0%	14.6%	skittish	1/2
3	Untouchable	Warren	20.3%	41%	14.2%	9.4%	colony	4
4	Eventually 12	Devon	13.1%	21%	8.6%	9.7%	colony	2/3
5	Noffee	Warren/Devon	11.0%	47%	12.1%	7.4%	skittish	2
6	Missile Bacteria 2	Devon	10.9%	35%	10.9%	8.0%	skittish	3
7	Productive Plus 3	DvF/Devon	10.1%	25%	7.8%	9.0%	corner	2/4
8	Active 5	Warren	9.6%	30%	8.9%	19.3%	wanders	1/2
9	Teledont 7	Matt Burkholder	9.3%	26%	8.8%	14.6%	wanders	1
10	Intoxicated Small	Daniel von Fange	7.2%	31%	9.9%	19.9%	wanders	1
11	Feudal	Devon	6.8%	29%	8.5%	9.4%	colony	2
12	Ants 4	Warren	6.6%	47%	10.1%	4.2%	colony	4
13	Wiser 2	Warren	6.5%	38%	12.1%	10.7%	skittish	1/2
13	Ring of Fire 2	Devon	6.5%	23%	7.7%	6.6%	colony	2
15	Gunner 2	Warren	6.0%	24%	9.0%	7.5%	colony	1
16	Not Quite Wise	Warren	5.7%	37%	11.0%	6.6%	skittish	1
17	Bacteria 3	Devon	5.1%	30%	10.4%	0.0%	skittish	2
18	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	3.9%	11%	7.2%	4.1%	corner	2/4
19	Vaccine 3	Devon	3.8%	34%	10.7%	7.6%	skittish	1
19	Business Cycle 4f	Matt Burkholder	3.8%	22%	8.1%	9.1%	colony	4
21	Intoxicated 3g	Daniel von Fange	3.6%	10%	7.6%	18.6%	group	2
22	Sucker 2	Devon	2.6%	29%	7.4%	0.0%	follows robots	1
Average:				34%				2.32

The Distribution column describes the movement pattern of the side's economic base. If there are two numbers in the Types column, the first is the number of types that move this way or are stationary (i.e. everything but offense), and the second is the total. I included this information to point out that complex colonial sides are becoming more common. They tend to be fun to watch.

Maybe I should stop putting titles on tournaments

(May 28, 2003) 350 rounds, standard rules.

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Death rates		Early score	Fraction	Kills
Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Early	Late	Early score	Fraction	Kills
1	Not Quite Harmless	Warren	21.5%	72%	12%	19%	14.2%	30%	9.5%
2	Missile Bacteria 2	Devon	20.1%	57%	9%	37%	16.1%	35%	12.0%
3	Commune 7	Devon	19.2%	48%	15%	43%	12.2%	40%	15.0%
4	Teledont 7	Matt Burkholder	14.4%	27%	42%	54%	8.7%	54%	16.1%
5	Active Large	Warren	14.2%	31%	23%	59%	11.1%	45%	25.8%
6	Active 4	Warren	12.1%	25%	28%	65%	10.2%	48%	16.7%
7	Eventually 12	Devon	10.8%	19%	64%	48%	6.9%	58%	6.5%
8	Bacteria 3	Devon	10.5%	43%	11%	52%	14.7%	24%	0.0%
8	Productive Plus 3	DvF/Devon	10.5%	23%	53%	51%	8.3%	46%	8.4%
10	Business Cycle 4f	Matt Burkholder	9.7%	25%	44%	55%	6.8%	38%	9.1%
11	Wiser	Warren	9.1%	43%	18%	48%	13.6%	21%	11.9%
12	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	8.6%	16%	55%	64%	7.6%	53%	5.8%
13	Not Quite Wise 2	Warren	8.5%	38%	20%	53%	12.7%	22%	6.1%
14	Intoxicated Small	Daniel von Fange	6.8%	28%	22%	64%	9.6%	24%	17.4%
15	Ants 4	Warren	5.6%	40%	20%	50%	8.3%	14%	4.7%
16	Feudal	Devon	5.4%	23%	30%	67%	7.1%	23%	6.3%
17	Vaccine 3	Devon	5.2%	36%	15%	58%	12.8%	15%	8.0%
17	Gunner 2	Warren	5.2%	17%	40%	71%	7.5%	31%	5.4%
19	Intoxicated 3g	Daniel von Fange	4.6%	9%	63%	76%	5.7%	52%	15.4%
20	World Toad 3	Devon	4.1%	19%	41%	69%	8.7%	22%	11.5%
21	Garden 2	Devon	3.9%	8%	57%	81%	6.9%	47%	0.0%
Overall:				31%	33%	54%

Uh

(May 2003) 300 rounds, standard rules.

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Death rates		Early score	Fraction	Kills
Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Early	Late	Early score	Fraction	Kills
1	Active Large	Warren	26.2%	52%	15%	39%	13.6%	51%	34.2%
2	Missile Bacteria	Devon	21.7%	54%	12%	39%	13.5%	41%	13.5%
3	Active 4	Warren	18.6%	38%	26%	48%	10.8%	48%	20.4%
4	Commune 7	Devon	15.6%	45%	21%	43%	11.3%	35%	14.0%
5	Productive Plus 2	DvF/Devon	14.5%	24%	56%	46%	8.4%	61%	8.3%
6	Bacteria 3	Devon	13.4%	49%	7%	47%	16.9%	27%	0.0%
7	Teledont 7	Matt Burkholder	11.8%	24%	50%	53%	7.9%	50%	12.9%
8	Wiser	Warren	11.6%	45%	17%	46%	14.9%	26%	13.4%
9	Eventually 12	Devon	10.7%	19%	66%	45%	6.8%	57%	6.6%
10	Vaccine 3	Devon	8.2%	40%	14%	53%	14.0%	20%	10.0%
11	World Toad 3	Devon	7.8%	27%	42%	54%	8.9%	29%	12.8%
11	Business Cycle 4f	Matt Burkholder	7.8%	26%	38%	59%	7.6%	31%	9.5%
13	Gunner 2	Warren	7.7%	31%	36%	52%	8.5%	25%	6.6%
14	Not Quite Wise 2	Warren	7.3%	37%	19%	54%	14.6%	20%	5.9%
15	Ants 4	Warren	7.0%	43%	22%	46%	9.3%	16%	4.9%
16	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	6.4%	16%	51%	67%	8.5%	40%	5.5%
17	Intoxicated 3g	Daniel von Fange	5.2%	13%	59%	68%	7.2%	40%	18.0%
18	Intoxicated Small	Daniel von Fange	4.8%	24%	33%	65%	7.1%	20%	14.8%
19	Garden 2	Devon	4.3%	9%	60%	76%	7.3%	46%	0.0%
20	Feudal	Devon	3.9%	26%	25%	66%	7.8%	15%	6.2%
21	Poison Ivy 7	Warren	3.3%	23%	37%	63%	7.2%	14%	3.3%
22	Microb 2	Matt Burkholder	2.3%	28%	15%	67%	7.1%	8%	0.0%
Overall:				31%	33%	53%

Infection

(April 29, 2003) 352 rounds (202-233 per side); standard rules. There are three versions of Bacteria here, and numerous relatives, so take these results with a slice of moldy bread. (Yes, there was some version testing going on here.)

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Death rates		Early score	Fraction	Kills
Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Early	Late	Early score	Fraction	Kills
1	Commune 7	Devon	19.6%	50%	19%	39%	11.1%	39%	13.2%
2	Productive Plus 2	DvF/Devon	17.7%	36%	41%	39%	10.7%	49%	11.0%
3	Commune 6	Devon	16.5%	45%	18%	45%	10.7%	37%	11.8%
4	Active Large	Warren	13.3%	32%	21%	59%	10.1%	42%	24.9%
5	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	12.0%	24%	49%	53%	8.9%	49%	6.7%
6	Eventually 12	Devon	11.9%	19%	61%	51%	6.9%	63%	6.3%
7	Active 3	Warren	10.4%	32%	23%	58%	9.0%	32%	17.3%
8	Wiser	Warren	9.4%	40%	17%	52%	13.3%	24%	10.6%
9	Business Cycle 4	Matt Burkholder	7.4%	24%	36%	63%	7.0%	31%	9.3%
11	Not Quite Wise 2	Warren	6.7%	35%	21%	55%	11.6%	19%	5.9%
	Missile Bacteria	Devon	6.7%	34%	10%	62%	8.8%	20%	7.3%
	Feudal	Devon	6.7%	29%	25%	61%	8.0%	23%	6.7%
13	Vaccine 2	Devon	6.6%	38%	7%	59%	12.9%	18%	10.1%
13	Intoxicated Small	Daniel von Fange	6.6%	27%	25%	65%	9.3%	25%	18.0%
15	Bacteria 2	Devon	4.6%	36%	5%	62%	12.1%	13%	0.0%
16	Bacteria	Devon	3.4%	32%	11%	64%	9.6%	11%	0.0%
Overall:				33%	25%	56%

Business Cycle usually does better; recording tournaments seems to hurt it. :)

Halftime

(March 27, 2003) 101-142 rounds/side under standard rules, except that rounds were only 9000 frames. This shows what a normal round looks like at the halfway point.

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Death rates		Fraction
Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Early	Late	Fraction
1	Active Large	Warren	19.2%	75%	13%	13%	25%
2	Not Quite Wise	Warren	15.7%	71%	19%	13%	22%
3	Vaccine	Devon	15.5%	79%	9%	13%	20%
4	Active 3	Warren	14.9%	70%	15%	17%	21%
5	Commune 5	Devon	14.3%	66%	20%	18%	22%
6	Wiser	Warren	13.1%	64%	21%	19%	21%
7	Bacteria	Devon	12.5%	74%	11%	16%	17%
8	Productive Plus	Daniel von Fange/Devon	10.9%	40%	51%	19%	27%
9	Garden 2	Devon	10.8%	34%	44%	40%	32%
10	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	10.3%	36%	53%	24%	29%
11	World Toad 3	Devon	10.0%	48%	39%	22%	21%
12	Intoxicated Small	Daniel von Fange	9.8%	55%	20%	31%	18%
12	Teledont 7	Matt Burkholder	9.8%	44%	44%	23%	23%
14	Ants 5	Warren	8.9%	58%	23%	24%	15%
15	Intoxicated 3g	Daniel von Fange	8.7%	32%	56%	28%	27%
16	Eventually 12	Devon	8.5%	30%	60%	25%	28%
17	Business Cycle 4	Matt Burkholder	8.3%	43%	38%	31%	19%
18	Feudal	Devon	7.9%	50%	27%	32%	16%
19	Poison Ivy 6	Warren	7.6%	54%	28%	25%	14%
20	Gunner 2	Warren	7.3%	43%	42%	27%	17%
21	Microb 2	Matt Burkholder	7.1%	67%	10%	25%	10%
22	Algae 2	Devon	6.7%	21%	61%	47%	32%
23	Grudge 2	Devon	5.3%	31%	56%	29%	17%
24	Four Winds 2	Warren	4.8%	39%	32%	43%	12%
25	Wolf Pack	Matt Burkholder	1.9%	28%	49%	45%	7%

While watching tournaments I've often seen a large herd of Vaccines or Wises get gradually killed off in the second half of a round. Their excellent scores indicate this is more common than I realized. These sides' success explains why Garden's resistance to them could have such a large effect.

Seven sides in this tournament contain skittish gatherers. Those are the top seven sides. (Active and Commune's Sustenance run when seriously hurt.)

Active dodging still works

(March 5, 2003) 170-219 rounds/side under standard rules. Damage no longer affects weapons, and force fields are directional. Much of this tournament was determined by sides' ability to survive the onslaught of Actives - see the late death column.

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Death rates		Fraction	Average biomass
Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Early	Late	Fraction	Early	Overall	Survival
1	Active Large	Warren	31.9%	47%	15%	44%	68%	9K	18K	39K
2	Active 3	Warren	24.4%	47%	13%	46%	51%	7K	15K	32K
3	Commune 5	Devon	18.0%	43%	20%	46%	42%	9K	23K	53K
4	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	14.6%	22%	58%	48%	67%	12K	23K	104K
5	Productive Plus	Daniel von Fange/Devon	14.5%	25%	52%	48%	58%	13K	25K	102K
5	Eventually 12	Devon	14.5%	17%	64%	54%	86%	15K	25K	152K
7	Wiser	Warren	10.1%	28%	21%	64%	36%	9K	8K	26K
8	World Toad 3	Devon	8.8%	23%	42%	61%	38%	10K	11K	46K
9	Intoxicated 3g	Daniel von Fange	8.0%	14%	58%	66%	56%	9K	3K	22K
10	Teledont 7	Matt Burkholder	7.8%	15%	54%	68%	52%	8K	6K	41K
11	Gunner 2	Warren	6.7%	24%	38%	62%	29%	8K	11K	49K
12	Feudal	Devon	6.6%	28%	28%	61%	24%	7K	10K	35K
13	Not Quite Wise	Warren	6.5%	29%	19%	64%	22%	10K	8K	27K
14	Bacteria	Devon	6.3%	28%	11%	69%	23%	9K	15K	53K
15	Intoxicated Small	Daniel von Fange	5.8%	22%	31%	68%	26%	7K	4K	19K
16	Ants 4	Warren	5.5%	30%	27%	59%	19%	7K	7K	24K
17	Garden 2	Devon	5.1%	10%	56%	78%	52%	15K	26K	261K
18	Vaccine	Devon	4.8%	26%	14%	70%	18%	9K	7K	25K
20	Microb 2	Matt Burkholder	4.3%	29%	12%	67%	15%	6K	7K	25K
	Four Winds 2	Warren	4.3%	19%	32%	71%	22%	5K	7K	34K
	Grudge 2	Devon	4.3%	14%	52%	70%	30%	9K	8K	57K
22	Business Cycle 3	Matt Burkholder	4.1%	14%	47%	73%	30%	9K	4K	31K

...

(February 5, 2003) 101-132 rounds/side under standard rules, with damage affecting weapons.

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Death rates		Fraction	Average biomass
Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Early	Late	Fraction	Early	Overall	Survival
1	Active Large	Warren	29.9%	48%	16%	42%	62%	8K	16K	34K
2	Commune 5	Devon	21.3%	53%	17%	36%	40%	9K	30K	56K
3	Productive Plus	Daniel von Fange/Devon	19.8%	32%	54%	31%	62%	13K	33K	105K
4	Commune 4	Devon	19.5%	48%	20%	40%	41%	9K	26K	55K
5	Active 3	Warren	17.1%	40%	17%	52%	43%	8K	11K	28K
6	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	15.2%	25%	61%	38%	62%	13K	27K	110K
7	Wiser	Warren	11.9%	42%	17%	50%	28%	10K	10K	24K
8	Eventually 12	Devon	11.5%	15%	73%	43%	76%	13K	20K	132K
9	World Toad 3	Devon	9.8%	27%	40%	56%	37%	9K	12K	46K
10	Bacteria	Devon	8.2%	36%	15%	58%	23%	9K	22K	61K
11	Intoxicated 3g	Daniel von Fange	7.6%	15%	61%	62%	51%	9K	3K	21K
12	Teledont 7	Matt Burkholder	7.5%	22%	36%	66%	35%	8K	6K	28K
13	Not Quite Wise	Warren	7.0%	30%	16%	64%	23%	9K	9K	29K
14	Business Cycle 3	Matt Burkholder	5.7%	21%	37%	67%	27%	10K	7K	32K
15	Vaccine	Devon	5.5%	30%	14%	65%	18%	9K	6K	20K
16	Four Winds 2	Warren	5.3%	18%	31%	75%	30%	5K	8K	44K
17	Grudge 2	Devon	5.2%	21%	50%	58%	25%	9K	9K	42K
18	Ants 3	Warren	5.1%	28%	30%	61%	18%	7K	7K	27K
19	Feudal	Devon	4.8%	22%	34%	67%	22%	7K	8K	36K
19	Gunner 2	Warren	4.8%	16%	56%	64%	30%	8K	8K	47K
21	Intoxicated Small	Daniel von Fange	4.6%	18%	33%	74%	26%	7K	4K	21K
21	Garden 2	Devon	4.6%	9%	60%	77%	49%	15K	27K	286K
23	Microb 2	Matt Burkholder	3.5%	39%	12%	56%	9%	6K	5K	14K
24	Gnats 9	Matt Burkholder	0.4%	5%	54%	88%	8%	7K	474	9K

World Revolution

(January 16, 2003) 20x10 world, 15 sides/round, with damage affecting weapons. 99-126 rounds/side. This tournament had four versions of Commune. (Soviet and People's Republic are variations on Commune 3.)

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Death rates		Fraction	Average biomass
Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Early	Late	Fraction	Early	Overall	Survival
1	Commune 4	Devon	14.8%	59%	12%	33%	25%	10K	36K	62K
2	Productive Plus	Daniel von Fange/Devon	14.4%	39%	46%	27%	37%	12K	38K	96K
3	Eventually 12	Devon	12.9%	25%	54%	46%	51%	15K	37K	147K
4	Commune 3	Devon	10.1%	50%	9%	45%	20%	9K	27K	54K
5	Soviet	Devon	8.9%	52%	17%	38%	17%	9K	18K	34K
6	Bacteria	Devon	8.3%	54%	6%	43%	15%	11K	28K	52K
7	Business Cycle 2f	Matt Burkholder	7.4%	31%	35%	52%	24%	10K	19K	60K
8	People's Republic	Devon	7.1%	47%	16%	44%	15%	9K	16K	35K
9	Wiser	Warren	7.0%	52%	13%	40%	13%	11K	16K	30K
10	Active Large	Warren	6.9%	51%	17%	38%	14%	10K	11K	23K
11	Not Quite Wise	Warren	6.8%	46%	13%	47%	15%	11K	17K	36K
11	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	6.8%	20%	65%	44%	35%	12K	19K	96K
13	Active 3	Warren	6.2%	47%	14%	45%	13%	9K	12K	25K
14	Grudge 2	Devon	5.7%	25%	33%	63%	23%	10K	17K	67K
15	Feudal	Devon	5.5%	39%	21%	51%	14%	8K	14K	37K
16	Garden 2	Devon	5.3%	15%	51%	69%	35%	14K	31K	209K
17	Microb 2	Matt Burkholder	5.0%	54%	12%	39%	9%	9K	14K	26K
18	Vaccine	Devon	4.3%	49%	17%	41%	9%	11K	10K	21K
18	World Toad 3	Devon	4.3%	28%	35%	57%	16%	10K	11K	40K
20	Intoxicated Small	Daniel von Fange	3.8%	31%	26%	57%	12%	8K	9K	28K
21	Four Winds 2	Warren	3.7%	31%	22%	60%	12%	6K	10K	33K
22	Ants 3	Warren	3.5%	34%	22%	57%	11%	7K	10K	29K
23	Gunner 2	Warren	3.3%	18%	46%	66%	18%	9K	10K	57K
24	Teledont 6f	Matt Burkholder	1.9%	13%	64%	62%	14%	10K	4K	31K
25	Intoxicated 3g	Daniel von Fange	1.6%	12%	52%	75%	14%	9K	3K	23K

Active dodging works

(January 4, 2003) Standard rules, with the new, higher large-cell damage. 100-132 rounds/side.

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Death rates		Fraction	Average biomass
Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Early	Late	Fraction	Early	Overall	Survival
1	Active Large	Warren	21.5%	37%	29%	49%	59%	8K	11K	29K
2	Commune 3	Devon	20.5%	47%	22%	40%	44%	9K	21K	45K
3	Active 3	Warren	19.9%	35%	23%	54%	57%	7K	11K	32K
4	Active 2	Warren	16.4%	37%	26%	51%	45%	7K	8K	21K
5	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	16.0%	25%	54%	45%	64%	12K	26K	103K
6	Not Quite Wise	Warren	13.1%	41%	25%	45%	32%	10K	13K	31K
7	Wiser	Warren	12.6%	35%	17%	58%	37%	9K	10K	28K
8	Intoxicated 3g	Daniel von Fange	12.2%	19%	55%	58%	64%	9K	5K	24K
9	Bacteria	Devon	10.8%	36%	15%	58%	30%	8K	21K	59K
10	Eventually 12	Devon	9.4%	12%	76%	48%	76%	14K	15K	123K
11	Gunner 2	Warren	9.2%	30%	50%	40%	31%	8K	16K	52K
12	Vaccine	Devon	8.8%	39%	25%	48%	23%	8K	16K	30K
13	Teledont 6f	Matt Burkholder	8.0%	15%	61%	61%	53%	10K	5K	32K
14	World Toad 3	Devon	7.5%	19%	58%	56%	41%	9K	8K	43K
15	Feudal	Devon	7.4%	28%	38%	55%	27%	8K	9K	34K
16	Business Cycle 2f	Matt Burkholder	6.2%	19%	49%	63%	33%	9K	8K	43K
17	Grudge 2	Devon	6.1%	17%	58%	58%	35%	8K	10K	57K
18	Garden	Devon	5.4%	9%	56%	79%	58%	13K	20K	219K
19	Intoxicated Small	Daniel von Fange	4.1%	16%	41%	72%	25%	8K	3K	18K
20	Microb 2	Matt Burkholder	4.0%	34%	22%	56%	12%	6K	5K	16K
21	Ants 3	Warren	3.7%	27%	31%	61%	14%	6K	5K	19K
22	Gnats 8	Matt Burkholder	1.6%	2%	74%	93%	91%	9K	750	43K

Chaos

(January 2, 2003) 10x10 world, 10 sides/round, 45-61 rounds/side.

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Death rates		Average biomass
Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Early	Late	Overall	Survival
1	Teledont 6f	Matt Burkholder	24.4%	41%	24%	46%	16K	38K
2	Intoxicated 3g	Daniel von Fange	22.1%	38%	36%	42%	10K	27K
3	World Toad 3	Devon	20.5%	41%	30%	41%	25K	62K
4	Eventually 12	Devon	20.2%	29%	57%	33%	38K	130K
5	Commune 2	Devon	15.8%	44%	24%	41%	19K	43K
6	Gunner 2	Warren	13.8%	36%	36%	44%	18K	51K
7	Business Cycle 2f	Matt Burkholder	13.5%	31%	35%	53%	17K	54K
8	Not Quite Wise	Warren	11.0%	45%	17%	45%	15K	34K
9	Vaccine	Devon	8.9%	40%	16%	53%	14K	34K
10	Gnats 8	Matt Burkholder	8.5%	10%	60%	75%	5K	51K
11	Grudge 2	Devon	8.4%	23%	44%	59%	15K	64K
12	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	8.3%	16%	57%	62%	17K	107K
13	Bacteria	Devon	7.8%	40%	6%	57%	21K	53K
14	Microb 2	Matt Burkholder	6.8%	37%	12%	59%	11K	30K
15	Ants 3	Warren	6.8%	35%	22%	56%	8K	23K
16	Feudal	Devon	6.7%	34%	25%	55%	13K	38K
17	Garden	Devon	6.2%	16%	43%	72%	20K	123K
18	Wiser	Warren	5.9%	31%	21%	61%	5K	17K
19	Active 2	Warren	5.6%	35%	22%	56%	3K	9K
20	Algae	Devon	4.8%	7%	56%	84%	41K	590K
21	Not Quite Mad	Warren	4.4%	34%	36%	46%	5K	15K
22	Four Winds 2	Warren	4.4%	31%	27%	58%	8K	26K
23	Mouse	Warren	2.8%	15%	19%	81%	4K	26K
24	Haystack	Warren	2.7%	13%	40%	78%	3K	25K

Oops...

(January 1, 2003) 15x10 world, 12 sides/round, 15-27 rounds/side. An incomplete unarmed side took first, but this may be a fluke.

We fixed the rectangular-world bug in Intoxicated, but it still didn't do well.

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Early deaths
1	Bacteria	Devon	22.5%	93%	0%
2	Wiser	Warren	13.7%	80%	7%
3	Not Quite Wise	Warren	13.7%	50%	6%
4	World Toad 3	Devon	12.3%	38%	31%
5	Garden	Devon	11.6%	33%	38%
6	Microb 2	Matt Burkholder	10.3%	52%	0%
7	Commune 2	Devon	9.9%	55%	14%
8	Teledont 6f	Matt Burkholder	9.7%	29%	54%
9	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	9.4%	26%	63%
10	Grudge 2	Devon	8.5%	38%	33%
11	Eventually 12	Devon	8.1%	25%	46%
12	Intoxicated 3g	Daniel von Fange	7.6%	37%	37%
13	Business Cycle 2f	Matt Burkholder	6.4%	22%	43%
14	Not Quite Mad	Warren	6.2%	43%	19%
15	Active 2	Warren	5.4%	33%	15%
16	Feudal	Devon	4.0%	48%	19%
17	Four Winds 2	Warren	3.5%	39%	26%
18	Gunner 2	Warren	3.5%	32%	50%
19	Ants 3	Warren	2.7%	27%	15%

Larger World

(January 1, 2003) 48-70 rounds/side. We used a 15x10 world with 12 sides/round. Intoxicated 3 has a bug in handling worlds that aren't square, and Business Cycle in any world that's not 10x10.

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Early deaths	Food sources (%)
Rank	Side	Author	Score	Survival	Early deaths	solar	manna	enemies
1	Eventually 12	Devon	18.1%	29%	50%	100
2	Commune 2	Devon	11.9%	52%	18%	52	40	7
3	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	11.7%	26%	47%	100
4	World Toad 3	Devon	11.1%	39%	24%	24	57	17
5	Not Quite Wise	Warren	11.0%	56%	14%	4	87	8
6	Teledont 6f	Matt Burkholder	10.8%	31%	36%	13	65	21
7	Intoxicated 3	Daniel von Fange	9.5%	27%	42%		52	46
8	Microb 2	Matt Burkholder	9.0%	62%	3%	36	57	6
9	Feudal	Devon	8.4%	43%	21%	100
10	Gunner 2	Warren	8.0%	38%	27%	100
11	Business Cycle 2f	Matt Burkholder	7.9%	33%	25%	72	22	4
12	Grudge 2	Devon	7.8%	31%	38%	100
13	Active 2	Warren	7.3%	43%	25%		77	21
14	Garden	Devon	7.3%	20%	44%	100
15	Not Quite Mad	Warren	6.6%	45%	17%	4	87	7
16	Four Winds 2	Warren	5.3%	36%	19%	82	16	1
17	Ants 3	Warren	3.7%	30%	26%	54	39	6
18	Mouse	Warren	3.0%	23%	36%	2	87	9
19	Haystack	Warren	0.2%	8%	34%		77	22

[tournaments from 2002]

Grobots by Devon Schudy (dschudy@yahoo.com) and Warren Schudy (wschudy@wpi.edu)