Grobots - Tournaments - 2004

Simple wild virtue

(15 August 2004) 400 rounds, with three new sides. Simple-1 demonstrates that unarmed sides aren't viable any more. Grudge 3 demonstrates that if you enter a side in a tournament without testing it first, you might find that ignores enemies a bit more than you intended. :)

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Nonsterile survival	Early death	Late death	Early score	Fraction
1	Untouchable 3	Warren	27.7%	71%	10%	21%	14.6%	38%
2	Wise Men 2	Matt Burkholder	26.8%	61%	5%	36%	14.4%	43%
3	Revenge Killer 2	Warren	23.0%	48%	19%	41%	12.2%	45%
4	Commune Plus	Devon/Warren	22.2%	48%	21%	39%	12.0%	46%
5	Productive Plus 4	DvF/Devon	18.9%	42%	41%	29%	9.4%	44%
6	Business Cycle 6	Matt Burkholder	14.8%	58%	10%	35%	15.5%	23%
7	Commune 9	Devon	14.0%	42%	26%	43%	11.6%	33%
8	Wild Men	Matt Burkholder	11.6%	42%	10%	53%	12.2%	26%
9	Not Quite Harmless 3	Warren	9.9%	40%	16%	52%	13.5%	12%
10	Eventually 14	Devon	9.4%	30%	26%	60%	9.1%	31%
11	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	8.2%	19%	53%	60%	7.5%	40%
12	Bacteria 4	Devon	7.1%	24%	15%	72%	9.1%	27%
13	Ocean Front	Matt Burkholder	6.4%	54%	16%	35%	8.6%	12%
13	Virtue	Devon	6.4%	27%	18%	68%	9.8%	18%
15	Frog Celestial 2	Devon	6.3%	42%	12%	52%	10.3%	15%
15	Gunner 4	Warren	6.3%	26%	43%	55%	6.2%	24%
17	Revenge Garden	Devon	4.2%	17%	29%	76%	9.5%	21%
18	Feudal 3	Devon	3.5%	18%	30%	74%	7.7%	19%
19	Ants 4f	Warren	3.0%	23%	15%	73%	7.5%	12%
20	Noffee 3	Warren/Devon	2.9%	25%	20%	69%	9.4%	9%
21	Not Quite Wise	Warren	2.6%	22%	23%	72%	9.8%	12%
22	Missile Bacteria 2	Devon	2.1%	21%	8%	77%	9.1%	9%
23	Grudge 3	Devon	1.5%	8%	53%	83%	5.1%	18%
24	Simple-1	James Austin	1.1%	6%	52%	89%	6.4%	20%
Overall:				34%	24%	56%

Forceful

(April 24, 2004) 400 rounds. This is the first tournament where forcefields show up on shot sensors, but it doesn't seem to affect the scores much, even though three of the top six sides use forcefields.

Rank	Old rank	Side	Author	Score	Nonsterile survival	Early death	Late death	Early score	Fraction
1	2	Untouchable 3	Warren	29.1%	76%	12%	14%	14.2%	38%
2	1	Wise Men 2	Matt Burkholder	28.2%	64%	7%	32%	14.9%	42%
3	3	Revenge Killer 2	Warren	26.4%	54%	16%	36%	14.8%	48%
4	4	Commune Plus	Devon/Warren	21.7%	50%	20%	38%	12.5%	41%
5	19	Business Cycle 6	Matt Burkholder	15.3%	57%	13%	34%	15.4%	25%
5	5	Productive Plus 4	DvF/Devon	15.3%	31%	56%	29%	7.4%	48%
7	6	Commune 9	Devon	15.2%	42%	23%	45%	11.3%	33%
8	7	Eventually 14	Devon	9.6%	31%	29%	56%	8.3%	29%
9	8	Frog Celestial 2	Devon	6.9%	40%	19%	51%	9.8%	17%
9	9	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	6.9%	18%	55%	60%	7.2%	36%
11	9	Bacteria 4	Devon	6.5%	28%	14%	67%	9.7%	22%
12	-	Ocean Front	Matt Burkholder	5.7%	50%	23%	35%	8.4%	11%
13	12	Gunner 4	Warren	5.3%	22%	52%	55%	5.3%	25%
14	18	Missile Bacteria 2	Devon	5.1%	19%	13%	78%	9.1%	25%
15	11	Not Quite Harmless 3	Warren	4.9%	24%	27%	68%	11.5%	6%
16	13	Revenge Garden	Devon	4.6%	17%	37%	72%	8.9%	24%
17	15	Feudal 3	Devon	3.4%	18%	27%	75%	8.0%	17%
18	17	Ants 4f	Warren	3.0%	24%	18%	71%	7.8%	12%
18	14	Noffee 3	Warren/Devon	3.0%	18%	25%	76%	9.4%	11%
20	20	Not Quite Wise	Warren	2.3%	20%	27%	73%	8.2%	12%
21	16	Excommunicate	Devon	1.8%	21%	21%	74%	8.6%	5%
21	21	Wiser 2	Warren	1.8%	20%	25%	74%	9.2%	9%
Overall:					34%	25%	55%

Wise indeed

(April 8, 2004) Wise Men 2 arrived back in February, and I neglected to run a tournament with it right away. Guess I should have. 320 rounds.

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Early score	Nonsterile survival
1	Wise Men 2	Matt Burkholder	30.6%	15.0%	69%
2	Untouchable 3	Warren	27.8%	14.3%	78%
3	Revenge Killer 2	Warren	25.1%	14.5%	48%
4	Commune Plus	Devon/Warren	22.2%	12.6%	49%
5	Productive Plus 4	DvF/Devon	16.8%	8.1%	36%
6	Commune 9	Devon	16.4%	12.4%	48%
7	Eventually 14	Devon	11.5%	8.4%	34%
8	Frog Celestial 2	Devon	9.6%	10.3%	43%
9	Bacteria 4	Devon	7.2%	10.4%	34%
9	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	7.2%	7.6%	16%
11	Not Quite Harmless 3	Warren	6.3%	12.7%	27%
12	Gunner 4	Warren	5.2%	6.3%	24%
13	Revenge Garden	Devon	5.0%	10.4%	21%
14	Noffee 3	Warren/Devon	3.5%	9.5%	20%
15	Feudal 3	Devon	3.3%	7.8%	17%
16	Excommunicate	Devon	3.2%	9.2%	25%
17	Ants 4f	Warren	3.1%	7.6%	24%
18	Missile Bacteria 2	Devon	2.6%	8.6%	22%
19	Business Cycle 5c	Matt Burkholder	2.2%	6.9%	17%
20	Not Quite Wise	Warren	2.0%	8.6%	19%
21	Wiser 2	Warren	1.6%	8.0%	18%
Overall:					33%

Business Cycle is the Side of Death

(February 7, 2004) I was using tiny worlds to debug manna and seed placement. Just for fun, I ran a tournament in them. 2x2 world, 2 sides, .5 manna/tile/frame, 10000 frame time limit (rarely reached). I included a lot of old sides, expecting strange results. 4200 rounds took a few hours. :)

Rank	Side	Author	Score
1	Business Cycle 5c	Matt Burkholder	94.7%
2	Intoxicated Small	Daniel von Fange	93.0%
3	Intoxicated 3g	Daniel von Fange	91.2%
4	Life and Death 4	Warren	79.5%
5	Not Quite Harmless 3	Warren	77.5%
6	Wiser 2	Warren	74.5%
7	Not Quite Wise	Warren	73.6%
8	Active 5	Warren	71.6%
9	Feudal 3	Devon	66.6%
10	Gunner 4	Warren	66.5%
11	Commune 9	Devon	66.3%
12	Commune Plus	Devon/Warren	64.8%
13	Noffee 3	Warren/Devon	64.6%
14	Poison Ivy 7	Warren	64.5%
15	Eventually 14	Devon	60.1%
16	Teledont 8	Matt Burkholder	54.2%
17	Vaccine 3	Devon	53.6%
18	Wise Men	Matt Burkholder	53.5%
19	Revenge Killer 2	Warren	52.9%
20	Untouchable 3	Warren	52.6%
21	Cycle 3	Devon	50.1%
22	Rat without shields 2	Warren	46.4%
23	Ants 4f	Warren	45.9%
24	Bacteria 4	Devon	42.4%
25	World Toad 3	Devon	40.0%
26	Megadont fixed	Matt Burkholder	37.9%
27	Excommunicate	Devon	37.5%
28	Frog Celestial 2	Devon	36.3%
29	Gnats 9	Matt Burkholder	34.3%
30	Circle-the-Wagons	Matt Burkholder	31.8%
31	Revenge Garden	Devon	26.5%
32	Sucker 2f	Devon	17.7%
33	Missile Bacteria 2	Devon	17.4%
34	Ring of Fire 3	Devon	16.0%
35	Productive Plus 4	DvF/Devon	15.9%
36	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	12.8%
37	Radioactive 2	Devon	10.2%
38	Lunatic 2	Devon	7.9%

Most of this is unsurprising. Growth and long range are pointless; initial armament is everything. It would be easy to write sides for these duels. I was surprised by Business Cycle, Life and Death, and the Not Quite Wise family, though.

Revenge Killer isn't defeated yet

(February 6, 2004) 300 rounds.

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Early score	Nonsterile survival
1	Revenge Killer 2	Warren	30.2%	14.6%	60.1%
2	Untouchable 3	Warren	27.5%	14.9%	78.3%
3	Commune Plus	Devon/Warren	27.1%	13.3%	61.5%
4	Commune 9	Devon	18.0%	12.8%	54.3%
5	Eventually 14	Devon	15.1%	9.1%	47.8%
5	Productive Plus 4	DvF/Devon	15.1%	7.3%	31.2%
7	Not Quite Harmless 3	Warren	10.5%	14.0%	49.6%
8	Frog Celestial 2	Devon	9.2%	10.1%	46.9%
9	Wise Men	Matt Burkholder	8.6%	10.7%	29.5%
10	Gunner 4	Warren	8.0%	7.6%	34.6%
11	Bacteria 4	Devon	7.8%	11.4%	33.3%
12	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	6.7%	6.6%	19.4%
13	Revenge Garden	Devon	5.2%	10.1%	23.6%
14	Feudal 3	Devon	4.7%	8.3%	22.2%
15	Excommunicate	Devon	4.1%	9.0%	25.9%
16	Ants 4f	Warren	3.7%	7.8%	29.7%
17	Missile Bacteria 2	Devon	3.6%	10.9%	23.5%
18	Noffee 3	Warren/Devon	3.2%	9.9%	20.8%
19	Business Cycle 5c	Matt Burkholder	3.1%	7.0%	22.3%
20	Not Quite Wise	Warren	2.3%	8.8%	21.6%
21	Wiser 2	Warren	2.2%	9.1%	24.6%
22	Active 5	Warren	0.7%	6.2%	8.4%
Overall:					35%

Tie!

(January 9, 2004) 440 rounds. We report nonsterile survival, which is about the same as survival for most sides, but much lower for Not Quite Harmless. Kills/Biomass is a measure of aggressiveness, or at least of how much a side fights. We forgot to include the latest Gunner; sorry.

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Early score	Nonsterile survival	Kills / Biomass
1	Untouchable 3	Warren	29.1%	15.1%	86%	61%
1	Commune Plus	Devon/Warren	29.1%	12.9%	63%	66%
3	Revenge Killer 2	Warren	26.8%	14.6%	53%	86%
4	Productive Plus 4	DvF/Devon	19.5%	8.5%	41%	127%
5	Commune 9	Devon	15.3%	11.4%	48%	94%
6	Untouchable 2f	Warren	15.1%	12.2%	57%	59%
7	Wise Men	Matt Burkholder	14.5%	11.5%	31%	197%
8	Bacteria 4	Devon	13.3%	12.5%	43%	60%
9	Eventually 14	Devon	12.0%	8.6%	38%	115%
10	Not Quite Harmless 3	Warren	10.1%	14.4%	43%	62%
11	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	6.6%	7.1%	18%	66%
12	Gunner 3	Warren	5.2%	7.0%	24%	88%
13	Feudal 3	Devon	4.2%	8.5%	25%	247%
14	Noffee 3	Warren/Devon	4.1%	10.3%	23%	113%
15	Missile Bacteria 2	Devon	3.9%	11.1%	29%	149%
16	Wiser 2	Warren	3.3%	9.9%	28%	325%
17	Ants 4f	Warren	3.2%	7.3%	28%	57%
18	Not Quite Wise	Warren	2.9%	8.8%	21%	124%
18	Active 5	Warren	2.9%	6.8%	11%	612%
20	Excommunicate	Devon	2.8%	9.4%	22%	638%
21	Business Cycle 5c	Matt Burkholder	2.7%	6.8%	22%	393%
22	Frog Celestial	Devon	2.4%	9.1%	25%	452%
23	Ring of Fire 3	Devon	1.7%	6.0%	5%	92%
Overall:					34%	106%

. o O o .

(January 5, 2004) 240 rounds. Initial manna was raised to 1.5 en/u² to more closely resemble the level during most rounds. Notice the variation in early score / final score.

Rank	Side	Author	Score	Early score	Survival	Growth %
1	Revenge Killer 2	Warren	33.7%	13.9%	53%	80%
2	Productive Plus 4	DvF/Devon	22.0%	7.8%	36%	89%
3	Untouchable 2f	Warren	21.9%	13.5%	73%	63%
4	Bacteria 4	Devon	20.0%	13.9%	48%	88%
5	Wise Men	Matt Burkholder	18.9%	11.5%	41%	63%
6	Eventually 14	Devon	17.7%	9.2%	44%	85%
7	Not Quite Harmless 3	Warren	15.8%	15.4%	87%	56%
8	Commune 9	Devon	13.9%	11.1%	41%	81%
9	Eventually 13	Devon	13.0%	10.5%	36%	87%
10	Productive Plus 3	DvF/Devon	8.8%	6.9%	22%	93%
11	Noffee 3	Warren/Devon	7.2%	11.5%	43%	74%
12	Frog Celestial	Devon	6.1%	12.5%	42%	66%
13	Gunner 3	Warren	6.9%	7.9%	27%	81%
14	Productive 5f	Daniel von Fange	5.3%	7.4%	18%	95%
15	Noffee 2	Warren/Devon	5.9%	10.3%	38%	70%
16	Feudal 3	Devon	5.1%	8.1%	28%	77%
17	Wiser 2	Warren	4.2%	9.9%	30%	74%
18	Ants 4f	Warren	3.9%	7.3%	29%	59%
19	Ring of Fire 3	Devon	3.5%	6.6%	25%	78%
20	Business Cycle 5c	Matt Burkholder	3.4%	7.0%	26%	64%
21	Not Quite Wise	Warren	2.9%	11.4%	27%	72%
22	Excommunicate	Devon	2.6%	9.3%	31%	68%
23	Missile Bacteria 2	Devon	2.4%	9.4%	21%	91%
24	Active 5	Warren	1.5%	7.5%	8%	60%
Overall:					36%

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