We hold tournaments from time to time. The results, except for the formalized Top Nine tournament, are reported here. If you want your sides included, send them to us.
The analysis page (which I'd better update) may be useful for understanding the results.
(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.
(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% |
| 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% | ||||
(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% |
| 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% |
| 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% | ||||
(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% | |||||
[old tournaments from 2002 and 2003]
Grobots by Devon Schudy (dschudy@yahoo.com) and Warren Schudy (wschudy@wpi.edu)