2011-04-29T00:25:46 Is number of entries limited for each person? 2011-04-29T00:28:04 you can have only one entry 2011-04-29T00:28:14 if you are caught with more than one active entry all will be disqualified 2011-04-29T00:28:32 unless it was obviously truly an accident 2011-04-29T00:28:49 alright, that's what I thought. 2011-04-29T00:29:18 when you make changes though is the system going to recognize it as the same bot? 2011-04-29T00:31:37 you are logged in when you upload your bot 2011-04-29T00:31:47 it knows who you are 2011-04-29T00:32:11 you zip the folder containing your bot and upload that to submit it 2011-04-29T00:32:36 containing the source files* for your bot 2011-04-29T00:32:54 okay, then will any new submissions uploaded overwrite your old one? 2011-04-29T00:33:13 yes 2011-04-29T00:33:22 and your score will be reset 2011-04-29T00:33:27 score/rank 2011-04-29T00:33:43 it wasn't reset last time and i think it was bad 2011-04-29T00:33:49 i'm very much in favour of resetting the scores 2011-04-29T00:33:59 perhaps we should give people the option of keeping their rank? 2011-04-29T00:34:03 no 2011-04-29T00:34:09 why? 2011-04-29T00:34:12 people resubmit a lot to keep their rank up 2011-04-29T00:34:16 which is also a drain on the servers 2011-04-29T00:34:25 and people don't play anyone outside their rank region 2011-04-29T00:34:27 well, hardly 2011-04-29T00:34:38 alright :P 2011-04-29T00:34:50 it doesn't take that long for your bot to get to where it's meant to 2011-04-29T00:34:58 always resetting is definitely better than never resetting 2011-04-29T00:35:07 and yes the ranking system is very intuituve 2011-04-29T00:35:11 *intuitive 2011-04-29T01:16:40 *** Mathnerd314 has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 2011-04-29T01:46:42 if we ever intend to use get_map_output for showing map output from the perspective of a specific player then it'll have to be adapted to include UNSEEN_FOOD 2011-04-29T01:47:15 although this could be problematic because it would be the only thing seen by each player that we didn't want reflected by the replay data 2011-04-29T01:47:18 *** Cyndre has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 2011-04-29T01:47:33 *** Cyndre has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T01:49:08 *** antimatroid has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 2011-04-29T01:49:23 *** antimatroid has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T01:58:01 *** Ice_Harley has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T02:12:37 *** Cyndre_ has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T02:15:58 *** Cyndre has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 258 seconds) 2011-04-29T02:32:15 *** Cyndre_ has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 2011-04-29T02:32:29 *** Cyndre_ has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T02:41:20 *** delt0r has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 2011-04-29T02:42:20 *** Cyndre_ has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 2011-04-29T02:42:49 *** Cyndre_ has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T02:51:23 *** janzert has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 2011-04-29T02:57:11 *** janzert has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T03:03:38 *** dr-` is now known as dr- 2011-04-29T03:04:17 *** delt0r has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T03:29:51 *** berak has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T03:34:14 *** woudshoo has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T04:12:30 animatroid: damn you australians! http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/gznyk/what_obama_care_has_done_for_me/c1rif6t 2011-04-29T04:19:28 *** sigh has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T04:26:35 *** boegel has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T04:40:05 *** amstan_ has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 250 seconds) 2011-04-29T04:41:20 *** mcstar has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T05:00:31 *** Eruonen has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T05:10:35 *** Kingpin13 has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T05:11:08 *** _0x47 <_0x47!~slash@p5B25FAA6.dip.t-dialin.net> has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T05:18:26 jaycobcoleman: you guys get raped over there 2011-04-29T05:20:04 *** smiley1983 has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) 2011-04-29T05:20:45 *** smiley1983 has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T05:34:04 *** stocha has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T05:35:02 bhasker: weird. Some people have used the bot with success. Maybe you had it timeout. Antimatroid said it was timeouting on his system. (although it only takes 20ms on mine) 2011-04-29T05:35:30 Another hypothesis is that the new game engine is not compatible with old bots. 2011-04-29T05:36:29 *** Frontier has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T05:37:38 how would it not be compatible? 2011-04-29T05:38:09 i don't know. Bhasker says it doesn't move. Most probably it timedout. 2011-04-29T05:38:46 Anyway. You can't speak of "accurate" ranking unless each bot plays at least 1000 games. 2011-04-29T05:39:53 stocha: what issue are you talking about? 2011-04-29T05:42:37 *** delt0r___ has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T05:44:23 *** delt0r has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 2011-04-29T05:45:06 jaycobcoleman: I posted a link to my java bot. And bashker wasn't able to make it do anything it seems. 2011-04-29T05:45:22 i don't want to try to dig into that, as i have very few time at the moment. 2011-04-29T05:45:34 hmm :/ kay 2011-04-29T05:45:46 you can set the timeout to a larger value and test again 2011-04-29T05:46:02 i wasn't the one doing the testing. 2011-04-29T05:46:06 nah that was my issue 2011-04-29T05:46:13 but it wasn't working properly for some reason 2011-04-29T05:46:21 ? 2011-04-29T05:46:31 what do you mean ? 2011-04-29T05:47:53 *** _0x47 <_0x47!~slash@p5B25FAA6.dip.t-dialin.net> has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving.) 2011-04-29T05:51:38 ? 2011-04-29T05:51:56 bhasker didn't have a timeout issue as far as i know 2011-04-29T05:53:59 *** mceier has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T05:56:15 ... who's gonna do code jam? 2011-04-29T05:56:26 i suck at those problems, but something to do 2011-04-29T05:57:37 I considered it, but I don't think I'd do so well :/ 2011-04-29T05:58:28 i wont do well 2011-04-29T05:58:30 something to do though 2011-04-29T05:58:54 the qualification round is usually trivial 2011-04-29T05:59:22 ...how trivial? 2011-04-29T06:01:13 you should be able to get through qualifying 2011-04-29T06:01:25 there are past problems up that you can practice with 2011-04-29T06:02:21 merrr. I don't know, I'm a little busy :) I got women nagging me enough already for being on my computer all the time 2011-04-29T06:04:30 if you're not taking it very seriously, it's not very time consuming :P 2011-04-29T06:04:51 alright, when does it start? 2011-04-29T06:05:05 qualification is in like 9 days 2011-04-29T06:07:20 alright I'll prepare! 2011-04-29T06:07:49 *** MatmaRex has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T06:07:53 *** MatmaRex has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T06:17:34 *** stocha has left #aichallenge 2011-04-29T06:28:54 http://www.overclockers.com.au/image.php?pic=images/newspics/29apr11/2.jpg 2011-04-29T06:29:06 what's it actually doing aha? 2011-04-29T06:30:06 its hanging around here, good laugh every now and then 2011-04-29T06:30:11 its good 2011-04-29T06:38:21 *** UncleVasya has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T06:43:06 can i have some cpp clarification? 2011-04-29T06:43:28 possibly 2011-04-29T06:43:38 i'm no expert, but i know some stuff 2011-04-29T06:43:38 cin >> state; 2011-04-29T06:43:48 and state is a State struct 2011-04-29T06:43:56 yeah 2011-04-29T06:44:17 what does >> mean here? 2011-04-29T06:44:25 it's like cin >> myInt; 2011-04-29T06:44:32 it's the input syntax for c++ 2011-04-29T06:44:34 but state is a struct 2011-04-29T06:44:40 not a single variable 2011-04-29T06:44:48 what determines the input format? 2011-04-29T06:44:59 the specs page :P 2011-04-29T06:45:32 there is a function in State.cc "std::ostream& operator>>(std::ostream &os, const State &state)" 2011-04-29T06:45:33 ok bad question 2011-04-29T06:45:39 aha 2011-04-29T06:45:41 ok 2011-04-29T06:45:45 which inputs information from an ostream os and reads it into state 2011-04-29T06:45:55 i see its overloaded 2011-04-29T06:46:07 if you want to debug, you can have "game input" in a file, then use a file stream "ifstream file" and use "file >> state" 2011-04-29T06:46:24 i absolutely love doing io using >> and << 2011-04-29T06:46:35 i will not use the cpp starter kit 2011-04-29T06:46:44 just want to get a general idea what is does 2011-04-29T06:46:46 you can also overload like state++ to increment states etc :) 2011-04-29T06:46:54 yeah, i generally write my own starter package 2011-04-29T06:47:07 i mean i wont be using cpp >( 2011-04-29T06:47:08 they are mostly there for people who aren't able/can't be bothered writing their on 2011-04-29T06:47:10 :( 2011-04-29T06:47:10 own* 2011-04-29T06:47:14 why not? 2011-04-29T06:47:23 oh, you're a lispy? 2011-04-29T06:47:26 yes 2011-04-29T06:47:36 but im still closer to cpp than lisp 2011-04-29T06:47:36 worked well for mega1 :P 2011-04-29T06:47:57 yes, but he was an expert lisper 2011-04-29T06:48:23 ty antimatroid 2011-04-29T06:48:33 np, i did write the bot :P 2011-04-29T06:48:40 i think i am obliged to answer questions on it 2011-04-29T06:49:29 it is a basic version of how I usually set my bots up 2011-04-29T06:49:49 although I used to just have the Bot struct stuff in main, but i like how it's done now 2011-04-29T06:50:10 and i used to just use an ofstream for debugging, but now i can strip it all on compile easy 2011-04-29T06:50:33 *** Naktibalda has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T06:51:16 why dont u use class? 2011-04-29T06:52:11 u dont want to be bothered by public, private stuff? 2011-04-29T06:53:01 i am a communist programmer 2011-04-29T06:53:03 everything is public 2011-04-29T06:53:12 so it's just easier to use structs :) 2011-04-29T06:53:16 ok 2011-04-29T06:53:30 i will try to find a red colorscheme for ur codes 2011-04-29T06:53:49 :p 2011-04-29T06:54:06 i still like a comment from yesterday 2011-04-29T06:54:09 about neo and smith 2011-04-29T06:54:13 let me find it 2011-04-29T06:54:23 :) 2011-04-29T06:54:25 that was you 2011-04-29T06:54:27 excellent :) 2011-04-29T06:54:51 dont talk to me about matrix, i want to concentrate not to daydream 2011-04-29T06:55:25 ahh 2011-04-29T06:55:28 here it comes 2011-04-29T06:55:36 i have one question 2011-04-29T06:55:48 what is neo doing when the curier arrives? 2011-04-29T06:55:55 he is in his cubicles 2011-04-29T06:56:01 facing his computer 2011-04-29T06:56:07 but its not turned on!!! 2011-04-29T06:56:25 there was no reddit 2011-04-29T06:56:26 he is like meditating? 2011-04-29T06:56:29 whatever would he have done with it on? 2011-04-29T06:56:35 or mental-prograMMING 2011-04-29T06:56:54 typing something? 2011-04-29T06:57:01 red rabbit? 2011-04-29T06:57:14 hacking away soemthing 2011-04-29T06:57:22 but he just stares at it 2011-04-29T06:57:28 soo weird scene 2011-04-29T06:57:30 he wasn't a programmer was he? 2011-04-29T06:57:35 yes 2011-04-29T06:57:41 he was an expert hacker 2011-04-29T06:58:04 hacking sounds a lot like web devlopment 2011-04-29T06:58:10 except in reverse 2011-04-29T06:58:18 messy and ugly, just playing around till it works 2011-04-29T06:58:56 i cant know that 2011-04-29T06:59:02 my site is pretty simple 2011-04-29T06:59:14 i don't have one 2011-04-29T06:59:15 and i havent touched it in 8 years? 2011-04-29T07:00:08 maybe he was debugging himself 2011-04-29T07:00:25 its an eternal mistery 2011-04-29T07:00:33 back to work 2011-04-29T07:03:14 sigh: how goes the lunches? 2011-04-29T07:03:27 lunches? 2011-04-29T07:03:34 google 2011-04-29T07:03:53 ahh... food is awesome :) 2011-04-29T07:04:06 what has been for lunch so far? 2011-04-29T07:04:12 also being able to snack throughout the day is good 2011-04-29T07:04:13 hmmm 2011-04-29T07:04:31 we had kangaroo the other day :) 2011-04-29T07:04:47 i don't think i've ever had kangaroo 2011-04-29T07:05:00 *** jaycobcoleman has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) 2011-04-29T07:05:01 not because i'm anal about it, just haven't 2011-04-29T07:05:28 it's good when it's not overdone... i think it is hard to cook well in general 2011-04-29T07:06:53 how's the work? 2011-04-29T07:08:25 mostly I'm just floundering around in the code... so much to learn to understand how things work 2011-04-29T07:09:02 the people are cool, they answer my endless stream of questions :P 2011-04-29T07:09:52 *** berak has quit IRC (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.84 [SeaMonkey 2.0a3/20090223135443]) 2011-04-29T07:10:29 sounds fun :P 2011-04-29T07:10:51 i'm imagining you like the fish out of water in super mario brothers on snes 2011-04-29T07:11:17 yeah, it's really fun :) 2011-04-29T07:11:33 it's really cool learning how everything works behind the scenes 2011-04-29T07:12:56 the internet really likes the big bang theory 2011-04-29T07:13:06 i watch it because i get very bored, but i think it's awful 2011-04-29T07:13:21 i like it 2011-04-29T07:13:44 it's gotten a bit tiresome lately, but still 2011-04-29T07:14:48 i will die when i have to work full time 2011-04-29T07:14:57 :P 2011-04-29T07:15:08 it's not too bad, you get used to it :) 2011-04-29T07:15:37 yes, but when i eventually get to that point, it's going to be a big shock 2011-04-29T07:15:53 what part specifically? 2011-04-29T07:16:29 the long consecutive hours 2011-04-29T07:16:43 thursdays i have 3 classes, that's my longest day for classes 2011-04-29T07:16:57 i have 1 class on mondays, 2 wednesdays and none tuesdays and fridays 2011-04-29T07:17:21 three hours of work in a row on tuesdays is painful :P 2011-04-29T07:18:34 you'll have to get used to long consecutive hours before you reach the workforce if you are going to be a grad student :P 2011-04-29T07:20:39 they don't have to be consecutive :P 2011-04-29T07:20:49 i do a LOT of work, but not all at once 2011-04-29T07:21:48 i was 1 unit shy of having done the equivalent of 5 years worth of units in 4 :( 2011-04-29T07:22:41 :P 2011-04-29T07:23:03 i can sort of count measure theory, but it's not on my record 2011-04-29T07:23:15 and i didn't do assignments towards the end of semester as i didn't have time 2011-04-29T07:23:30 well, at work it's not like you are working flat out continuously :) 2011-04-29T07:23:34 i wanted to put it on my record, but the dean of science is an asshole 2011-04-29T07:23:45 and plus you can mostly forget about it at the end of the day, unlike uni 2011-04-29T07:23:55 wouldn't let us do 6 units in a semester, or count add a post grad unit to an undergrad transcript 2011-04-29T07:24:16 :) 2011-04-29T07:24:17 yeah, that's what i'm most envious about, not having to worry about it that much when you aren't there 2011-04-29T07:24:42 that is the biggest thing that makes me want to not go down the academic road 2011-04-29T07:25:05 have you done any internships? 2011-04-29T07:25:11 nope :P 2011-04-29T07:25:24 you should, if only to see what it's like 2011-04-29T07:25:31 i don't really have time 2011-04-29T07:25:40 gives you a better idea of what road you should head down 2011-04-29T07:26:04 i am going to do masters in maths at anu next year, then either work for a bit or do a phd in maths at anu or in economics at uni of queensland (there's a really good game theorist there) 2011-04-29T07:26:36 i applied for an rba internship the summer before last, but they didn't even interview me :( 2011-04-29T07:26:56 apply to more than one place :P 2011-04-29T07:27:24 although my boss suggests they were keen on people about to do honours (2 people from utas with far less maths and no programming got cadetships and now work there), but she could just be trying to make me feel better 2011-04-29T07:27:38 *** davidd has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 2011-04-29T07:27:40 i did apply to rbnz for a similar thing, but same deal, no interview 2011-04-29T07:27:58 but i did my summer research scholarship thing playing around with game theory instead, which i would have preferred anyway 2011-04-29T07:28:02 hmm... get some people to review your resume and cover letter 2011-04-29T07:28:04 except no real experience 2011-04-29T07:28:38 i shall at some point 2011-04-29T07:28:45 i had my boss go over it before sending it off 2011-04-29T07:28:55 and seriously, learn how to sell yourself hard... there's not point holding back 2011-04-29T07:29:04 ergh, i hate that 2011-04-29T07:29:33 it's a skill, and you'll need it in academia as well 2011-04-29T07:30:03 i'm more interested in evaluating people based on what they know rather than how they can sell themselves 2011-04-29T07:30:16 i know it doesn't work like that, i just like to stick it to things i don't like 2011-04-29T07:30:21 i'm very stubborn about such things :P 2011-04-29T07:30:35 i do try to relax the stubborness for such things though 2011-04-29T07:30:38 of course, but it is much easier if they make it very clear what they do know without you having to figure it out yourself 2011-04-29T07:30:40 as i know it only hurts me 2011-04-29T07:32:00 when I say that you should sell yourself, what I mean that you should make it blatantly obvious what you know and that you know it well 2011-04-29T07:32:22 make it easy for people to evaluate what you know 2011-04-29T07:32:22 i try to do that with whatevers relevant 2011-04-29T07:32:30 i know some things quite well and a lot of things not very well 2011-04-29T07:32:44 :) 2011-04-29T07:33:01 but i can't really list every maths subject i've taken, excepting first year units i did enough for two majors 2011-04-29T07:33:45 yeah... don't do that... the transcript is there for that if they want it 2011-04-29T07:34:39 i thought i had a bad transcript 2011-04-29T07:34:51 my friend has multiple pages of amendment notes 2011-04-29T07:35:02 amendment notes? 2011-04-29T07:35:13 *** UncleVasya has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 2011-04-29T07:35:20 like permission for overloads, permission to skip pre reqs, scholarships, awards blah blah 2011-04-29T07:35:30 heh 2011-04-29T07:35:54 permission to count honours units or a philosophy unit towards a major :P 2011-04-29T07:36:28 i did more overloads than normal semesters 2011-04-29T07:36:31 mostly it's just the courses you did and how you did in them that will matter if they decide to look at it 2011-04-29T07:36:52 yeah i know, it's just fun having a ridiculous number of notes at the end :P 2011-04-29T07:37:06 :) 2011-04-29T07:37:32 i don't imagine people would care to look at my transcript for units very long either 2011-04-29T07:37:39 it's rather long itself 2011-04-29T07:37:47 and i did units all over the place 2011-04-29T07:38:45 *shrug* some won't care, some will just look for the general trends, others might look at more specific things 2011-04-29T07:39:06 but get someone to review your application 2011-04-29T07:39:45 even if it is just to check that it makes sense, you have no idea how many resumes showed an obvious lack of proof reading when I was doing interviews 2011-04-29T07:41:16 but assuming you get that part right, the review is important to ensure that what you have in your resume is what companies are looking for 2011-04-29T07:47:54 :) yep 2011-04-29T07:47:57 sorry got distracted :P 2011-04-29T07:55:22 *** Naktibalda has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 2011-04-29T08:03:01 *** davidd has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T08:09:50 *** Naktibalda has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T08:33:03 *** FireFly has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T08:40:20 *** Ice_Harley has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) 2011-04-29T08:48:58 *** delt0r___ has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 2011-04-29T09:07:01 *** sigh_ has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T09:08:49 *** woudshoo has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 258 seconds) 2011-04-29T09:09:32 *** sigh has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 276 seconds) 2011-04-29T09:26:00 *** UncleVasya has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T09:35:24 *** MuTa-ofd00m has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T09:36:40 Hey I just heard about the AI planet wars challenge, im so sad I missed the opportunity... Are there any "private servers" which I am able to play against other bots at? 2011-04-29T09:41:33 read about ants challenge 2011-04-29T09:42:20 aha there is a 3rd challenge starting, thats brilliant! thanks Naktibalda 2011-04-29T09:57:27 *** delt0r has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T10:05:32 *** needsch has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T10:14:12 *** Chris_0076 has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T10:35:43 *** Chris_0076 has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving) 2011-04-29T10:44:25 *** sigh_ has quit IRC (Remote host closed the connection) 2011-04-29T10:45:17 *** boegel has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 276 seconds) 2011-04-29T11:18:05 morning! 2011-04-29T11:22:48 *** berak has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T11:50:58 *** kaemo has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 258 seconds) 2011-04-29T11:51:45 *** mcstar has quit IRC (Remote host closed the connection) 2011-04-29T11:59:10 *** kaemo has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T12:09:18 *** amstan has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T12:09:21 *** ChanServ sets mode: +o amstan 2011-04-29T12:28:23 *** mcstar has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T12:50:11 *** mceier has quit IRC (Quit: leaving) 2011-04-29T13:04:43 *** Eruonen has quit IRC () 2011-04-29T13:08:55 *** Frontier has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving.) 2011-04-29T13:25:39 aichallenge: Alexandru Stan epsilon * r70a5466 / ants/dist/starter_bots/ocaml/Ants.ml : 2011-04-29T13:25:39 aichallenge: Merged pull request #93 from smiley1983/epsilon. 2011-04-29T13:25:39 aichallenge: OCaml: fixed error and added check to food removal code - http://bit.ly/kg99Hv 2011-04-29T13:25:39 aichallenge: Jude Hungerford epsilon * r8c797cb / ants/dist/starter_bots/ocaml/Ants.ml : fixed error and added check to food removal code - http://bit.ly/m2kdCG 2011-04-29T13:42:53 *** Cyndre_ is now known as Cyndre 2011-04-29T13:45:38 *** UncleVasya has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 2011-04-29T15:05:13 *** Naktibalda has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 2011-04-29T15:26:14 *** Cyndre has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 2011-04-29T15:26:29 *** Cyndre has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T15:27:46 *** delt0r___ has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T15:29:28 *** delt0r has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 258 seconds) 2011-04-29T15:30:14 *** amstan_ has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T15:30:14 *** ChanServ sets mode: +o amstan_ 2011-04-29T15:33:22 *** berak has quit IRC (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.84 [SeaMonkey 2.0a3/20090223135443]) 2011-04-29T15:35:45 *** Redgis has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T15:40:36 *** sids_aquarius has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T15:41:15 *** Eruonen has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T15:41:18 *** Eruonen has left #aichallenge 2011-04-29T15:43:45 *** Accoun has quit IRC () 2011-04-29T15:55:54 *** Accoun has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T16:20:19 "Powerpoint is academic Karaoke." comment of the day 2011-04-29T16:39:59 *** Naktibalda has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T16:51:43 * antimatroid rages at people talking about economics again 2011-04-29T16:58:33 *** Naktibalda has quit IRC (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.86.1 [Firefox 4.0/20110419192255]) 2011-04-29T17:00:13 mcstar wonders how to make these funny self-referencing comments which he sees all the time here and other channels 2011-04-29T17:02:04 *** Barontrozo has joined #aichallenge 2011-04-29T17:03:58 ./me 2011-04-29T17:04:07 less the . 2011-04-29T17:04:20 Barontrozo: hello :) 2011-04-29T17:04:26 shall you guys be back for the new game? 2011-04-29T17:04:33 Hi all 2011-04-29T17:04:44 I don't know 2011-04-29T17:04:48 * mcstar thanks you 2011-04-29T17:04:55 me, yes 2011-04-29T17:05:04 I think taht also protocolocon 2011-04-29T17:05:10 I think that also protocolocon 2011-04-29T17:05:33 but i'm not sure if the rest of them will participate 2011-04-29T17:06:53 We have been on other contest meanwhile 2011-04-29T17:06:55 http://codercharts.com/contest/ipad-2-programming-contest/cleaderboard 2011-04-29T17:07:06 1º protocolocon, me 3º 2011-04-29T17:07:15 you could have come and told me :( 2011-04-29T17:07:36 o the are continous contest on this page 2011-04-29T17:07:39 although i'd probably just go meh if i couldn't use c++ 2011-04-29T17:08:02 you can use several languajes 2011-04-29T17:08:44 ah looks fun :) 2011-04-29T17:08:58 protocolon must be getting excited 2011-04-29T17:08:58 we have also participate on MIT Ai contest, but we began to develop and we where tired very soon .... 2011-04-29T17:09:10 that's java only yeah? 2011-04-29T17:09:16 i refuse to touch java 2011-04-29T17:09:25 have you looked at ants much? 2011-04-29T17:09:29 yes that was one of the reasons of our runout 2011-04-29T17:09:56 I have read the rules, but at this moments i'm really lost 2011-04-29T17:10:53 the most probable is that i'm going to do a dumy bot and see startegies of other people 2011-04-29T17:11:31 http://hypertriangle.com:13080/index.php 2011-04-29T17:11:35 there is a game on that page 2011-04-29T17:11:47 although not with the current parameters 2011-04-29T17:11:50 yes i have seen tis page 2011-04-29T17:11:59 yes i have seen this page 2011-04-29T17:12:13 but I continue very very very lost 2011-04-29T17:12:30 anything particularly confusing? 2011-04-29T17:12:36 i wrote the specs page and the c++ bot 2011-04-29T17:12:43 so i can answer questions on those :P 2011-04-29T17:12:55 there are a lot of fredom, so it's going to be dificult to develop a bot 2011-04-29T17:13:09 freedom is good, people can go to town doing whatever they like 2011-04-29T17:13:18 yeah 2011-04-29T17:13:40 what i mean that i don't know how to began to develop my bot 2011-04-29T17:13:46 I understand the rules 2011-04-29T17:13:47 food collection 2011-04-29T17:13:51 everyone starts there 2011-04-29T17:14:06 then you need to work out how to do battles 2011-04-29T17:14:18 but at this moment I can not imagine what strategy implent 2011-04-29T17:14:29 i have a neat little food collection thing 2011-04-29T17:15:39 first set up a map of locations to when they are available, all ant locations start at 0, then iteratively scan out from non-collected food locations to find locations of available ants, pick the ant that can spawn the food square fastest, update information and keep collecting 2011-04-29T17:16:04 yeah, it seems that the important thing is to distribute uniformely your ants in your midle zone 2011-04-29T17:16:07 you can then decide whether to collect food with just your ants or with enemies, and then work out how to send multiple ants from opposing bots that can arrive at the same time etc. 2011-04-29T17:16:30 but what is the best startegy on frontiers?????????? 2011-04-29T17:16:44 on his site? that's just hunterbot, it sucks :P 2011-04-29T17:17:01 have you got a copy of everything off github? 2011-04-29T17:17:19 I have download it yesterday 2011-04-29T17:17:21 you can play games using play_one_game.sh/bat and use copy_paste.html to view the games 2011-04-29T17:17:34 But I don't manage to get it work 2011-04-29T17:17:45 I'm a Windows user 2011-04-29T17:17:49 you must use python < 3 2011-04-29T17:17:55 and play_one_game.bat should work 2011-04-29T17:18:04 and on windows the python scripts give some problems 2011-04-29T17:18:24 i'm not the best person to ask there, but i think most problems have come from people using python >= 3 2011-04-29T17:18:49 Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 21 2008, 13:11:45) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. 2011-04-29T17:19:02